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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Saturday, December 12, 1981

39-Down : The sustaining of a note

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has supersymmetry.
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,722
Across
1
Casual wear : SWEATER
8
Will validation : PROBATE
15
Injunction : MANDATE
16
Intervals; degrees : REMOVES
17
Giant star of Scorpius : ANTARES
18
Intractable : ADAMANT
19
"The Thirty-Nine ___" : STEPS
20
Word with pit or rest : ARM
22
Pavement presentation : RAREE
23
"B.C." cartoonist : HART
24
Pieces of concrete or bread : SLABS
26
Kind of kick or light : SIDE
27
Conceit : EGO
28
Colorless solvent used in paints : ACETONE
30
Naval off. : COM
31
Betokens : DENOTES
33
"___ for the Prosecution" : WITNESS
35
Stylishness : TON
36
Amos 'n' Andy, e.g. : DUO
37
Intertwines anew : REFOLDS
41
Condescended : DEIGNED
45
Three-faced woman : EVE
46
Fabaceous plants : LENTILS
48
Type of wife or house : ALE
49
Equip with power : GIRD
51
Frumpish : DOWDY
52
Suffix for game or trick : STER
53
Concede : ADMIT
55
Caviar : ROE
56
Pundit : SWAMI
57
Least pyknic : LEANEST
59
Like some spurs : ROWELED
61
Understanding of a sort : ENTENTE
62
Like a girasol : OPALINE
63
Became frightened : STARTED
64
Moses broke them in anger : TABLETS
Down
1
In one's cups : SMASHED
2
Amount desired : WANTAGE
3
Begin : ENTERON
4
Conform : ADAPT
5
Paves : TARS
6
Après printemps : ETE
7
Thrift-shop objectives : RESALES
8
Ship's forepart : PRAMBOW
9
One end of the visible spectrum : RED
10
Asian poet born in Nishapur : OMAR
11
Safari blinds : BOMAS
12
Cupidity : AVARICE
13
Island near the Dardanelles : TENEDOS
14
Prizes : ESTEEMS
21
Snitch : RAT
24
Lurched forward in a heavy sea : SCENDED
25
In a derogatory manner : SNIDELY
28
Part of the Great Barrier Reef : ATOLL
29
Decorative cases : ETUIS
32
Siouan : OTO
34
Wooden peg : NOG
37
Entertains lavishly : REGALES
38
In plain sight : EVIDENT
39
The sustaining of a note : FERMATA
40
Expressed contempt : SNORTED
41
French philosopher-encyclopedist : DIDEROT
42
Wood of Hollywood : NATALIE
43
Natural habitat : ELEMENT
44
Ridicules : DERIDES
47
Seesaw occupants : TWO
50
Beanery : DINER
52
Nifty : SWELL
54
Product of 10 Down : TENT
56
Brush for cleaning a gun barrel : SWAB
58
Agnès or Catherine: Abbr. : STE
60
W.W. II agency : OPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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