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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Wednesday, February 13, 1985

12-Down : Stains

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K V Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,881
Across
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Cinches : SNAPS
6
Rainwater pipe : SPOUT
11
Almost a knight: Abbr. : ESQ
14
Soda pop in Boston : TONIC
15
One of the Keys : LARGO
16
Trifle : SOU
17
De Sica's "Yesterday, Today ___" : ANDTOMORROW
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Celestial dessert? : PIE
20
Actor Turhan ___ : BEY
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Domino or Waller : FATS
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"___ Well ... " : ALLS
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Proust's "Remembrance ___" : OFTHINGSPAST
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Scrutinizes : PERUSES
30
Like some cookies : OATEN
31
Cupid : EROS
32
Indian city : AGRA
33
"Honest" one : ABE
36
Beckett classic : WAITINGFORGODOT
41
Draft letters : SSS
42
Young horse : FOAL
43
Bartók or Lugosi : BELA
44
Kind of inflection : TONAL
46
Halts : ARRESTS
49
Dylan's "___ Are A-Changin'" : THETIMESTHEY
52
Achilles or Ajax : HERO
53
Take ___ the lam : ITON
54
Goal : AIM
57
Outer: Comb. form : EXO
58
Dali's "___ of Memory" : PERSISTENCE
62
Fire: Fr. : FEU
63
Basilica area : ALTAR
64
A de Mille : AGNES
65
Football pts. : TDS
66
Cotton thread : LISLE
67
Good earth : LOESS
Down
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Pierce : STAB
2
"And Then There Were ___" : NONE
3
Warhol or Williams : ANDY
4
Pendulum's partner : PIT
5
Flouts : SCOFFS
6
Lazy arboreal clingers : SLOTHS
7
Iranian dialect : PARSI
8
Hockey great : ORR
9
Actor Tognazzi : UGO
10
Haul : TOW
11
Shore-front walkways : ESPLANADES
12
Stains : SOILS
13
Pursuit : QUEST
18
The end, in chess : MATE
22
Copy : APE
23
Eject : OUST
24
NASA's "not ready" : NOGO
25
Teri of "Tootsie" : GARR
26
Kind of party : STAG
27
Seats for the faithful : PEWS
28
Guidry stats. : ERAS
29
Carousing noisily : ROISTEROUS
32
C.I.O.'s partner : AFL
34
Nut's complement : BOLT
35
Airport abbrs. : ETAS
37
Province ceded to Morocco : IFNI
38
Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
39
Strong wind : GALE
40
"___ thy heart": Emerson : OBEY
45
Ear: Comb. form : OTO
46
Raiment : ATTIRE
47
Pi-sigma connectors : RHOS
48
Kind of library : RENTAL
49
"Property is ___!": Proudhon : THEFT
50
Jinxed : HEXED
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Rope fiber : SISAL
54
Henry VIII's second : ANNE
55
Some desserts : ICES
56
Gob's meal : MESS
58
Chum : PAL
59
Yalie : ELI
60
Wall St. abbr. : RTS
61
Kind of trip : EGO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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