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Reichert
Reichert

New York Times, Saturday, March 3, 1984

25-Down : Footpath

Author:
Reichert
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { B J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Reichert has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,534
Across
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Apparatus for emptying coal : TIPPLE
7
Port : LEFT
11
Feign : ACT
14
One of the faithful : ADORER
15
Molding, by gosh! : OGEE
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Digit down below : TOE
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Fruit (literally, seeded apple) : POMEGRANATE
19
Trio in terror : ARS
20
Other : ELSE
21
Shoelace tip : AGLET
22
Unit for Connors : SET
23
Potassium or sodium, e.g. : METAL
26
Detect : DESCRY
28
Industrial fallout : ACIDRAIN
31
Media abbr. : RCA
32
Skulls : CRANIA
33
By way of : VIA
35
Run in neutral : IDLE
38
Controller of future generations? : GENETICENGINEER
41
Shortly : SOON
42
Wagon follower, in Paris : LIT
43
Like the North Pole before Peary : UNTROD
44
Watchdog over TV : FCC
46
Parting words in London : CHEERIOS
48
___ as a kitten : ASWEAK
51
Van Gogh had one : EASEL
52
Highway sign : SLO
53
Dominoes : MASKS
55
Add liquor : LACE
59
___ Borch, Dutch painter : TER
60
Material for a piñata : PAPIERMACHE
63
Ad ___ (pertinent) : REM
64
Verve : ELAN
65
Deadly : LETHAL
66
Approves : OKS
67
Pealed : RANG
68
Windmill sails : SWEEPS
Down
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Cassette item : TAPE
2
Object of one's affections : IDOL
3
Mums : POMS
4
Superiority : PREEMINENCE
5
Part of a journey : LEG
6
Blunder : ERR
7
"Vive le roi!" : LONGLIVETHEKING
8
Brigitte's equal : EGAL
9
Honored, in a way : FETED
10
Waver : TEETER
11
Town on the Salinas : ATASCADERO
12
Kitchen utensil : CORER
13
Waspish : TESTY
18
Top student's foursome : AAAA
24
Revise : EDIT
25
Footpath : TRAIL
27
Sparkle : SCINTILLATE
28
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
29
Kin of Pandora's box : CANOFWORMS
30
Author of "This Hunger" : NIN
32
Army brass: Abbr. : CGS
34
Fevers or chills : AGUES
36
Carillo and Gorcey : LEOS
37
Kind of shrew : ERD
39
Presidents' mil. rank : CIC
40
About : INRE
45
Portable room : CAMPER
47
Lessen the pain : EASE
48
Type of physicist : ASTRO
49
Polished : SLEEK
50
Oahu's highest peak : KAALA
54
Eads, e.g. : SPAN
56
Long for : ACHE
57
Roughen : CHAP
58
Fish dish : EELS
61
Literary initials : RLS
62
Gull's cry : MEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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