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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Tuesday, February 22, 1983

10-Down : Alexander and Douglas

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,159
Across
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Jai ___ : ALAI
5
Autocrat : TSAR
9
Daily task : CHORE
14
Sketch : LIMN
15
Loser to the tortoise : HARE
16
Home-run king : AARON
17
Dash : ELAN
18
Barrett or Jaffe : RONA
19
McKinley's Ohio birthplace : NILES
20
Striker-Trendle hero : THELONERANGER
23
Poet laureate of England: 1715-18 : ROWE
24
___ Alamos : LOS
25
Fruit-jelly base : PECTIN
28
Suffix with scan : SION
30
___ Elum, city in Wash. : CLE
33
Love, in Lyon : AMOUR
34
Largest of the Near Islands : ATTU
35
Bang's partner : SLAM
36
Cabin heater : POTBELLIEDSTOVE
39
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
40
Troubles : ILLS
41
Red dye : EOSIN
42
Bandman Brown : LES
43
Make sweaters : KNIT
44
Rely (on) : DEPEND
45
Soak : SOG
46
Oakland or Essex : AUTO
47
Kitchen device : MICROWAVEOVEN
53
Gay city : PAREE
54
Wrack's partner : RUIN
55
"See no ___" : EVIL
57
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
58
Foe of Iraq : IRAN
59
"Splitsville" : RENO
60
Expand laterally : WIDEN
61
Kenya's longest river : TANA
62
Tear, in a way : SNAG
Down
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Nut-brown drink : ALE
2
Lively ditty : LILT
3
Asian nurse : AMAH
4
Car part used in pools : INNERTUBE
5
Given, as a party : THROWN
6
Rhone feeder : SAONE
7
English composer: 1710-78 : ARNE
8
___ admiral : REAR
9
"Big Bertha," for one : CANNON
10
Alexander and Douglas : HAIGS
11
Wreath atop Lancelot : ORLE
12
S. African gun : ROER
13
Mil. officer : ENS
21
French area, rich in coal : LOIRE
22
Not in a whisper : ALOUD
25
Pertaining to Karol Wojtyla : PAPAL
26
Overact : EMOTE
27
Sheep shelters : COTES
28
Clown's walking stick : STILT
29
Followers: Suffix : ITES
30
Shut : CLOSE
31
TV's Alice : LAVIN
32
Do some editing : EMEND
34
Chesterton's "___ Survey" : ALLI
35
Motels : STOPOVERS
37
Jargon : LINGO
38
Take care of : SEETO
43
Soul from Seoul : KOREAN
44
Chaperon : DUENNA
45
Make the ___ (show up) : SCENE
46
Of birds : AVIAN
47
French Sudan, today : MALI
48
In high dudgeon : IRED
49
Legal paper : WRIT
50
Ambiance : AURA
51
All tied up : EVEN
52
One of a seaworthy trio : NINA
53
Church chair : PEW
56
Daily record : LOG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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