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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Thursday, October 8, 1981

45-Down : Collection agency's tactic

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,657
Across
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Chits : TABS
5
Do a parent's job : REAR
9
Limited amount of time : SPAN
13
"A part to tear ___ in": Shak. : ACAT
14
Manx's relative : ERSE
15
Scintillated : SHONE
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Baptism, e.g. : RITE
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Item in many still lifes : VASE
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Part of a Dante opus : CANTO
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Cleaves : ADHERES
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Opera star Alda : FRANCES
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Some scares for Dick Weber : SPARES
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Signed a contract : INKED
26
Range of influence : SPHERE
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Suspenseful : TENSE
30
Word of consolation : THERE
31
Red and Black : SEAS
32
Like one side of Luna : DARK
36
"Cabaret" lyricist : EBB
37
Grew crops in a fixed order : ROTATED
40
Merry, in Avignon : GAI
41
Autocrat : TSAR
43
Hebrew letters : MEMS
44
"Grandfather Stories" author : ADAMS
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Not ___ in the world : ACARE
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Stock-market declines : SLUMPS
49
Sunnite deity : ALLAH
51
Fix rattan furniture : RECANE
53
Outstanding, as a performance : STELLAR
55
Hammett whodunit, with "The" : THINMAN
58
Lag behind : TRAIL
59
___ Rios, Jamaica : OCHO
61
1953 Pulitzer Prize playwright : INGE
62
Lower-echelon personnel : AIDES
63
Spread : OLEO
64
Author Ephron : NORA
65
Rockfish : BASS
66
Brimming : FULL
67
Punkie : GNAT
Down
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"G.W.T.W." setting : TARA
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Kind of rain : ACID
3
Mother of Solomon : BATHSHEBA
4
More sharply sloped : STEEPER
5
Legendary equestrian : REVERE
6
Cover one's traces : ERASE
7
Beast that balks : ASS
8
Coral ridge : REEF
9
Hit the golf ball with the heel of the club : SHANKED
10
City in Puerto Rico : PONCE
11
Paid for a hand : ANTED
12
Modernists : NEOS
15
What a radar beam does : SCANS
20
Thinner in density, as gases : RARER
22
Hair treatment : RINSE
24
Shore-dinner tidbit : STEAMER
26
Directive to typesetter : STET
27
Degs. for would-be Kants : PHBS
29
Highway sign : EATS
31
Ending for hip or poll : STER
33
Father of Electra : AGAMEMNON
34
Storm : RAMP
35
Oversized chocolate chip : KISS
38
Mid-American Indian : OMAHA
39
Lama of renown : DALAI
42
Auto races : RALLIES
45
Collection agency's tactic : DUNNING
47
Directions to square dancers : CALLS
48
Dolphin colony : SCHOOL
49
Roman villa features : ATRIA
50
Clues : LEADS
52
A Kennedy : ETHEL
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Puncture : STAB
54
Mouth part : ROOF
56
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
57
Undiluted, as whisky : NEAT
60
Actor Gulager : CLU

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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