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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Wednesday, March 10, 1982

4-Down : Judah, to Isaac

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
G
2
A
3
N
4
G
5
A
6
F
7
B
8
H
9
A
10
V
11
E
12
O
D
O
R
13
A
R
R
A
14
Y
15
E
R
I
N
16
L
A
V
A
17
N
Y
A
L
A
18
R
I
N
D
19
F
R
A
N
20
N
Y
A
N
D
Z
21
O
O
E
Y
22
D
R
A
N
K
23
D
I
L
L
24
L
25
H
26
A
S
A
27
L
28
E
29
T
I
N
30
I
A
G
O
31
K
32
A
Y
A
K
S
33
O
34
P
35
E
36
F
R
A
N
37
C
I
S
S
C
O
T
38
T
K
E
Y
39
E
E
R
40
A
L
E
P
H
S
41
R
A
K
E
42
P
R
O
S
E
43
H
E
Y
E
R
44
A
45
G
U
E
46
A
47
G
48
A
T
E
49
D
R
F
R
50
A
51
N
K
E
N
S
T
52
E
53
I
54
N
55
C
O
I
F
56
T
A
I
N
T
57
O
B
O
E
58
A
B
L
E
59
A
N
N
I
E
60
P
R
O
W
61
M
E
L
D
62
A
G
E
63
S
O
O
T
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,810
Across
1
Kind of way or war : GANG
5
Military HQ : AFB
8
___ at (attack) : HAVE
12
Repute : ODOR
13
Attire : ARRAY
15
Brian Boru's domain : ERIN
16
Aa : LAVA
17
Bushbuck : NYALA
18
Outer layer : RIND
19
Salinger work : FRANNYANDZOOEY
22
Had a bracer : DRANK
23
Flavoring herb : DILL
24
"Forbidden City," once : LHASA
27
Admit : LETIN
30
He duped Othello : IAGO
31
Umiaks' kin : KAYAKS
33
Unclose, to a poet : OPE
36
Witness to Fort McHenry's bombardment : FRANCISSCOTTKEY
39
Suffix for puppet : EER
40
Certain alphabet starters : ALEPHS
41
Gardener's gear : RAKE
42
Book fare : PROSE
43
She wrote "The Black Moth" : HEYER
44
Malarial symptom : AGUE
46
Type size : AGATE
49
Character in a Mel Brooks film : DRFRANKENSTEIN
55
Afro, e.g. : COIF
56
Smirch : TAINT
57
Bassoon's kin : OBOE
58
Start of a famous palindrome : ABLE
59
Performer with Buffalo Bill : ANNIE
60
Ship's stem : PROW
61
Pinochle combination : MELD
62
Beauty preceder : AGE
63
A problem for Kringle : SOOT
Down
1
Game for some Sunday drivers : GOLF
2
Shebat follower : ADAR
3
Sagan subject : NOVA
4
Judah, to Isaac : GRANDSON
5
Indo-European : ARYAN
6
Phrase for the candid : FRANKLYSPEAKING
7
Alopecic : BALD
8
Narc's concern : HEROIN
9
Moon of Uranus : ARIEL
10
Tough flooring : VINYL
11
Tight position? : END
13
Author Seton : ANYA
14
One of the Bosox : YAZ
20
Blue Eagle org. : NRA
21
Keats, for one : ODIST
24
Recommended choice in Deut. 30:19 : LIFE
25
March animal : HARE
26
Culture medium : AGAR
28
"Into ___ life ... " : EACH
29
Successes for Holmes : TKOS
31
Pound's metric counterpart : KILO
32
Enzymes' suffixes : ASES
33
Approve : OKAY
34
Westminster entrant, for short : PEKE
35
Witness : EYER
37
Concerned one : CARER
38
Perches for crows : TREETOPS
42
Pretentious : PUFFED
43
Alts. : HTS
44
Shade of brown : ADOBE
45
Give the third degree : GRILL
47
"Arabian Nights" character : GENIE
48
Part of a pot : ANTE
50
___ loss for words : ATA
51
Pram pusher : NANA
52
Spanish river : EBRO
53
M : IOOO
54
Small salamander : NEWT
55
Motion imparter : CAM

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

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