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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, February 9, 1983

1-Down : Rooks' calls

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,146
Across
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Yokums' creator : CAPP
5
Barbara ___ Geddes : BEL
8
Scuffle : SCRAP
13
Side petals : ALAE
14
Where Thakhek is : LAOS
16
Papal crown : TIARA
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Word with make or piece : WORK
18
Writer Sholem : ASCH
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Space under the eaves : ATTIC
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Warn : ALERT
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Extra's role : BIT
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Long-lasting : EONIAN
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Illus. : DIAG
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Pose a question : ASK
35
Degs. for aspiring Goyas : MFAS
36
Africa's second-longest river : CONGO
37
Linguistic blooper : SLIPOFTHETONGUE
41
Wanner : PALER
42
Writer O'Flaherty's birthplace : ARAN
43
Ending for musket : EER
44
Word in early telegrams : STOP
45
"O ___ I e'er took delight in thy praises": Byron : FAMEIF
47
Pluto, e.g. : GOD
48
Some are man-made : LAKES
52
Blabbed : SPILLEDTHEBEANS
59
One of Hamill's predecessors : HENIE
60
___ go bragh : ERIN
61
Rebekah's firstborn : ESAU
62
A Pilgrim : ALDEN
63
Exploit : DEED
64
Senior Dumas : PERE
65
Sleekness : GLOSS
66
Sigma : ESS
67
Luge or pung : SLED
Down
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Rooks' calls : CAWS
2
Ho's "hello" : ALOHA
3
Word-of-mouth, in law : PAROL
4
Tea type : PEKOE
5
Rocket launch : BLASTOFF
6
One of Gotham's rivers : EAST
7
Fjord's Scottish cousin : LOCH
8
Commence : START
9
Quote : CITE
10
Assess : RATE
11
Mex. neighbor : ARIZ
12
Thirty inches : PACE
15
"Come Back, Little ___" : SHEBA
21
Mild quake : TREMOR
22
Receptacle : BIN
26
___ (King) Cole : NAT
27
Bandleader Jones : ISHAM
28
Oxford fellow : DON
29
Creator of 15 Down : INGE
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Flu symptom : AGUE
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Party follower : GOER
32
Ophidians : ASPS
33
Louver : SLAT
34
2.2046 lbs. : KILO
36
Gabfest : CONFAB
38
Kind of talk : PEP
39
Before, in hymnody : ERE
40
Last parts : TAILENDS
45
A McCoy, to a Hatfield : FOE
46
Used a calculator : ADDED
47
Narrow valleys : GLENS
49
For ___ (permanently) : KEEPS
50
Landscapist's gear : EASEL
51
Capturing device : SNARE
52
A cormorant : SHAG
53
___-mell : PELL
54
Prefix with China : INDO
55
Pinocchio's wrongs : LIES
56
Ginkgo or hornbeam : TREE
57
Hurries : HIES
58
Took to court : SUED

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

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