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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Friday, November 9, 1990

24-Down : Alla ___

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,976
Across
1
Period of quiescence : SLEEP
6
Spore-case clusters : SORI
10
Cut along a line : SLIT
14
T.A.E.'s ___ Park : MENLO
15
Facial prominence : CHIN
16
Exasperate : TIRE
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Means of support : LIVELIHOOD
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Actress Gardner et al. : AVAS
20
Brief biography : VITA
21
Sir Michael ___, modern composer : TIPPETT
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Case for Caesar : ABLATIVE
27
Printer's tray : GALLEY
28
Pens : WRITES
29
Solid: Comb. form : STEREO
31
When pigs fly : NEVER
32
Hinder development : STUNT
33
Capture : NAB
36
Holiday times : EVES
37
Factory : PLANT
38
City in Uttar Pradesh : AGRA
39
TKO caller : REF
40
Declaim : ORATE
41
Amendment to a bill : RIDER
42
Florid : ORNATE
44
Charge with gas : AERATE
45
Kind of smarts : STREET
47
Viewed in detail : SURVEYED
49
Church dignitary : PRELATE
51
Sally : RAID
52
"Tyrannick ___," Dryden play : LOVE
53
Viviparous aquarium fish : LIVEBEARER
58
Sun god : ATEN
59
Sir Geraint's wife : ENID
60
Angular dist. : WLONG
61
Caustic : TART
62
Test recording : DEMO
63
Puts on cloud nine : SENDS
Down
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Opposite of lg. : SML
2
Island wreath : LEI
3
Ltr. container : ENV
4
Exalts : ELEVATES
5
More civil : POLITER
6
A chilled soup : SCHAV
7
Exclamation of surprise : OHO
8
Colorful profusion : RIOT
9
Needy : INDIGENT
10
Principal raw material : STAPLE
11
Gandy dancer's work period? : LIVELONGDAY
12
Angry : IRATE
13
Cross : TESTY
18
"___ a Beauteous Evening": Wordsworth : ITIS
22
Cleave : PART
23
Machine for removing bristles : AWNER
24
Alla ___ : BREVE
25
Orpine : LIVEFOREVER
26
Landed properties : ESTATES
30
Piper payer's call : TUNE
32
Blind component : SLAT
34
Sum of qualities of good character : ARETE
35
Revealed : BARED
37
Chattered : PRATTLED
38
Black-and-tan-coated canine : AIREDALE
40
Draft status : ONEA
41
What Walter Kerr wrote : REVIEWS
43
Slacken : RELENT
44
Swift steed : ARAB
45
Panel strip : SPLAT
46
Terni trout : TROTA
48
Hives : UREDO
50
German one : EINE
54
Enthusiasm : VIM
55
Ely or Howard : RON
56
A cricket wicket : END
57
College linemen near ctrs. : RGS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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