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Joli Quentin Kansil
Joli Quentin Kansil

New York Times, Friday, February 27, 1976

53-Down : Cover up

Author:
Joli Quentin Kansil
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 239 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Joli Quentin Kansil has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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O
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X
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A
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P
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© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,694
Across
1
Match or jewelry : BOX
4
Jai ___ : ALAI
8
Kyle of football : ROTE
12
Tavern orders : ALES
14
Newspaper section : ROTO
15
Cork's location : ERIN
16
Fluff : LINT
17
"Some like ___" : ITHOT
19
Exceedingly : VERY
20
Ten million squared : IOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
23
___ and outs : INS
24
Mayan month : UINAL
25
Commodious : SPACIOUS
29
Prefix with graphy or dox : ORTHO
32
N. H. flower : LILAC
33
West German territory : SAAR
35
Guido's note : ELA
37
41
Day: Abbr. : TUE
42
Earth goddess : ERDA
43
Actor Toomey : REGIS
44
Puppet Mortimer : SNERD
47
Tool, for one : ARTIFACT
49
Unlimited quantity : OCEAN
51
Defendants, in law : REI
52
Ten thousand squared : AHUNDREDMILLION
59
Portuguese Timor capital : DILI
60
1930 tariff co-author : SMOOT
61
Spanish river : EBRO
62
Ferber : EDNA
63
Division word : INTO
64
Per ___ : DIEM
65
Connery : SEAN
66
Age : AEON
67
Ship's course: Abbr. : SSE
Down
1
Exotic isle : BALI
2
Potpourri : OLIO
3
Foreign: Prefix : XENO
4
Melodious : ARIOSO
5
Game of chance: Var. : LOTO
6
"Arabian Nights" total : ATHOUSANDANDONE
7
Ten millenniums plus a bit : IOOOI
8
Mutiny : REVOLT
9
Mountain: Prefix : OREO
10
Novice: Var. : TIRO
11
Greek war goddess : ENYO
13
Impassive : STOICAL
18
Venezuela river : TONORO
21
In abeyance : ONICE
22
Rowboat feature : OAR
25
Pay-phone part : SLOT
26
Sanctimonious : PIOUS
27
Famed Pilgrim : ALDEN
28
American mil. branch : USAR
30
Girl's name : HELGA
31
Acid used in making soap : OLEIC
34
Jewish month : ADAR
36
Aide: Abbr. : ASST
38
Passover feasts : SEDERS
39
Cantilevered window : ORIEL
40
Sullied : DEFILED
45
Everlasting : EONIAN
46
Obtained: Abbr. : RCD
48
Newt : TRITON
50
Of the blood: Suffix : AEMIA
52
Summer refreshers : ADES
53
Cover up : HIDE
54
Arm bone : ULNA
55
J. P. Marquand's Mr. ___ : MOTO
56
Wading bird : IBIS
57
Mine products : ORES
58
Alaskan port : NOME

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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