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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Friday, November 23, 1984

9-Down : Releaser of evils

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,799
Across
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Type of system or battery : SOLAR
6
Gather : REAP
10
Singer Nancy : AMES
14
Roman official : EDILE
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S Tex. city : ELSA
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Bombast : RANT
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Forgive a sin : REMIT
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Numerical suffix : TEEN
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"The Morning Watch" author : AGEE
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Swaggering; bluster : FANFARONADE
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Former ice man : ORR
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Kan. city : IOLA
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Webfoot's home : OREGON
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Fastened metallically : STAPLED
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Speaker of baseball : TRIS
32
Affectionate gesture : CARESS
33
Drawers of the longbow : BOASTERS
37
French wing : AILE
38
Handle rudely : PAW
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Ariz. town : ELOY
40
Windbag : BLOWHARD
43
Missing link : APEMAN
45
Wriggling : EELY
46
Spring wild flower : ANEMONE
47
"Ad astra per ___" : ASPERA
50
In the offing : ANON
51
Actor Billy ___ Williams : DEE
52
Gasconade : BRAGGADOCIO
58
T. Watson prize in 1982 : OPEN
60
Kind of ticket : MEAL
61
Diva Lucine : AMARA
62
Twist in carding wool : ROVE
63
Port north of Meadville : ERIE
64
"Impossible!" : NEVER
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Turndown in Tura : NYET
66
Ho and Juan : DONS
67
Lock : TRESS
Down
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Homager : SERF
2
Performing halls : ODEA
3
Portray in words : LIMN
4
Arabic alphabetical start : ALIF
5
Sells to the consumer : RETAILS
6
Imparted anew : RETOLD
7
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
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On the QE2 : ASEA
9
Releaser of evils : PANDORA
10
A constellation : ARA
11
Gog's other half : MAGOG
12
Month before febrero : ENERO
13
Stem's opposite : STERN
21
Ruminants : ROES
22
Apple-of-discord tosser : ERIS
26
Reverence : ESTEEM
27
Casting irregularity : SCAB
28
Shadow : TAIL
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A Guthrie : ARLO
30
Shrimp : PEEWEE
31
Coarse hemp fibers : TOW
33
Like Peck's boy : BAD
34
A Roper : ELMO
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Imitation morocco : ROAN
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Since, to Burns : SYNE
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Inquire impertinently : PRY
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Fennel or chervil : HERB
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Daunted : ALARMED
43
Celebes ox : ANOA
44
Lavaliere : PENDANT
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Points of view : ANGLES
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Bedizen : ADORN
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Former Indian soldier : SEPOY
49
Annoy : PEEVE
50
Bis : AGAIN
53
Prefix for gram or meter : AERO
54
Hebrew measure : OMER
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Type of dweller : CAVE
56
Invokes spleen : IRES
57
Galley gear : OARS
59
Barrier for McEnroe : NET

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

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