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Patricia A. Cevaal
Patricia A. Cevaal

New York Times, Friday, October 5, 1990

4-Down : Cultivator of beauty

Author:
Patricia A. Cevaal
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Patricia A. Cevaal has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,941
Across
1
Tread the boards : ACT
4
Tidal flood : EAGRE
9
Iota preceder : THETA
14
Japanese measure : CHO
15
Nursery-rhyme runaway : SPOON
16
Kind of flush : ROYAL
17
Street where Freddy preys : ELM
18
Saturn's largest moon : TITAN
19
Manifest : OVERT
20
Wed one much younger than oneself : ROBTHECRADLE
23
Implore : BESEECH
24
"___ Wants to Do Is Dance," 1985 song : ALLSHE
28
Get kudos for a small role : STEALTHESHOW
31
Photo finish : MATTE
34
Paris airport : ORLY
35
Somme summer : ETE
36
Toe the line : OBEY
37
"Star Wars" director : LUCAS
39
Seemann's milieu : MEER
40
First president of Gabon : MBA
41
Trollope's "___ Balatka" : NINA
42
Viscounts' superiors : EARLS
43
Reap great profits : MAKEAKILLING
47
Make certain : ASSURE
48
Recited the liturgy : INTONED
52
Attend without permission : CRASHTHEGATE
55
Eucalyptus feeder : KOALA
58
Grow toward evening : LATEN
59
French nobleman : DUC
60
Sit in on a class : AUDIT
61
Lifeless : INERT
62
"Well, ___ declare!" : IDO
63
Wall Street transaction : TRADE
64
Cole Porter song : PAREE
65
City south of Teheran : REY
Down
1
Sour : ACERB
2
Daphnis's love : CHLOE
3
China's Ming ___ : TOMBS
4
Cultivator of beauty : ESTHETE
5
For each : APIECE
6
Comedy-suspense film: 1985 : GOTCHA
7
Sound from Leo : ROAR
8
Sicilian province : ENNA
9
"Desire," e.g. : TROLLEY
10
Shanties : HOVELS
11
Cyclops feature : EYE
12
Roofing material : TAR
13
Subst. : ALT
21
Waspish : TESTY
22
Actress Arlene and family : DAHLS
25
Diaphanous : SHEER
26
Waldorf or Plaza : HOTEL
27
Wide-mouthed pitchers : EWERS
29
Labor-union chapter : LOCAL
30
Refrain syllable : TRA
31
Toddler's word : MOMMA
32
An uncle of Mohammed : ABBAS
33
Trees used in shipbuilding : TEAKS
37
"___ Virgin," Madonna hit : LIKEA
38
Corn or cycle preceder : UNI
39
A grandson of Noah : MAGOG
41
Add commentary : NARRATE
42
Political agreement : ENTENTE
44
Ancient Greek mathematician : EUCLID
45
Kind of bug : LITTER
46
Belong naturally : INHERE
49
Zenith's opposite : NADIR
50
Practice composition : ETUDE
51
Lure : DECOY
53
Gaffe : SLIP
54
Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
55
"Krazy ___" : KAT
56
"___ Man in Havana," Greene novel : OUR
57
Ohio college locale : ADA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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