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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Wednesday, October 6, 1982

6-Down : Tree-dwelling primate

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,020
Across
1
Sour tasting : ACERB
6
Nightingale's burden : LAMP
10
Hardy hero : JUDE
14
Debussy classic : LAMER
15
Actor Jannings : EMIL
16
Caspian feeder : URAL
17
Protein-related acid : AMINO
18
Author Rostov : MARA
19
Chinese pottery : MING
20
Assault unexpectedly : SPRINGUPON
22
Cavy's cousin : PACA
23
The mark of sorrow : ZERO
24
O.T. book : ESTHER
26
TV anchorman : RATHER
30
Comprehend, with "on" : LATCH
32
Exchange premium : AGIO
33
Thank-you-___ (bump in a road) : MAAM
35
La Fontaine predecessor : AESOP
39
Teapot event : TEMPEST
41
Turkish rug : BERGAMA
43
Proficient : ADEPT
44
A ___ Able : ASIN
46
___ Bator, Far East city : ULAN
47
Opposite of 43 Across : INEPT
49
Dyers' relatives : TONERS
51
Brandy center : COGNAC
54
Colliery access : ADIT
56
Kind of jury : HUNG
57
" ... ___ in the dark" (Hobbes's last words) : AGREATLEAP
63
___ smasher : ATOM
64
Molders : ROTS
65
Blood conveyor : AORTA
66
"Arrivederci" city : ROMA
67
Tare's partner : TRET
68
Conestoga : WAGON
69
United : ONED
70
Brontë heroine : EYRE
71
" ... fell ___ thieves": Luke 10:30 : AMONG
Down
1
"Oh, my!" : ALAS
2
David, e.g. : CAMP
3
Potentate : EMIR
4
"Myth of Hercules" painter : RENI
5
Third-place medal : BRONZE
6
Tree-dwelling primate : LEMUR
7
"Pretty Little Poppy" of 1924 : AMAPOLA
8
Spanish surrealist : MIRO
9
Palomar sighting : PLANET
10
Start too soon : JUMPTHEGUN
11
Bathsheba's husband : URIAH
12
Twist, for one : DANCE
13
Sir Edward, the composer : ELGAR
21
Some bacteria : GERMS
25
Identifying feature : SCAR
26
Pro ___ (proportionally) : RATA
27
Venerable : AGED
28
Proverbial flier : TIME
29
All riled up : HOPPINGMAD
31
Prefix with dextrous : AMBI
34
Nipa palm : ATAP
36
Vendition : SALE
37
He made quatrains and tents : OMAR
38
Shivaree implements : PANS
40
Sicilian menace : ETNA
42
Conceptual beings : ENTIA
45
His shot causes many to run : STARTER
48
Card game for two : ECARTE
50
Trudeau's capital : OTTAWA
51
Hispanic bombshell : CHARO
52
___ a limb : OUTON
53
Dwarf : GNOME
55
Villa ___, at Tivoli : DESTE
58
Sanguinary : GORY
59
Topsoil : LOAM
60
Therefore : ERGO
61
Solar disk : ATON
62
Twinge : PANG

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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