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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Friday, November 5, 1993

1-Down : Bullish?

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,068
Across
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Goblet shape : TULIP
6
Shakedown artist : SHARK
11
Seaside stopover : MARINA
12
Farm-stand display : MELONS
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Slip up : ERR
18
Sticky stuff : GOOP
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Supporting strip of wood or metal : BATTEN
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In reserve : ASIDE
22
Actor Cariou : LEN
24
Norman commune of W.W. II fame : STLO
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Descartes : RENE
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Peggy Lee hit: 1948 : MANANA
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Anvil's locale : EAR
30
Vulgar shoddiness : SLEAZE
32
God with a hammer : THOR
33
A river of Grampian : DEE
34
No! : FATCHANCE
37
Addams family relative : ITT
40
Soft-colored : PALE
41
Wields the gavel : CHAIRS
45
Born, to Brigitte : NEE
46
Crankcase sediment : SLUDGE
48
Piece of cake : SNAP
49
Honeybunch : LAMB
51
Fancy neckwear : BOA
52
"___ la giubba," "Pagliacci" aria : VESTI
53
Place side by side : APPOSE
56
Killer whale : ORCA
58
Divot preventer : TEE
59
Maybe... : YOUNEVERCANTELL
62
"La Mer" songwriter Charles ___ : TRENET
63
Donizetti works : OPERAS
64
Ad ___ per aspera (Kan. motto) : ASTRA
65
Word following hard or snub : NOSED
Down
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Bullish? : TAURINE
2
Sub chaser? : URB
3
Feudal superior : LIEGE
4
"___ each life some rain..." : INTO
5
Bribe of a kind : PAYOLA
6
Big D campus : SMU
7
Mint, e.g. : HERB
8
Dawn love song of old : ALBA
9
TV classic of 1977 : ROOTS
10
Like a macramé rope : KNOTTED
11
Small bite : MORSEL
13
Inscribed pillars : STELAE
14
Many, many moons : YEARS
15
Musical plea to Richard : OPENTHEDOOR
16
Nocturnal disturbance : SNORE
21
Unheeding : DEAF
23
Okinawan seaport : NAHA
26
Iridium, e.g. : METAL
27
Time being : NONCE
28
Mr. Bunker, familiarly : ARCH
31
Cooks in a microwave oven : ZAPS
35
Organization : CLUB
36
Relieve : EASE
37
Affix a tessera : INLAY
38
Cozy's raison d'être : TEAPOT
39
Japanese deep-fried fare : TEMPURA
42
As an alternative : INSTEAD
43
Fierce badgers : RATELS
44
Bit of salesmanship : SPIEL
47
Brasserie server : GARCON
50
Dice, to crapshooters : BONES
52
Feather parts : VANES
54
Wowed : SENT
55
In any way : EVER
57
"The Godfather" figure : CAPO
60
Airline abbr. : ETA
61
Square root of nove : TRE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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