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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Saturday, February 6, 1982

51-Down : Pranks

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,778
Across
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Educ. network : PBS
4
Place at a slant : SKEW
8
Gland: Comb. form : ADEN
12
De ___, in "The Green Pastures" : LAWD
14
Queenly name : ANNE
15
Given to glumness : MOODY
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Afghan pass : UNAI
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Abode for a queen : HIVE
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Become worn : ERODE
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Map abbr. : MTNS
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Bygone days : AGO
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Contestant : ENTRY
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June holiday, in Boston : BUNKERHILLDAY
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Breadth, for short : LAT
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Wynn and Sullivan : EDS
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Clerical robe : ALB
30
Personal benefits : SAKES
34
Rte. of a sort : AVE
35
Ma Bell's code : AREA
36
May holiday, in Missouri : TRUMANSBIRTHDAY
40
Affectations : AIRS
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"And when I ___ my lips ... ": Shak. : OPE
42
Padlock adjuncts : HASPS
43
Jerboa's kin : RAT
44
Actress Arthur : BEA
45
Hubbub : ADO
47
November holiday, in Oklahoma : WILLROGERSDAY
54
Yields : CEDES
55
"Gone ___ the days ... " : ARE
56
Verdi work : AIDA
57
Extrinsic : ALIEN
58
Choreographic unit : STEP
59
"The Fallen ___," 1948 film : IDOL
60
___ days : SALAD
61
Lose one's sunburn : PEEL
62
Class : SORT
63
Word divs. : SYLS
64
Singer Gibb : ANDY
65
Monsarrat's "The Cruel ___" : SEA
Down
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Probe into : PLUMB
2
African language group : BANTU
3
Proust protagonist : SWANN
4
Arid region : SAHARA
5
Order of the Garter member : KNIGHT
6
Ballade's finale : ENVOI
7
Minuscule : WEE
8
Trunk within a trunk : AORTA
9
Frontage plots : DOORYARDS
10
Air current : EDDY
11
Actress Carrie : NYE
13
Paten : DISK
15
Uses a darning egg : MENDS
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Church officer : ELDER
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"Born Free" cat : ELSA
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A son of Leah and Jacob : LEVI
28
Kind of year : LEAP
29
Wall recesses : BAYS
30
Vega or attraction at Vegas : STAR
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"Tosca" treat : ARIA
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Composer of "Street Scene" : KURTWEILL
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Quartet in "I Remember Mama" : EMS
34
Famous February nickname : ABE
35
Historians' org. : AHA
37
Holiday songs : NOELS
38
Help Holmes to tune up : SPAR
39
Eponym for the fifth of seven : THOR
44
Harmonize : BLEND
45
Of one opinion : AGREED
46
With profundity : DEEPLY
48
Notions : IDEAS
49
Containing a grain : OATEN
50
Ancient Egyptian city : SAIS
51
Pranks : DIDOS
52
Anagram for oread : ADORE
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Conference site of 1945 : YALTA
54
Kind of pigeon : CLAY
57
Zebra's cousin : ASS
58
Where to "take the waters" : SPA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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