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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, February 9, 1989

9-Down : Purify

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,338
Across
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Comic's stock in trade : GAGS
5
Space-age acronym : NASA
9
Q followers : RSTU
13
Icehouse? : IGLU
14
Time spans : ERAS
15
Branch of biol. : ECOL
16
Clothed ___ (fully attired) : FROMHEADTOFOOT
19
Tantalized : TEASED
20
Feudal tribute : HERIOT
21
Hardened : SET
22
Yodeler's milieu : ALP
24
Pitt mascot : PANTHER
27
Deliver an address : SPEAK
29
Scottish monster, affectionately : NESSIE
30
Fight for breath : PANT
33
Kind of shop, in Soho : GROG
35
Seraglio room : ODA
36
Tub plant : ALOE
37
Critic Hippolyte Adolphe ___ : TAINE
38
Part of AARP : AMER
39
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
40
Relative of curare : INEE
41
Hypochondriac's dread : GERM
42
Balance accounts : EVENUP
45
Camille portrayer: 1936 : GARBO
48
Household pests : REDANTS
50
Trygve of the U.N. : LIE
51
Plural pronoun for Pierre : ILS
54
"For ___, two, three strikes you're out ... " : ITSONE
56
Plains Indian : PAWNEE
58
Conversely : ONTHEOTHERHAND
60
Fits to ___ : ATEE
61
Salt Lake City team : UTES
62
"A Man ___ Woman," 1966 movie : ANDA
63
This was once a tin lizzie : FORD
64
Book preceder : TEXT
65
Ill-tempered : MEAN
Down
1
Endowments : GIFTS
2
Be in accord : AGREE
3
Exult selfishly : GLOAT
4
Arithmetical exercises : SUMS
5
Rib : NEEDLE
6
The Altar, in astronomy : ARA
7
Hindu ascetic : SADH
8
"Marriage is ___ so grave ... ": R.L.S. : ASTEP
9
Purify : REFINE
10
Moves like Phil Rizzuto : SCOOTS
11
Adjective for Marilyn Monroe : TOOTHSOME
12
The previous mo. : ULT
17
Dilapidated car : HEAP
18
Seville, e.g. : ORANGE
23
Missionary's concern : PAGAN
25
Precursor of down : EIDER
26
Supply new weaponry : REARM
27
Fr. Holy woman : STE
28
War, in Düsseldorf : KRIEG
30
Having less color : PALER
31
Vibrant : ALIVE
32
Poked around : NOSEDINTO
34
Patrick or Ryan : ONEAL
37
Start of Tiny Tim's theme song : TIPTOE
38
"It's ___!" (business agreement) : AGO
43
Talk incessantly : NATTER
44
Like feathers prior to molting : UNSHED
46
Most mature : RIPEST
47
Stand : BEAR
49
Schnoz : SNOUT
51
Vapid : INANE
52
___ hand (give help) : LENDA
53
Family car : SEDAN
55
Leather or usher ending : ETTE
57
Socko! : WHAM
58
Simpleton : OAF
59
Practice witchcraft on : HEX

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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