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James L. Beatty
James L. Beatty

New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 1991

48-Down : Falsify; doctor

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
James L. Beatty has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,367
Across
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Aladdin's ___ : LAMP
5
Harness parts : BITS
9
Bombacaceous tree : BALSA
14
Asseverate : AVER
15
Hautboy : OBOE
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Alf, for one : ALIEN
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Lively French social dance : COTILLION
19
Parade sight : FLOAT
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Antagonists : ENEMIES
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Matlock's forte : DEFENSE
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Auricle : EAR
24
Hymn : PSALM
25
Bounder : CAD
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"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
30
Adjusted to a situation : GEARED
34
Chasm : ABYSS
36
Ellipsoidal : OVAL
38
Alaskan cape : NOME
39
"___ Rosa," 1929 song : NINA
40
Preprandial words : GRACE
41
Knight's wife : DAME
42
German river : EDER
43
The ___ Eagle : LONE
44
Relinquished : CEDED
45
"___ and Lilies": Ruskin : SESAME
47
Icelandic work : EDDA
49
Aves.' kin : STS
50
Joists : BEAMS
52
Part of a joule : ERG
54
Treeless plain : SAVANNA
57
Most obscure : VAGUEST
61
Better : AMEND
62
Old Spanish dances : CHACONNES
64
Rocketry probe : SONDE
65
Nimbus : HALO
66
Vaudeville singer Bayes : NORA
67
"Blue ___," 1927 Berlin song : SKIES
68
Sign : OMEN
69
North Sea feeder : YSER
Down
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Tatting : LACE
2
William's river : AVON
3
Parcel (out) : METE
4
First-rate : PRIME
5
Jacket or dance : BOLERO
6
Sacred Egyptian bird : IBIS
7
As well as : TOO
8
Remits : SENDS
9
Thwart : BAFFLE
10
German folk dance : ALLEMANDE
11
V.I.P. : LION
12
Swell places? : SEAS
13
___ meridiem : ANTE
18
Type of poker : LIARS
22
Thrill for John Daly : EAGLE
24
Stately 16th-century dances : PAVANES
25
Flogs : CANES
26
Tarry : ABIDE
27
Units of force : DYNES
29
Memorable Italian P.M. : MORO
31
Ship anchorages : ROADS
32
Playwright Robert ___ Sherwood : EMMET
33
G. Cooper role: 1936 : DEEDS
35
Vigorous Spanish castanet dance : SARABANDE
37
Served perfectly : ACED
40
Follow the reapers : GLEAN
44
Freight : CARGO
46
French P.M. ___-France: 1954-55 : MENDES
48
Falsify; doctor : DEACON
51
Assertive, virile male : MACHO
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Burlap : GUNNY
54
Back talk : SASS
55
Needlessly : AMOK
56
Start of Caesar's boast : VENI
57
Singer Jerry from N.Y.C. : VALE
58
Sonny Shroyer role : ENOS
59
Wizened : SERE
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Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
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Shack figure : HAM

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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