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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Friday, November 2, 1990

18-Down : A Capulet

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,969
Across
1
Shade of brown : ECRU
5
He wrote "The Horse's Mouth" : CARY
9
Apportion : SHARE
14
Roald or Arlene : DAHL
15
Kind of history : ORAL
16
Dine at home : EATIN
17
Historic series of linguistic changes : GREATVOWELSHIFT
20
Furies : ERINYES
21
Flat stones, in Mexico : METATES
22
Iniquitous place : DEN
23
Engendered : BRED
25
Dawn goddess : EOS
26
Buddhist temple : WAT
27
Front-page boxes : EARS
29
Andress film: 1965 : SHE
32
Fencer's stamp of the foot : APPEL
35
Crown : PATE
36
Solar deity : ATEN
37
Dasht-e-Kavir, in Iran : GREATSALTDESERT
40
Lunar trench : RILL
41
Troublesome one : PAIN
42
Nowheresville : LIMBO
43
Qty. : AMT
44
Caution : WARN
45
Watchdog org. : EPA
46
Elevator transport : CAR
47
Festal pomp : GALA
49
One of the Apodes : EEL
52
School of Russian poetry : ACMEISM
56
Incapacitate : DISABLE
58
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo" : GREATERDOXOLOGY
60
Engage in raillery : TEASE
61
Soprano from Valencia : BORI
62
O., to O. Henry : INIT
63
Ceremonial dinner : SEDER
64
Painter Jan van der ___ : MEER
65
Since, in Selkirk : SYNE
Down
1
Lined : EDGED
2
French square : CARRE
3
River of Deutschland : RHEIN
4
___ Bator, in Mongolia : ULAN
5
Secret : COVERT
6
Originated : AROSE
7
Kind of material : RAW
8
Primordial substance of the universe : YLEM
9
Where Xerxes crossed the Hellespont : SESTOS
10
Sunken fences : HAHAS
11
Have ___ (try) : ATIT
12
Plenteous : RIFE
13
Tolkien's tree folk : ENTS
18
A Capulet : TYBALT
19
Eyed with bad intent : LEERED
24
Activity at Reno : DEALING
26
Prosperity : WEAL
28
Mil. command : ATTN
29
Peduncle : STEM
30
Queencup, e.g. : HERB
31
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
32
City in Uttar Pradesh : AGRA
33
Prissy : PRIM
34
Whack : PELT
35
Average talk-show host? : PAAR
36
Site of the Dead Sea : ASIA
38
Scanty : SPARSE
39
City on the Rio Grande : ELPASO
44
Salver : WAITER
45
Sovereign remedy : ELIXIR
46
Word with desist : CEASE
48
Esteem highly : ADORE
49
"___ and Ivory," McCartney-Wonder hit : EBONY
50
___ marbles : ELGIN
51
Philippine island : LEYTE
52
T-men, e.g. : AGTS
53
Algonquian language : CREE
54
Fermented drink : MEAD
55
SALT talks concern : MRBM
57
Start of Ore.'s motto : ALIS
59
Bambi's mother, e.g. : DOE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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