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Paul Schwarzbaum
Paul Schwarzbaum

New York Times, Monday, November 27, 1978

36-Down : Wreckage afloat

Author:
Paul Schwarzbaum
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J V X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Paul Schwarzbaum has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,611
Across
1
Roll of money : WAD
4
Composer Camille Saint-___ : SAENS
9
Actor Romero : CESAR
14
Brew : ALE
15
Strike forcefully : CLOUT
16
Faulty : AMISS
17
Radio adventure series : CAPTAINMIDNIGHT
20
Shankar's instrument : SITAR
21
Respire : BREATHE
22
Capitalistic org. : NAM
24
Followers of kays : ELS
25
Radio adventure series : GANGBUSTERS
31
Canadian prov. : QUE
34
Woodwind : OBOE
35
Pioneer in bacteriology : COHN
36
Pother : FUSS
37
Fish-eating bird : LOON
38
Second largest "Great Lake" : HURON
40
Escaping fluid : LEAK
41
Symbol of dryness : DUST
42
Somewhat, musically : POCO
43
Korbut : OLGA
44
Ingested : ATE
45
He walked by night, on the radio : THEWHISTLER
48
"You ___ There," old radio program : ARE
49
Guitarist Paul : LES
50
Beloved of Pygmalion or Acis : GALATEA
54
First high priest of the Hebrews : AARON
58
Radio sleuth : BULLDOGDRUMMOND
61
A walk between trees : ALLEE
62
Cloudless : AZURE
63
Hyson, for one : TEA
64
Plays a platter : SPINS
65
Energetic person : DEMON
66
Refuge : ARK
Down
1
Women in the military : WACS
2
Trans-___ (U.S.S.R. range) : ALAI
3
Treas., for one : DEPT
4
Egyptian charm : SCARAB
5
Mohammed's son-in-law : ALI
6
Long period of time : EON
7
Deaden : NUMB
8
Awaken : STIR
9
Sault Ste. Marie ___ : CANALS
10
Exudes : EMITS
11
Sound of longing : SIGH
12
Arthur of tennis : ASHE
13
Q-U connection : RST
18
Touching : TANGENT
19
Antler-bearing ruminant : DEER
23
Great deal : MUCH
25
Yitzhak's predecessor : GOLDA
26
"All ___ Eve" : ABOUT
27
Entrap : NOOSE
28
___ du jour : SOUPE
29
Fling : THROW
30
Methuselah's father : ENOCH
31
Pacify : QUELL
32
Custom : USAGE
33
Ridge of glacial origin : ESKAR
36
Wreckage afloat : FLOTSAM
39
Knot of fiber : NOIL
45
Some of the winds : TRADES
46
" ... or ___ Hecuba": Shak. : HETO
47
Popeye and Sinbad : SEAMEN
48
Steverino, to Louis Nye : ALLEN
50
Chug-a-lug : GULP
51
"I am monarch of ___ survey" : ALLI
52
Euphemistic oath : EGAD
53
Tool for dressing timbers : ADZE
55
Ecclesiastical court : ROTA
56
Ace of a sort : ONER
57
Neighbor of Minn. : NDAK
58
___-relief : BAS
59
Kingston import : RUM
60
Tail: Prefix : URO

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

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