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Michael J. Parris
Michael J. Parris

New York Times, Tuesday, November 13, 1984

19-Down : Like the Enterprise in "Star Trek"

Author:
Michael J. Parris
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J M Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Michael J. Parris has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,789
Across
1
White Sands experiment : ATEST
6
Fencing weapon : EPEE
10
Emulated Little : APED
14
Goof : BONER
15
Ross and Coral : SEAS
16
Ruse : WILE
17
Studio employee : EXTRA
18
Traveling close to : PASSINGBY
20
Coordinate (with) : TIEIN
21
Homophone for scene : SEEN
22
Motorist's need : GAS
23
Like the Super Chief : CROSSCOUNTRY
27
Devoured : ATEUP
28
Pianist-composer Blake : EUBIE
31
Volcano product : ASH
34
Journey : TRIP
35
Originate : CREATE
36
Worthless coin : SOU
37
Epithet for Abner : LIL
38
Fall behind : LAG
39
One hundred yrs. : CEN
40
Part of a warm cap : EARLAP
42
Ali ___ : BABA
43
Jay follower : KAY
44
Ohio city : AKRON
45
Flatfish : BRILL
46
Like the QE2 : INTEROCEANIC
51
Anger : IRE
53
"Was it a cat ___?" (palindrome) : ISAW
54
Musical endings : CODAS
56
Forking : BISECTING
59
Diacritical mark : TILDE
60
Singular of opera : OPUS
61
The East : ASIA
62
French waterway : ISERE
63
Calendar abbr. : SEPT
64
Ooze : SEEP
65
Relinquished : CEDED
Down
1
Aid a criminal : ABET
2
Poisonous : TOXIC
3
Sign up for : ENTER
4
Prefix for comic : SERIO
5
Like the Concorde : TRANSATLANTIC
6
Sixth sense? : ESP
7
Metaphor for fog : PEASOUP
8
Lessen : EASEUP
9
Ruhr city : ESSEN
10
Plant bristle : AWN
11
Juvenile mode of travel : PIGGYBACK
12
Isle of exile : ELBA
13
Turkish officials of yore : DEYS
19
Like the Enterprise in "Star Trek" : INTERGALACTIC
24
Type of mine : STRIP
25
Wainscot : CEIL
26
Regret : RUE
29
Graceful tree : ITEA
30
Counting-out word : EENY
31
Sailing : ASEA
32
Drench : SOAK
33
Travels more rapidly : HURRIESUP
35
Mode of TV reception : CABLE
38
Not ecclesiastic : LAIC
41
Chaney or Nol : LON
42
Junior Girl Scout : BROWNIE
45
Cookbook word : BRAISE
47
These (girls): Sp. : ESTAS
48
Form of pollution : NOISE
49
Lazed : IDLED
50
Group of key personnel : CADRE
51
Nigerian tribesmen : IBOS
52
Not green : RIPE
55
Rank a tennis contestant : SEED
57
Superlative suffix : EST
58
Hiatus : GAP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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