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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Thursday, February 4, 1982

9-Down : Disables

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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N
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A
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R
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D
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,776
Across
1
Indian head : CENT
5
Queens diamond locale : SHEA
9
Goalie's gear : MASK
13
Yours, in Tours : ATOI
14
Scottish philosopher : HUME
15
"___ the Fall," Miller play : AFTER
17
Astound : STUN
18
Shot, for short : AMMO
19
Byzantine empress : IRENE
20
Set of laws : TENCOMMANDMENTS
23
Laurel or holly : TREE
24
Ar follower : ESS
25
Where Galileo taught : PADUA
28
Fill gaps, in a way : DARN
31
Place for cargo : HOLD
35
Cancel a mission : ABORT
36
Dieter's anathema : GAIN
38
Cry's partner : HUE
39
Set of laws : CODEOFHAMMURABI
43
Part of G.B. : ENG
44
Haymarket event: 1886 : RIOT
45
Goddess of grain : CERES
46
Shoal : REEF
48
Indigence : NEED
50
Part of L.C.D. : LEAST
51
Letters before an alias : AKA
53
Start the bridge bidding : OPEN
55
Set of laws : THEBILLOFRIGHTS
63
"___, Goodbye," Beatles song : HELLO
64
Data, familiarly : INFO
65
Swiss river : AARE
66
Nomads' stopovers : OASES
67
Word part : STEM
68
Kind of club : GLEE
69
Stint : TASK
70
Stir : TODO
71
Fraternal ones : ELKS
Down
1
"___ thy bread ... " : CAST
2
Major ending : ETTE
3
Common or proper word : NOUN
4
Dye : TINCTURE
5
Ignominy : SHAME
6
Droned : HUMMED
7
Austen's Woodhouse : EMMA
8
Indefinite period : AEON
9
Disables : MAIMS
10
Again : AFRESH
11
British carbine : STEN
12
Lane's fellow reporter : KENT
16
Thing, in law : RES
21
Cicero, e.g. : ORATOR
22
Twilled fabric : DENIM
25
N.B.A. man : PACER
26
Have ___ to pick : ABONE
27
___ City, on the Santa Fe Trail : DODGE
29
Quartz : AGATE
30
First of 12 : RAM
32
"BUtterfield 8" author : OHARA
33
Garage jobs, informally : LUBES
34
Jefferson or Voltaire : DEIST
37
Centers : NUCLEI
40
Term terminus : FINAL
41
Tiller's tool : HOE
42
Hire again : REENGAGE
47
Phaedrus products : FABLES
49
Took off : DOFFED
52
Open structure : KIOSK
54
TV ad : PROMO
55
However, for short : THO
56
Track event : HEAT
57
Lohengrin's wife : ELSA
58
Market aid : LIST
59
Hip : ONTO
60
Lecture locale : HALL
61
"Star ___" : TREK
62
Makes a certain poker bet : SEES

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

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