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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Thursday, December 18, 1986

9-Down : Kisser

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 1
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,554
Across
1
Desert bordering the Red Sea : SAHARA
7
Sight at 1 Across : CAMEL
12
Grey-Minnelli classic : CABARET
13
Well-liked : POPULAR
15
C. & W. group : ALABAMA
16
Whatnot : ETAGERE
17
Cornwall mine : BAL
18
Tucker's "best" partner : BIB
19
Neptune, Celtic style : LER
20
Mother, in the Ozarks : MAW
21
Black Sea neighbor : AZOV
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Gogol's "___ Bulba" : TARAS
25
Highway sight : SEMI
26
Cantrell and Turner : LANAS
28
Saddle loop : LUG
29
Arrested : RANIN
30
Sports spots : ARENAS
32
Halved : BISECTED
34
Clearly reasonable : LOGICAL
36
Weather-related : CLIMATIC
40
Emulate Lumet : DIRECT
45
Feller called ___ Robert : RAPID
46
Indus tribesman : GOR
48
"Vieux ___," T. Williams play : CARRE
49
___ impasse : ATAN
50
Vice President before Ford : AGNEW
52
Musical pieces : DUOS
53
Sportscaster Scully : VIN
54
Suffix with cup or spoon : FUL
55
___ de deux : PAS
57
The i's have it : DOT
58
Its flowers lack petals : ANEMONE
60
Loose-woven fabric : ETAMINE
62
Male mousers : TOMCATS
63
Canceled out : NEGATED
64
Takes the QE2 : SAILS
65
Used transparent paper : TRACED
Down
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Alberto who won in the long run: N.Y.C., 1981-82 : SALAZAR
2
Large snail : ABALONE
3
O.T. book : HAB
4
Hussein, for one : ARAB
5
Respond to dunning : REMIT
6
Moorish instrument : ATABAL
7
Sheep shelters : COTES
8
On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
9
Kisser : MUG
10
Periodic-table item : ELEMENT
11
North Platte feeder : LARAMIE
12
Occultism : CABALA
13
Living in the open sea : PELAGIC
14
Tape-deck button : REWIND
22
Pianist ___ Cliburn : VAN
24
Gaul-Italy separator : RUBICON
25
It holds a squid's "ink" : SAC
27
Dieter's dish : SALAD
29
Museum piece : RELIC
31
Barfly : SOT
33
Down in the dumps : SAD
35
Silly laughs : GIGGLES
36
Neckpiece : CRAVAT
37
Some South Americans : LATINOS
38
"The Girl from ___," 1963 song : IPANEMA
39
Part of an hr. : MIN
41
Atomic-energy unit : RAD
42
Ineligible for a dunce cap : ERUDITE
43
Aped Der Bingle : CROONED
44
Did lab work : TESTED
47
Reformer's exhortation : REPENT
50
Em et al. : AUNTS
51
Irrigate : WATER
54
Stable youngster : FOAL
56
Lagerlöf's "Gösta Berlings ___" : SAGA
59
Start of the 12th century : MCI
61
Bub : MAC

Answer summary:
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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