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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Wednesday, October 9, 1985

9-Down : One of Santa's team

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,119
Across
1
Big blow : GALE
5
Sound from Big Ben : BONG
9
Patron saint of Wales : DAVID
14
Over-the-hill letters : AWOL
15
Welsh actor Novello : IVOR
16
Besides, with "from" : ASIDE
17
Favoritism : BIAS
18
Dancer George de la ___ : PENA
19
Dutch genre painter : STEEN
20
Headquarters honcho, temporarily : OFFICEROFTHEDAY
23
Repair a patchy lawn : RESEED
24
Arrange in layers : TIER
25
Invitation req. : RSVP
28
Mom or Pop, sometimes : GROCER
32
Chief monk : ABBOT
36
Its first president was Douglas Hyde : EIRE
38
Verdi villain : IAGO
39
Symbol of strength : IRON
40
Student's secondary specialty : MINOR
41
Small amount : DRAM
42
Flanders of fiction : MOLL
43
City in the Midi : ALES
44
"Two can live as cheaply ___" : ASONE
45
Sharp whistling sound : SWOOSH
47
Bargain : DEAL
49
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
51
Went by : PASSED
56
Tom Seaver was one: 1967 : ROOKIEOFTHEYEAR
61
Fossil resin : AMBER
62
Subtropical fruit : KIWI
63
Craze : RAGE
64
Native New Zealander : MAORI
65
Leona Mitchell's hometown : ENID
66
Evils : ILLS
67
"___ of robins ... " : ANEST
68
Pad : DIGS
69
"___ Death": Grieg : ASES
Down
1
Eva of "Green Acres" : GABOR
2
"The farmer takes ___ ... " : AWIFE
3
Idles : LOAFS
4
Miss Dinsmore : ELSIE
5
Hens and roosters, e.g. : BIPEDS
6
Once again : OVER
7
Taboo word on TV : NONO
8
Botanical operation : GRAFT
9
One of Santa's team : DASHER
10
Small planets : ASTEROIDS
11
Competed : VIED
12
Notion : IDEA
13
Repudiate : DENY
21
Part of C.P.A. : CERT
22
Go-getter : TIGER
26
Conceal : VEIL
27
Yearned : PINED
29
Robert Moses biographer : CARO
30
Former Alaskan governor : EGAN
31
City on the Tiber : ROME
32
Intents : AIMS
33
Mopper's target, at times : BROW
34
Kind of machete : BOLO
35
Watching crowd : ONLOOKERS
37
Mother of J.F.K. : ROSE
40
Skiing family name : MAHRE
44
Wings for Amor : ALAE
46
Enthusiasm : SPIRIT
48
Lacewing larva's lunch : APHIDS
50
Linked : YOKED
52
Aleppo is here : SYRIA
53
Performing pinnipeds : SEALS
54
Super shot for Snead : EAGLE
55
Habiliments : DRESS
56
Nicaraguan native : RAMA
57
Muscat's locale : OMAN
58
Heinz Holliger's instrument : OBOE
59
Ended, to Tati : FINI
60
Kindling bit : TWIG

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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