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William Baxley
William Baxley

New York Times, Friday, March 2, 1990

2-Down : Kazan of filmdom

Author:
William Baxley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F H J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Baxley has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,724
Across
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Stratum of rock : SEAM
5
Point in an orbit : APSIS
10
Loosely twisted silk yarn : TRAM
14
___ Gracia, Argentine mountain resort : ALTA
15
Venalize : BRIBE
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Latvian capital : RIGA
17
Sympathy : PITY
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Contemplate anew : RECONSIDER
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Name of three N.Y. lakes : SARANAC
22
A lover of Elizabeth I : ESSEX
23
Battery terminals : ANODES
25
Square-dance group : SET
26
Widely used abbr. : ETC
28
"The Devil made ___ it": Flip Wilson : MEDO
29
Deletes : ERASES
33
Tommy chaser : ROT
34
Simple : ELEMENTAL
36
Swiss canton : URI
37
Related : KINDRED
39
Generation : AGE
40
One who objects : PROTESTER
42
Item for Strange : TEE
43
Lessee : TENANT
44
City of seven hills : ROME
47
Irritate : IRK
48
Tag players : ITS
49
Sly guys : SNEAKS
51
Convex molding : OVOLO
54
Manors : ESTATES
57
Explosion : DETONATION
61
Dock support : PILE
62
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
63
Musical production : REVUE
64
Abdul-Jabbar is one of its grads : UCLA
65
Highlands negatives : NAES
66
Insensitive; boorish : CRASS
67
Tyrant : TSAR
Down
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Undermines : SAPS
2
Kazan of filmdom : ELIA
3
"Fatal ___," Douglas-Close movie : ATTRACTION
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A native of Uxmal : MAYAN
5
Scrape off : ABRADE
6
Anterior : PRECEDENT
7
Thus, to Tacitus : SIC
8
Nigerian language : IBO
9
Cambodian coin : SEN
10
Wagner's "___ und Isolde" : TRISTAN
11
Disencumbers : RIDS
12
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 : AGEE
13
Zeppo, for one : MARX
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Blow one's stack : SEERED
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He's case: Abbr. : NOM
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Welds : SOLDERS
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Ornamental pattern in art : SEME
26
Burst forth : ERUPT
27
Former Mets manager : TORRE
30
Study of facts and figures : STATISTICS
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Avid : EAGER
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Glossy : SLEEK
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Mistaken : ERRONEOUS
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Bandleader Stan ___ : KENTON
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Followers : ISTS
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"The Nine ___": Sayers : TAILORS
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Middles, old style : MESNES
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Break a fast : EAT
50
Utterly finished : KAPUT
51
Norse supreme deity : ODIN
52
Star of first magnitude : VEGA
53
An Amerind : OTOE
55
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Scorch or parch : SEAR
58
Parabola : ARC
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Gerona's river : TER
60
Yellow bugle : IVA

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

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