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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 1991

38-Down : Adjournment phrase

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.82, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,348
Across
1
Anomaly of a sort : PARADOX
8
Stonecrop-family plants : ORPINES
15
Stuffed oneself : OVERATE
16
Serving vehicle : TEACART
17
Hellman play : WATCHONTHERHINE
19
Character in "Antony and Cleopatra" : EROS
20
Most tender : SOREST
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Examine carefully : VET
22
A Brazilian coffee : RIO
23
Allmouth's attractant : LURE
24
Capone's nemesis : NESS
25
Great circles : ECLIPTICS
29
Ex-Yankee Henry ___ : COTTO
30
Forlorn : DESOLATE
31
Made inducements : CAMEON
32
To, to Teutons : NACH
33
Flight sci. : AERO
34
Like some solutions : SALINE
37
O.K.'d : ENDORSED
41
Play : ENACT
42
Shell-shaped cake : MADELEINE
43
Notations in a placebo Rx : ADTS
44
Egyptian queen of the gods : SATI
45
Gun org. : NRA
46
Org. sponsoring vocational education : ORT
47
Madrid madam : SENORA
49
"To ___ not to ... " : BEOR
50
Beckett play : WAITINGFORGODOT
53
Permit : LICENSE
54
Stone Age implement : NEOLITH
55
Soft shoe : SNEAKER
56
Dry : SAPLESS
Down
1
Having a prime mover : POWERED
2
Cupidity : AVARICE
3
Modernizes a factory : RETOOLS
4
Luminous electrode bridges : ARCS
5
Code dash : DAH
6
Siouan Indians : OTOS
7
Certain rock fragment : XENOLITH
8
The rest : OTHERS
9
Poet Lizette Woodworth ___ : REESE
10
Hair line : PART
11
"___ dien" (Prince of Wales's motto) : ICH
12
Artless simplicity : NAIVETE
13
Composer Lecuona : ERNESTO
14
Hat for Hoss : STETSON
18
Stay in hostilities : TRUCE
24
N. Coward's "Sigh ___" : NOMORE
26
Heavy-faced type styles : IONICS
27
Foundry : PLANT
28
Piece of plate armor : TACE
29
Entertainer Channing : CAROL
31
Convey : CEDE
33
Firedogs : ANDIRONS
34
Lumpfish : SEAOWLS
35
"Fire ___," James Taylor hit : ANDRAIN
36
Grille : LATTICE
37
" ... thou shalt not ___ it": Gen. 2:17 : EATOF
38
Adjournment phrase : SINEDIE
39
Places securely : ENROOTS
40
Shortages : DEARTHS
42
Floor on which an anchor chain rests : MANGER
44
Become aware of : SENSE
47
Pocket a pool ball : SINK
48
Kind of code or rug : AREA
49
"The Clown" novelist : BOLL
51
Spanish torch : TEA
52
Elephant's affiliation? : GOP

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

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