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Larry Goldhirsch
Larry Goldhirsch

New York Times, Saturday, March 2, 1985

28-Down : Conductor Koussevitzky

Author:
Larry Goldhirsch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Larry Goldhirsch has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,898
Across
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Jet-set problems : LAGS
5
Not likely : UNAPT
10
" ... long in city ___": Keats : PENT
14
Crier's call : OYEZ
15
QB Montana, for short : NINER
16
Title-search figure : AREA
17
Feast : DINE
18
Chinese appetizer : WONTONSOUP
20
Engrave : INSCRIBE
22
Hawthorne's "___ from an Old Manse" : MOSSES
23
Cutler's need : HONE
24
A Levy of Broadway : ABIE
25
Shakespearean contraction : TWOULD
28
Reprimand : SCOLDING
32
Hourly : HORAL
33
Showy flower : PEONY
34
Philippine tree : DAO
35
Balanced : EVEN
36
Novelist John le ___ : CARRE
37
Award for a TV ad : CLIO
38
Gunpowder, e.g. : TEA
39
Position properly : ALIGN
40
Pottery fragment : SHERD
41
"Do I stand ___?": Browning : ANDSTARE
43
Vexatious : THORNY
44
Benches for the masses : PEWS
45
Chickadee's crop : CRAW
46
An adjective for science : AMORAL
49
Most meager : SLIMMEST
53
Chinese main course : SESAMEBEEF
55
W German river : EDER
56
Film comedian Jacques : TATI
57
"A Touch of Class" star : SEGAL
58
Cécile's concept : IDEE
59
Capital of S Yemen : ADEN
60
Suffragist Lucy : STONE
61
Nuque : NAPE
Down
1
City N of Stockton, Calif. : LODI
2
Hebrew letter : AYIN
3
Roman family group : GENS
4
Style of Chinese cooking : SZECHUAN
5
Relax : UNWIND
6
Daughter of Tantalus : NIOBE
7
Meara or Boleyn : ANNE
8
Gerbil, for one : PET
9
Tommy Dorsey's companion : TROMBONE
10
Handed over : PASSED
11
Libido : EROS
12
___ Welt (Berliner's New World) : NEUE
13
Camper's curfew : TAPS
19
Fuzzy, as wool : NOILY
21
Kipfel : ROLL
24
It fell on Chicken Little : ACORN
25
Greek letter : THETA
26
Made on a loom : WOVEN
27
Echo, e.g. : OREAD
28
Conductor Koussevitzky : SERGE
29
Flaneur : IDLER
30
Resort in Scotland : NAIRN
31
Cry of delight : GOODY
33
Matches : PAIRS
36
Like certain otters : CLAWLESS
37
Chinese main course : CHOWMEIN
39
Mr. T's group : ATEAM
40
Pillow cover : SHAM
42
Muscle twist : SPRAIN
43
Toy : TRIFLE
45
Unsullied : CLEAN
46
Film pooch : ASTA
47
Fermented honey beverage : MEAD
48
Elbe feeder : OSTE
49
Utah's state flower : SEGO
50
Summary of Norse myths : EDDA
51
One source of oil : SEEP
52
Diomate, e.g. : TREE
54
Lay down : BET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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