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Albert L. Misenko
Albert L. Misenko

New York Times, Saturday, February 27, 1982

42-Down : Betakes oneself

Author:
Albert L. Misenko
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 96, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0
Albert L. Misenko has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,799
Across
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Near each other, as the eyes : CLOSESET
9
Reservoir in New York : CROTON
15
Spring blossom : HEPATICA
16
Land area personified by a princess : EUROPE
17
Protection for certain painters : OVERALLS
18
Rubble : DEBRIS
19
Monogram of a record-breaking Phillie : PER
20
Felt antipathy toward : LOATHED
22
Opportune : PAT
23
Master-tailor : CRAB
25
Hordeola : STIES
26
Kin of pigeon holes : COTE
27
Orthodox Moslem : HANIF
29
To be, in Bolivia : SER
30
Threw down the gauntlet : DARED
31
Group of eight : OGDOAD
33
Actor Williams : ROBIN
35
Pulverizes : PESTLES
37
Vamooses : DECAMPS
41
Bavarian river : ILLER
43
Behave (oneself) : DEPORT
44
Political birds of a feather : BLOCS
47
Blue-book gal : DEB
49
Networks conveying impulses : RETIA
50
What Dumbo employed to fly : EARS
51
Table fowl : CAPON
53
In England, he's a gubbins : SIMP
54
What "we got" : FUN
55
No way to go : BANANAS
57
Kind of lace : VAL
58
Red Jacket was one : ORATOR
60
New member of Sigma Chi : INITIATE
62
Repair mosaics : RETILE
63
Rebel : REVOLTER
64
Chooses : ELECTS
65
Describing ramps : STEPLESS
Down
1
Quickly, in pidgin English : CHOPCHOP
2
Means of using greater force : LEVERAGE
3
Dividends in division, e.g. : OPERANDS
4
Org. founded in 1889 : SAR
5
Common Latin abbr. : ETAL
6
Airtight pits or towers : SILOS
7
Dazzling effects : ECLATS
8
More appetizing : TASTIER
9
Grants : CEDES
10
Was wiser and sadder : RUED
11
Sun or moon : ORB
12
Lethargy : TORPOR
13
Drug : OPIATE
14
Fitted into one another : NESTED
21
Idumean king of Judea : HEROD
24
Certain drugs, for short : BIOTICS
26
Preprandial spread : CANAPES
28
Angel or Victoria : FALLS
30
One to be faded : DICER
32
Shoffner of football fame : DEL
34
Bunk : BED
36
Jampan : SEDAN
38
What to do before teaching a lesson : MOTIVATE
39
Archbishops : PRIMATES
40
Office equipment : STAPLERS
42
Betakes oneself : REPAIRS
44
Caption in a diet-pill ad : BEFORE
45
Hardy partner : LAUREL
46
Like Chippendale : ORNATE
48
Cowl over a fireplace : BONNET
51
"For kings have ___ ... ": R. Greene : CARES
52
Childlike : NAIVE
55
He wrote "A Man for All Seasons" : BOLT
56
Elevator button : STOP
59
Fixation : TIC
61
Unlucky : ILL

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