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Robert H. Wolfe
Robert H. Wolfe

New York Times, Saturday, March 28, 1987

30-Down : Roosted

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K P Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,654
Across
1
Inaugural ball, e.g. : GALA
5
Where Noah landed : ARARAT
11
Fly larva : BOT
14
Actor Badel : ALAN
15
Take off : REMOVE
16
Part of R.E.O. : ELI
17
Rogers's malady? : GINGERVITIS
19
Kind of dwarf on high : RED
20
Gelded Galloway : STEER
21
Top or great follower : COAT
22
Lobster coral : ROE
23
Cheer unit : RAH
25
Femoral or carotid : ARTERY
27
Router of Spartacus : CRASSUS
31
Unlike the wind : SEEABLE
34
Guardian spirit : LAR
35
Ancient Asian kingdom : ELAM
37
Kett contemporary : TEEN
38
N.Y. summertime : EDT
39
Media measurements : RATINGS
43
Nonsense : ROT
44
Khalid's successor : FAHD
46
Fortitude : GRIT
47
Carrier of genetic info : RNA
48
Maxims : TRUISMS
52
Bedecked : ARRAYED
54
Sct. missions : RECONS
56
Actress Ullmann : LIV
57
Garland : LEI
59
Indonesia's ___ Islands : AROE
60
Cacophony : NOISE
64
Scrap for Fido : ORT
65
Hagman's ailment? : LARRYNGITIS
68
Thriller in Manila : ALI
69
Bears or Lions : ELEVEN
70
Retreats : DENS
71
Faiths: Sp. : FES
72
Halcyon : SERENE
73
Pintail duck : SMEE
Down
1
Youngman forte : GAGS
2
Landed : ALIT
3
Abbe or Lois : LANE
4
City SW of Paris : ANGERS
5
Pt. of E.T.A. : ARR
6
Cleric's title: Abbr. : REV
7
Genoese female friend : AMICA
8
Chopper parts : ROTORS
9
Emulate Corrigan : AVIATE
10
Guinea pig : TESTEE
11
Chuck and Ken's deficiency? : BERRYBERRY
12
Spread : OLEO
13
Spring is one : TIDE
18
Slate adjunct : ERASER
24
Hilo dance : HULA
26
A murid : RAT
27
Crevice : CLEFT
28
"M*A*S*H" character : RADAR
29
Bea's problem? : ARTHURITIS
30
Roosted : SAT
32
Ex-president of Italy : LEONE
33
Anatomically inward : ENTAD
36
U.S.S.R. fighter : MIG
40
F.D.R. program : NRA
41
Lass : GIRL
42
Cord's cousin : STRING
45
"___ Fledermaus" : DIE
49
Climbs : SCALES
50
Group concern : MORALE
51
Night rattler : SNORER
53
Shuns : AVOIDS
55
Tennis term : SERVE
57
Idle : LOAF
58
Della's creator : ERLE
61
Account entry : ITEM
62
Trig ratio : SINE
63
Existence : ESSE
66
Desire : YEN
67
Tampa-to-Ocala dir. : NNE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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