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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Thursday, November 3, 1988

9-Down : Stronghold

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,240
Across
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Word used when a balloon bursts : POOF
5
Ring around the collar? : SCARF
10
Witticism : QUIP
14
Within: Comb. form : ENDO
15
Type of meter : TACHO
16
"For ___ us a child ... " : UNTO
17
Maple genus : ACER
18
Compound that's a bum steer? : ESTER
19
Troubles : AILS
20
Story by Dr. Seuss : YERTLETHETURTLE
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Ubangi feeder : UELE
24
Q-U connection : RST
25
Places for bouts : ARENAS
28
Fuel gp. : OPEC
30
Do away with : BAN
33
Fountain orders : COLAS
34
Speaker's stand : DAIS
35
Grown-up filly : MARE
36
Warning to a speeder : HASTEMAKESWASTE
39
Cleveland's lake : ERIE
40
Finished : OVER
41
Took steps : ACTED
42
Mariner's dir. : SSE
43
She played Stella Johnson : EDEN
44
Apt to happen : LIKELY
45
Hood's refresher : ALE
46
Item on a social schedule : DATE
47
Alice Mitchell's son : DENNISTHEMENACE
55
N.C. college : ELON
56
Closely related group : TRIBE
57
Utah park : ZION
58
Havoc from Vancouver : JUNE
59
People who sound inviting : LETTS
60
___ the finish : INAT
61
M.C. Trebek : ALEX
62
This raises some dough : YEAST
63
Luncheon ender : ETTE
Down
1
Austin ___ State U., Tenn. : PEAY
2
Halfway to twice : ONCE
3
Baltic waterway : ODER
4
Loren's "The ___ Pilgrim" : FORTUNATE
5
Wall Street category : STEELS
6
Group with class? : CASTE
7
Corticotrophin : ACTH
8
Syngman ___ of S. Korea : RHEE
9
Stronghold : FORTRESS
10
Gallon, less 75% : QUART
11
Module : UNIT
12
"___ be a pleasure!" : ITLL
13
Emulate Carol Alt : POSE
21
Rental paper : LEASE
22
L.A. campus : USC
25
Longs for : ACHES
26
Bellows : ROARS
27
Borden bovine : ELSIE
28
Like some buckets : OAKEN
29
Marina mole : PIER
30
Tend to the turkey : BASTE
31
Russian co-op : ARTEL
32
Penurious : NEEDY
34
Parker of baseball : DAVE
35
Northwest Territories district : MACKENZIE
37
In humble fashion : MODESTLY
38
He played John Boy's pop : WAITE
43
One of certain Bulldogs : ELI
44
Weakest, as excuses : LAMEST
45
Growing family's requirement : ANNEX
46
Unpaid bills : DEBTS
47
Warwick's "___ Vu" : DEJA
48
Av successor : ELUL
49
"___ but the brave ... " : NONE
50
Its bark is silent : TREE
51
___ snag (have trouble) : HITA
52
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
53
Ulster, e.g. : COAT
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Grafted, in heraldry : ENTE

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