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Fraas
Fraas

New York Times, Saturday, December 5, 1981

43-Down : July-August in Australia

Author:
Fraas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Fraas has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,715
Across
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"Now he belongs to the ___" : AGES
5
Lodge : ROOM
9
Salk : JONAS
14
Shade of brown : RUST
15
Bombeck : ERMA
16
"Lakme," e.g. : OPERA
17
Winglike parts : ALAE
18
Change direction : VEER
19
___ hand : HIRED
20
Casual wear : BLUEJEANS
22
___ stores (resinous products) : NAVAL
23
Garnish : LARD
24
How some puddings are prepared : HASTILY
26
Wretched : ABJECT
29
Baluster shaper : LATHE
30
Heep and Cratchit : CLERKS
31
Oil: Comb. form : OLEO
32
Opposite of yang : YIN
35
"Midnight Cowboy" character : RATSO
36
___ Nidre (Yom Kippur prayer) : KOL
37
Spain's national museum : PRADO
39
Printemps follower : ETE
40
Rested : LAIN
42
Pierce : SKEWER
43
Nickname of Edward VIII's bride : WALLY
44
Upset : TIPPED
45
Denoting rank : ORDINAL
48
Healthy, in Brindisi : SANO
49
Purpose : POINT
50
Elite Turkish soldier, formerly : JANISSARY
55
Quash, in law : ABATE
56
Buck heroine : OLAN
57
Wading bird : IBIS
58
Solitarian : LONER
59
Bind : YOKE
60
Blue or White : NILE
61
Niña's end : STERN
62
Germ : SEED
63
Grandpa Walton was his most noted role : GEER
Down
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Swift horse : ARAB
2
Dupe : GULL
3
A son of Rebekah : ESAU
4
Four-time Super Bowl winners : STEELERS
5
Goes back : REVERTS
6
Echo, e.g. : OREAD
7
Sign : OMEN
8
Secretary of State: 1947-49 : MARSHALL
9
U.S. financier-philanthropist: 1795-1873 : JOHNSHOPKINS
10
Narcotic : OPIATE
11
Innovative Italian architect : NERVI
12
Regional : AREAL
13
With sorrow : SADLY
21
Ignis fatuus : JACKOLANTERN
25
Eroded : ATE
26
Mediterranean port : ACRE
27
Calf's complaint : BLAT
28
Ballet jump : JETE
29
Off one's rocker : LOONY
32
Raucous cry : YAWP
33
___ fixe : IDEE
34
Far northern French department : NORD
36
Party poopers : KILLJOYS
38
Abed : REPOSING
41
So. state : ALA
42
Like panes in rose windows : STAINED
43
July-August in Australia : WINTER
45
Geyserites : OPALS
46
Golem, for one : ROBOT
47
Steak ___ (with cognac and sherry) : DIANE
48
Treacherous person : SNAKE
51
Medicinal herb : ALOE
52
Anne Nichols hero : ABIE
53
Irritate : RILE
54
North Sea feeder : YSER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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