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Joli Quentin Kansil
Joli Quentin Kansil

New York Times, Tuesday, November 9, 1971

30-Down : "Full speed ___!"

Author:
Joli Quentin Kansil
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joli Quentin Kansil has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The 29-Down clue is mentioned in Will Weng's obituary: On one occasion, a puzzle he edited described Nick Etten, a competent but rather obscure first baseman, as a "Yankee Great." To call such a person a "Yankee Great" in New York is a dangerous business and there were letters to Mr. Weng asking how dare he put Mr. Etten in the same dugout with Joe DiMaggio. "Some unsympathetic solvers suggested I was the type of person who could be expected to define Marv Throneberry as a Met Great," he wrote. "Or Marion Davies as a memorable star."

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© 1971, The New York TimesNo. 8,123
Across
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S. A. grassy plain : CAMPO
6
School org. : PTA
9
Village: Ger. : DORF
13
Profit : AVAIL
14
Scottish alder : ARN
15
Angry bull, for one : GORER
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Three minutes, at times : ROUND
17
Noon hour : LUNCHTIME
19
Costume : ENSEMBLE
21
Landlord : LESSOR
22
Common verb : ARE
23
Charged particle : ION
24
Resident: Suffix : ITE
25
Foe of British in 1812 : THEUNITEDSTATES
31
Highest point : VERTEX
32
Comb parts : TEETH
33
Cancel : ANNUL
34
Ear: Prefix : OTO
35
Domain : REALM
39
Calif. white oak : ROBLE
41
Casino employe : DEALER
42
Monroe's Secretary of State : JOHNQUINCYADAMS
46
Anglo-Saxon money : ORA
47
Buffet server : URN
48
Tennis term : LET
49
Faucets : VALVES
51
"___ it!" (relax) : EASYDOES
56
Edison and Tesla : INVENTORS
58
Carlo or Cassino : MONTE
59
James Bond, for one : AGENT
60
"As I ___ saying ... " : WAS
61
Eastern princes : EMIRS
62
For fear that : LEST
63
Culbertson : ELY
64
Memos : NOTES
Down
1
Concern : CARE
2
River to Severn : AVON
3
German rodent : MAUS
4
Lonesome tree : PINE
5
Sobriquet for 42 Across : OLDMANELOQUENT
6
Small bed : PALLET
7
Word with blue or love : TRUE
8
Landers or Arbor : ANN
9
Swiss muslin features : DOTS
10
Questioning words : ORISIT
11
Far off : REMOTE
12
Jacques and others : FRERES
15
Henry Clay and 42 Across in 1814 : GHENTTREATYMEN
18
Kind of sale, with "out" : CLOSE
20
Hydrometer scale : BRIX
23
Prefix for graph or logical : IDEO
25
Power org. : TVA
26
Fowl : HEN
27
Sea bird : ERN
28
Car maneuver : UTURN
29
Yankee great of 1940s : ETTEN
30
"Full speed ___!" : AHEAD
34
Critic Downes : OLIN
36
State: Abbr. : ALA
37
Lunar vehicle : LEM
38
Grundy or O'Leary : MRS
40
Pop : BURST
41
Pigments : DYES
42
Good-humored : JOVIAL
43
William III's principality : ORANGE
44
Game periods : HALVES
45
Elegant : CLASSY
50
Air-conditioner part : VENT
51
Of an age : ERAL
52
Major ___ : DOMO
53
Step ___ : ONIT
54
Common French verb : ETRE
55
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
57
Be in the red : OWE

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