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Timothy Hoy
Timothy Hoy

New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 1983

26-Down : Singer-bandleader Louis

Author:
Timothy Hoy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Timothy Hoy has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,160
Across
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A real looker : DISH
5
Pitch indicator : CLEF
9
Po tributary : ADDA
13
Calif. campus : UCLA
14
India's official language : HINDI
16
Othello, e.g. : MOOR
17
"___ Daughter," film re 36 Down : COALMINERS
19
Sicilian sizzler : ETNA
20
Boards a Concorde : ENPLANES
21
Door or window top : LINTEL
23
Osterreich's capital : WIEN
24
___ Gras : MARDI
25
Dismays : APPALS
28
By ___ (alone) : ONESELF
31
Carts : DRAYS
32
Ships' storage areas : HOLDS
34
Indian of Indiana : WEA
35
Morse-code words : DITS
36
Peers : LORDS
37
Bog product : PEAT
38
Bad ___, German spa : EMS
39
Peace symbols : DOVES
40
Tuscan town, rich in marble : MASSA
41
Kind of center for tots : DAYCARE
43
Charles ___, Frankish ruler : MARTEL
44
Colonists' newscaster : CRIER
45
Slowly fade away : MELT
46
Sign on : ENLIST
48
Soda crackers : SALTINES
52
Gato del Sol's check : REIN
53
Nashvillian, e.g. : TENNESSEAN
55
Emulated Moe Bandy : SANG
56
Expiate : ATONE
57
Pro's opponent : ANTI
58
Rapier's relative : EPEE
59
Windmill sails : AWES
60
Creeper's bed : NEST
Down
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Il ___ (Mussolini) : DUCE
2
Revered figure : ICON
3
___ shot, in hockey : SLAP
4
Corridors : HALLWAYS
5
Ridges of land : CHINES
6
Fine fabric : LINEN
7
Chemical suffixes : ENES
8
N.R.A. father : FDR
9
What sinners sometimes make : AMENDS
10
Famed country singer : DOTTIEWEST
11
Over : DONE
12
Soviet sea : ARAL
15
Key West and Honshu : ISLANDS
18
Posts : MAILS
22
Angers : IRES
24
Forms : MOLDS
25
Increased in size : ADDED
26
Singer-bandleader Louis : PRIMA
27
Late country singer : PATSYCLINE
29
Rent : LEASE
30
Deadly : FATAL
32
Helicopters do this : HOVER
33
Mine find : ORE
36
Country singer Lynn : LORETTA
37
Advocate : PARTISAN
39
Speaker's platform : DAIS
40
Snack-bar drinks : MALTS
42
Cower : CRINGE
43
To-dos : MELEES
45
Shelly ___, jazz drummer : MANNE
46
Gaelic language : ERSE
47
Tide level : NEAP
48
Singer-composer Phoebe : SNOW
49
Hawaiian goose : NENE
50
Roadside flasher : EATS
51
Agitation : SNIT
54
Zeta follower : ETA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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