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Jeff Herrington
Jeff Herrington

New York Times, Thursday, February 27, 1992

33-Down : Czech. neighbor

Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { H K P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jeff Herrington has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,451
Across
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Monastic superior : ABBESS
7
Big leagues : MAJORS
13
Eared seal : SEALION
15
Talismans : AMULETS
17
Suitable for the block : SALABLE
18
Fixed attitude : MINDSET
19
Judah's second son : ONAN
20
Break a cipher : DECODE
22
Numerical prefix : TRI
23
Tough skin : RIND
24
Painter who illustrated Dante's works : DORE
25
By and by : SOON
26
British gumshoes : TECS
27
In addition : ELSE
28
Very neat : TRIG
29
Mariner's dir. : SSE
30
Newsy note : ITEM
31
Avaricious : GREEDY
33
Michael Collins, e.g. : ASTRONAUT
35
Effacement : RASURE
38
Alaskan city : NOME
39
TV series : ROC
42
Bird, to Brutus : AVIS
43
___ Wawa, Radner role : BABA
44
Hindu spirit : DEVA
45
Suffix with base or abase : MENT
46
Clipping on a gridiron, e.g. : FOUL
47
Cousin of etc. : ETAL
48
Kind of virus : RNA
49
Monopoly : CARTEL
51
Wimbledon superstar: 1976-80 : BORG
52
External : OUTWARD
54
Sunrooms : SOLARIA
56
Craze : DERANGE
57
Glass raiser : TOASTER
58
Suit maker : SARTOR
59
Hirsute : TRESSY
Down
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Classifies : ASSORTS
2
Skullcaps : BEANIES
3
Equilibrate : BALANCE
4
Large kin of dik-diks : ELANDS
5
Bro, to sis : SIB
6
Auctioneer's word : SOLD
7
Bolivian river : MAMORE
8
Ammonia derivative : AMIDE
9
Havoc of Hollywood : JUNE
10
Stale : OLD
11
Put back : RESTORE
12
Muscle builder : STEROID
14
Tease : NEEDLER
16
Penurious : STINGY
21
Yuri Gagarin, e.g. : COSMONAUT
25
Proofreader's mark : STET
27
Planch add-on : ETTE
30
Leb. neighbor : ISR
31
Character in "Princess Ida" : GAMA
32
Scribe or de Rivoli : RUE
33
Czech. neighbor : AUST
34
Shakespeare's adjective for Brutus : NOBLEST
35
Muzzle loader : RAMROD
36
Modes of access : AVENUES
37
"Rat Pack" leader : SINATRA
39
Comebacks : RETORTS
40
Plant parts enclosing young seeds : OVARIES
41
Alberta city : CALGARY
43
Something to purfle : BORDER
44
Lower in character : DEBASE
46
Henry Wells stopped here : FARGO
49
Slanting motion : CANT
50
Joe Orton play : LOOT
53
Whitman's "The Real ___" : WAR
55
Tutelary deity : LAR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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