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David Galef
David Galef

New York Times, Monday, December 15, 1980

7-Down : Characters with mystical meanings

Author:
David Galef
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { G K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
David Galef has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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R
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I
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M
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A
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P
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R
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I
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L
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C
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R
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O
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P
14
A
U
R
A
15
S
O
U
S
A
16
L
E
I
S
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S
T
A
T
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S
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N
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W
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E
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S
T
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T
H
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H
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O
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S
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F
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F
A
M
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T
I
R
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S
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U
R
N
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R
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A
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V
E
L
E
D
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F
L
U
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C
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O
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P
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E
R
A
S
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B
A
L
I
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E
N
E
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C
A
N
T
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E
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R
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B
U
R
Y
T
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A
L
E
S
40
A
B
E
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S
E
E
N
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B
L
A
T
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P
S
S
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T
S
E
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S
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C
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H
O
O
L
S
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J
O
T
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A
T
E
A
R
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T
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H
E
P
A
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R
S
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N
S
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A
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L
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E
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P
R
O
W
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T
O
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L
S
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I
M
A
M
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H
O
L
E
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E
D
D
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O
M
N
I
62
I
D
Y
L
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S
E
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D
S
64
N
O
E
L
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,360
Across
1
Demure : PRIM
5
Aries-Taurus time : APRIL
10
Cut short : CROP
14
Halo : AURA
15
"The March King" : SOUSA
16
Hawaiian souvenirs : LEIS
17
Photocopy, for short : STAT
18
Tendon : SINEW
19
Bridge seat : EAST
20
Chaucerian work : THEHOUSEOFFAME
23
Is not indefatigable : TIRES
24
Ornamental vase : URN
25
Tangled or untangled : RAVELED
28
Asian or swine follower : FLU
29
Man in blue : COP
32
Historical periods : ERAS
33
Indonesian island : BALI
34
Chemical suffix : ENE
35
Chaucerian work, with "The" : CANTERBURYTALES
40
Honest ___ : ABE
41
Observed : SEEN
42
Talk harshly : BLAT
43
Letter addenda : PSS
44
Half a fly : TSE
45
Andover and Groton : SCHOOLS
48
Iota : JOT
49
Go on ___ (indulge in a spree) : ATEAR
50
Part of 35 Across : THEPARSONSTALE
56
Ship's front : PROW
57
Netting for snaring : TOILS
58
Moslem chief : IMAM
59
Dogleg. e.g. : HOLE
60
Rickenbacker : EDDIE
61
Arena at Atlanta : OMNI
62
Pastoral poem : IDYL
63
Spores : SEEDS
64
Yuletime : NOEL
Down
1
Bygone : PAST
2
O.T. book : RUTH
3
Dies ___ : IRAE
4
Algebra exam, for one : MATHTEST
5
Give confidence to : ASSURE
6
Self-confident : POISED
7
Characters with mystical meanings : RUNES
8
Lake in Lombardy : ISEO
9
How criminals do not behave : LAWFULLY
10
Scour : CLEAN
11
Paper amount : REAM
12
French river : OISE
13
Attention-getter : PST
21
"Black gold" : OIL
22
Papaya or muskmelon : FRUIT
25
TV newscaster's summary : RECAP
26
Fine steeds : ARABS
27
Wind indicators : VANES
28
Distant : FAR
29
Casals played it : CELLO
30
Ryan or Tatum : ONEAL
31
Aphids and weevils : PESTS
33
Kolacky : BUN
36
Bar legally : ESTOP
37
Clarifies, perhaps : RESTATES
38
Apoidea member : BEE
39
Subject of many demonstrations : ABORTION
45
Phlegmatic : STOLID
46
Perfumes with a thurible : CENSES
47
Owns : HAS
48
Chatoyant or peridot : JEWEL
49
Play device : ASIDE
50
Walked on : TROD
51
Sacrosanct : HOLY
52
Emulated Shoemaker : RODE
53
Munitions, informally : AMMO
54
Back street : LANE
55
Ludwig or Cooper : EMIL
56
Greek letter : PHI

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