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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Friday, November 28, 1986

51-Down : Late actor Werner

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,534
Across
1
"Poor Yorick" preceder : ALAS
5
Discontinuity : HIATUS
11
Roscoe : GAT
14
Far East starling : MYNA
15
Settle down temporarily : ENCAMP
16
Any Venetian canal : RIO
17
Syria, long ago : ARAM
18
Colgate : REDRAIDERS
20
Its capital is Al-Arish : SINAI
22
Cut for an agt. : PCT
23
Athletes on the Charles : CREWS
24
With 52 Across, Rutgers : SCARLET
26
Serengeti scavenger : HYENA
27
Ready follower : AIM
28
Saratoga, for one : SPA
30
Not straight : AWRY
32
Tic-___-toe : TAC
35
Fouts play : AERIAL
37
Arp's art cult : DADA
38
Site of Ohio Northern U. : ADA
39
Harvard : CRIMSON
41
Inspect as an expert : VET
42
Overthrows first : ERRS
44
Benny Hill aide, e.g. : STOOGE
45
Compass dir. : ENE
46
___ Road (W.W. II Asian highway) : LEDO
47
Wine: Comb. form : OEN
48
Miss Pogner of "Die Meistersinger" : EVA
50
Smooth curtain fabric : NINON
52
See 24 Across : KNIGHTS
56
Actress Paige from Tacoma : JANIS
57
Org. born in 1910 : BSA
59
Nocturnal din : SNORE
60
Maine : BLACKBEARS
63
Word of assent : AMEN
64
Trouble : AIL
65
Turkish peak near Iran : ARARAT
66
Tupik or yurt : TENT
67
They work in O.R.'s : RNS
68
Rhea or cassowary : RATITE
69
Wagnerian goddess : ERDA
Down
1
Lay up : AMASS
2
Songlike : LYRIC
3
Pineapple : ANANA
4
Key fruit : SAMARA
5
"Leave ___ to heaven": Hamlet : HER
6
Maladroit : INEPT
7
Like some appliances : ACDC
8
Waspish : TART
9
Fringefoot : UMA
10
Piquant : SPICY
11
Tulane : GREENWAVE
12
W.W. II official : AIRWARDEN
13
Coin ceremony : TOSS
19
Apprehension : DREAD
21
Kind of artery or vein : ILIAC
25
Author of "Representative Men" : EMERSON
26
Fluorine or iodine : HALOGEN
28
S.A.'s Bolivar : SIMON
29
___ doble (bullfight music) : PASO
31
Eucalypt : YATE
32
Asian weight unit : TAEL
33
Epinephrine : ADRENALIN
34
Stanford : CARDINALS
36
Sacrament : RITE
40
Hamilton's birthplace : NEVIS
43
Kind of barrier or boom : SONIC
49
Paternal kinsman : AGNATE
51
Late actor Werner : OSKAR
52
Measure of gold fineness : KARAT
53
He painted "The Life-Line" : HOMER
54
Leaning : TREND
55
The Flying Dutchman's love : SENTA
56
___ lift (ski tow) : JBAR
57
Pulsation : BEAT
58
Gujarat garb : SARI
61
Bikini component : BRA
62
Fr. holy woman : STE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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