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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Saturday, March 17, 1990

10-Down : Ancient Irish war cry

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,739
Across
1
Jack-in-the-pulpit or calla : AROID
6
Czech river : OHRE
10
Recedes : EBBS
14
Og of "Finian's Rainbow," e.g. : LEPRECHAUN
16
Rose Murphy, e.g. : ROLE
17
"When Irish Eyes ___" : ARESMILING
18
Month after Nisan : IYAR
19
Part of un édifice : MUR
20
Bakery workers : ICERS
21
Like most films on cable : UNCUT
22
He owned "Dem Bums" : OMALLEY
24
Wells's partner : FARGO
26
"___ Know," song from "Guys and Dolls" : ILL
27
Imply by extension : CONNOTE
29
Dublin's river : LIFFEY
32
Kemp's Dept. : HUD
33
Flashlight need, for short : BTRY
35
Works diligently : PLIES
36
"Buck Rogers" actor Gerard : GIL
37
Tide of events : TREND
38
Chinese: Prefix : SINO
39
"___ Joey," Sinatra film : PAL
40
Sunglasses, slangily : SHADES
41
N.H., Ill. or N.C. town : ENFIELD
43
Beer barrel : KEG
44
One of the dryads : ERATO
45
Discovered : SIGHTED
49
Israeli statesman : BEGIN
51
Part of an opera : SCENA
53
"It's not eggs till it's ___" : OVA
54
Wings for 49 Across? : ELAL
55
Start of a popular Irish ballad : OHDANNYBOY
57
IX : NINE
58
Slightly yellowish color : KELLYGREEN
59
Like 23 Down : EASY
60
Sale-tag legend : ASIS
61
Verbal authority : SAYSO
Down
1
Texas shrine : ALAMO
2
"De ___ Natura," Lucretian opus : RERUM
3
Barry McCauley's forte : OPERA
4
Bur. busy in April : IRS
5
Agnes and Cecil : DEMILLES
6
Town in W. Va. : OHLEY
7
Extremely small margin : HAIR
8
___ of (collides with) : RUNSFOUL
9
Chang's close twin : ENG
10
Ancient Irish war cry : ERINGOBRAGH
11
Shunned, Irish style : BOYCOTTED
12
Blue, in Bonn : BLAU
13
Famed muralist : SERT
15
Actress Tyson : CICELY
21
Vase : URN
23
Comfortable existence : LIFEOFRILEY
25
Pat ___ Mike jokes : AND
27
TV chef : CHILD
28
River in Ireland : ERNE
29
Stack for a deejay : LPS
30
Netman Nastase : ILIE
31
"___ Wake": Joyce : FINNEGANS
34
Measures larger than ft. : YDS
36
Rainy-day wear : GALOSHES
37
"Hail, hail, ___ all here!" : THEGANGS
39
Irish terrier, e.g. : PET
40
___ dip (swim naked) : SKINNY
42
Author Fleming : IAN
45
Crofts's partner in music : SEALS
46
U.S. painter Mark ___: 1890-1976 : TOBEY
47
Bacchantes' cries : EVOES
48
"A ___ Pigs Would Die," Robert N. Peck novel : DAYNO
49
Part of N.B. : BENE
50
Director Kazan : ELIA
52
Year in the life of St. Patrick : CDLI
55
Russian river : OKA
56
Sailing gp. : YRA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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