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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Thursday, November 9, 1989

10-Down : "___ silly question ... "

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 325 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,611
Across
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Yokums' creator : CAPP
5
Pinches : NIPS
9
A beloved Bert : LAHR
13
Dust-bowl fugitive : OKIE
14
Lesser ___, raccoon's cousin : PANDA
15
Like a traveling trawler : ASEA
16
Shakespearean tavern hostess : MISTRESSQUICKLY
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Popular liqueur : AMARETTO
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Aspirations : DREAMS
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Egg: Comb. form : OVI
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Org. once headed by Bush : CIA
23
Alpine abode : CHALET
26
Became an expert in : MASTERED
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Linden or Holbrook : HAL
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Nocturnal tree-dweller : LEMUR
34
Novelist Zola : EMILE
35
In a bit : ANON
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Fabulous stocking-stuffer : SANTA
39
Gush forth : SPEW
40
Types : SORTS
42
Not enough : SCANT
44
Night before a holiday : EVE
45
Jumble : MISHMASH
47
A Meadows : AUDREY
49
Presidential nickname : ABE
50
Hereditary factor : DNA
51
Counsel : ADVICE
55
Leo, Ruth and daughter Gloria : STEINEMS
60
Hanna-Barbera hero : QUICKDRAWMCGRAW
62
Open : UNDO
63
Kin of Tonys : OBIES
64
Author Ferber : EDNA
65
Similar : AKIN
66
Soup thickener : FILE
67
Grate : RASP
Down
1
Michael Douglas film: 1978 : COMA
2
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
3
Galileo's birthplace : PISA
4
Fuel for a lorry : PETROL
5
He created the Tammany tiger : NAST
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___ many words : INSO
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Now, if not sooner! : PDQ
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Fahd's following : SAUDIS
9
Hankie trim : LACE
10
"___ silly question ... " : ASKA
11
Pilot's place : HELM
12
Johnny and Johnnie : RAYS
14
Dress sizes : PETITES
17
Make merry : REVEL
18
Hopping mad : IRATE
22
Magna ___ : CARTA
23
Rift : CHASM
24
Asian capital : HANOI
25
Then, to Cousteau : ALORS
26
Chew crunchily : MUNCH
27
Printers' measures : EMS
28
Not so callow : RIPER
29
Sorcier's apprentice? : ELEVE
30
Surprise also-ran in 1948 : DEWEY
33
Billiard stroke : MASSE
36
Utmost : NTH
38
Floral crowns, in poetry : ANADEMS
41
Loud kiss : SMACK
43
Hip-length overblouse : TUNIC
46
"Marriage is not ___ roses": Stevenson : ABEDOF
48
Jeopardy : DANGER
51
Pastel shade : AQUA
52
Dip : DUNK
53
"I saw," to Caesar : VIDI
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Representation : ICON
55
Proceed easily : SAIL
56
Small bird's sound : TWEE
57
Wagnerian earth goddess : ERDA
58
Operates : MANS
59
Exchange : SWAP
61
Stat for Strawberry : RBI

Answer summary:
2 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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