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Don Groat
Don Groat

New York Times, Tuesday, December 6, 1988

39-Down : Madame Bovary's creator

Author:
Don Groat
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Don Groat has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,273
Across
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Clouts : SLAMS
6
Asgard's ruler : ODIN
10
Night creature : BAT
13
Impressionist Edouard : MANET
14
Thespian's goal : ROLE
15
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
16
Nice school : ECOLE
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Gob's jail : BRIG
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Hawkeye of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
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Arachne was one : WEAVER
21
Goldbrick : MALINGER
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Rainbow : IRIS
25
Creator of Barnaby Rudge : DICKENS
26
Dept.-store ad : FALLSALE
30
Xenon, e.g. : GAS
31
Army truant : AWOL
32
Prospero's sprightly servant : ARIEL
34
Brit. medal : DSO
37
Give up : CEDE
38
Hair treatment : RINSE
39
Dispassionate; equable : FAIR
40
Dutch city : EDE
41
First king of Egypt : MENES
42
Conversational gap : LULL
43
Twitch : TIC
44
With fitness : SUITABLY
47
Anna Karenina's creator : TOLSTOY
51
Beige : ECRU
52
Art of flying : AVIATION
54
Loser to Richard: 1968 : HUBERT
58
Shakespearean king : LEAR
59
San ___ Obispo : LUIS
61
Ancient Ethiopian capital : MEROE
62
Samovars : URNS
63
Sicilian tourist attraction : ETNA
64
___ facie evidence : PRIMA
65
Dep. : STA
66
Indian Ocean vessel : DHOW
67
Chateaubriand, e.g. : STEAK
Down
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Merganser : SMEW
2
Intertwine : LACE
3
Celebes ox : ANOA
4
He wrote "Typee" : MELVILLE
5
Takes the helm : STEERS
6
Globe : ORB
7
College bldg. : DORM
8
Partner of the "Odyssey" : ILIAD
9
Dressing gown : NEGLIGEE
10
Hogwash : BILGE
11
Pilgrim John : ALDEN
12
Lacerates : TEARS
15
Panzer-division units : TANKS
20
Inlet : RIA
22
Suffix for poet : ICAL
24
Done in : SLAIN
26
Confront : FACE
27
Fearful and reverential : AWED
28
Kind of star or stone : LODE
29
Homophone for 62 Across : ERNES
33
Politician's topic : ISSUE
34
Paint unskillfully : DAUB
35
Spot for a house plant : SILL
36
Air France milieu : ORLY
38
Shrank back : RECOILED
39
Madame Bovary's creator : FLAUBERT
41
Glove for Gary Carter : MITT
43
Nicholas and others : TSARS
45
"___ dien," motto of the Prince of Wales : ICH
46
Plays a powerful card : TRUMPS
47
Anklebone : TALUS
48
Apparent : OVERT
49
Tropical climbing vine : LIANA
50
Period of life : YOUTH
53
Barcelona boy : NINO
55
Iroquoian Indian : ERIE
56
Caesar's urbs : ROMA
57
Elegant wood : TEAK
60
Adage : SAW

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

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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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