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Dorothy Cannan
Dorothy Cannan

New York Times, Thursday, November 30, 1989

10-Down : Short time after midnight

Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Dorothy Cannan has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,632
Across
1
Parisian's coin : FRANC
6
English furniture style : ADAM
10
Strikebreaker : SCAB
14
Liplike organs : LABIA
15
Plexus : RETE
16
Invented : MADE
17
"I loved ___ ... ": Wither : ALASS
18
Feds : GMEN
19
"___, good nurse!": Juliet : ANON
20
An embroidery stitch : PETITPOINT
22
Chesterfield or Byron : LORD
23
American burbot : LING
24
Mount Saint ___ : HELENS
26
Automatic response : REFLEX
30
West Indian witchcraft : OBEAH
32
Kirghizian mountain range : ALAI
33
China preceder : INDO
35
Daytime TV operas : SOAPS
39
Piebald : MOTTLED
41
Inherent : NATURAL
43
"___ With Judy," 1948 film : ADATE
44
Star in Draco : ADIB
46
Hindu melody pattern : RAGA
47
English empirical philosopher : LOCKE
49
Court target : BASKET
51
Recitation of prayers : NOVENA
54
Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
56
Yemeni, e.g. : ARAB
57
Minuscule : TEENYWEENY
63
Dorothy ___, in Oz books : GALE
64
Czech river : ODRA
65
Downs or salts preceder : EPSOM
66
Wagnerian heroine : ELSA
67
German negative : NEIN
68
___ suprême (God, in Gard) : LETRE
69
Look askance : LEER
70
Pay for a poker hand : ANTE
71
Hungarian composer of operettas : LEHAR
Down
1
Part of many a pocket : FLAP
2
Rhonchus's cousin : RALE
3
Blind as ___ : ABAT
4
___ prius (trial court) : NISI
5
Fastness : CASTLE
6
Odorless gas : ARGON
7
Minor deity : DEMIGOD
8
Solar disk : ATEN
9
Crème de ___ : MENTHE
10
Short time after midnight : SMALLHOURS
11
Kayak : CANOE
12
Embellish : ADORN
13
Decompression sickness : BENDS
21
Sprite : PIXIE
25
A N.Y.C. river : EAST
26
Hero of a Hindu epic : RAMA
27
Alleged electric force : ELOD
28
___ morgana (mirage) : FATA
29
Ursa Minor : LITTLEBEAR
31
Bush people of French Guiana : BONI
34
Bismarck's locale: Abbr. : NDAK
36
City in Iran : ARAK
37
Hotel employee : PAGE
38
Narrow strip of wood : SLAT
40
Author Uris : LEON
42
Monastery : ABBEY
45
Culpability : DEMERIT
48
Part of a T. Williams title : CATONA
50
In addition : ASWELL
51
Conrad or Anne of films : NAGEL
52
Papal cape : ORALE
53
"___ Triste": Sibelius : VALSE
55
Fatuous : INANE
58
Place west of Nod : EDEN
59
Sword with a blunted end : EPEE
60
Balt : ESTH
61
Myrna Loy role : NORA
62
Norse mythical giant : YMER

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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