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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1982

5-Down : French engineer: 1832-1923

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,105
Across
1
Lads from Limerick : PATS
5
Subsides : EBBS
9
Odes, in Oviedo : ODAS
13
Oil: Comb. form : OLEO
14
Dies ___ : IRAE
15
Pepper plant : BETEL
17
Fabled mountain of India : MERU
18
Norwegian's neighbor : FINN
19
Irish patriot: 1778-1803 : EMMET
20
Duck an issue : PUSSYFOOTAROUND
23
Badger : TEASE
24
Theban deity : AMON
25
Baba and Pasha : ALIS
28
Queued up : INLINE
32
Impudent : SASSY
36
Changes color : DYES
38
Munich's river : ISAR
39
Popular piano piece : KITTENONTHEKEYS
42
Vague impression : IDEA
43
Kafka character : OLGA
44
Della from Detroit : REESE
45
Trumpeter's stage signal : SENNET
47
Actress Sommer : ELKE
49
Stowe novel : DRED
51
Poetic stress : ICTUS
55
Speculative securities : CATANDDOGSTOCKS
61
Love, in Livorno : AMORE
62
Saroyan character : ARAM
63
Space between wharves : SLIP
64
Cocktail garnishes : RINDS
65
Shade of blue : YALE
66
"I Should ___," 1944 song : CARE
67
Vespiary, e.g. : NEST
68
Flap, as sails : SLAT
69
Prefix with chamber : ANTE
Down
1
Circumstance's leader : POMP
2
Citizen of Unalaska : ALEUT
3
Epigrammatic : TERSE
4
Composer of "The Liberty Bell" : SOUSA
5
French engineer: 1832-1923 : EIFFEL
6
Vivacity, to Vivaldi : BRIO
7
Bath, in Barcelona : BANO
8
"Flying Dutchman" heroine : SENTA
9
Husband of Titania : OBERON
10
Satanic : DEMONLIKE
11
Egyptian sun god : ATMU
12
Homophone for scene : SEEN
16
British business abbr. : LTD
21
Belgian violinist : YSAYE
22
Mennonite group : AMISH
26
Admired one : IDOL
27
He wrote "Deirdre of the Sorrows" : SYNGE
29
Conversational cliché : ISEE
30
Capitol Hill refusals : NAYS
31
Gaelic : ERSE
32
Snow runners : SKIS
33
Candy striper : AIDE
34
This Anna was Nana : STEN
35
Flags : STANDARDS
37
And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
40
Distinguished : NOTED
41
Straight up : ERECT
46
Oscar winner Borgnine : ERNEST
48
Appointed lot : KISMET
50
Operation-launching times : DDAYS
52
Mario Cavaradossi's lover : TOSCA
53
Bruins member : UCLAN
54
Edge around : SKIRT
55
Nash or Studebaker : CAR
56
Writer Saikal : AMIN
57
Elegance : TONE
58
Parol : ORAL
59
Festival : GALA
60
Germany's Count von ___ : SPEE

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