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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Saturday, April 15, 1989

8-Down : Crucible

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,403
Across
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Meistersinger Hans : SACHS
6
Herb for cordage : HEMP
10
Noted organist-composer : BACH
14
Gigi portrayer : CARON
15
Space : AREA
16
Cash in Cortona : LIRE
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Sandy place in Roma : ARENA
18
Malmsey wine : MALVOISIE
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Suck in again : RESORB
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Flecked : STIPPLED
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Algonquian Indian : CREE
24
Daughter of Cadmus : INO
25
Sullivan and Wynn : EDS
26
Hard worker : BEE
28
Suppress : STRANGLE
32
___ of Court : INNS
34
Tree with oily seeds : TUNG
35
Honeysuckle's relative : ELDER
39
Symbol of stupidity : DODO
40
Proficient : ADEPT
42
Directed : BADE
43
Bound by an oath : SWORN
45
British mil. decorations : DSOS
46
Former coin of India : ANNA
47
Priests' hats : BIRETTAS
50
Ore-loosening chisel : GAD
51
Gen. Pershing's command : AEF
54
M. Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
55
Apportion : METE
57
Items sold by saddlers : STIRRUPS
60
Is besotted by : ADORES
63
Like the ai : THREETOED
65
Toward the left, at sea : APORT
66
Musical space : REST
67
"¿Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
68
Rumpus : TOUSE
69
Scraps for Spot : ORTS
70
Billiard shot : STAB
71
City of the Ruhr : ESSEN
Down
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Cicatrice : SCAR
2
A Rhine feeder : AARE
3
Peak : CRESCENDO
4
Actress Blackman : HONOR
5
Gins : SNARES
6
Superheterodyne owner : HAM
7
Periods of time : ERAS
8
Crucible : MELTINGPOT
9
Surfacing material : PAVING
10
Radar image : BLIP
11
Theater part : AISLE
12
Vociferated : CRIED
13
Adverts : HEEDS
19
City in Poland : OPOLE
21
Siamese fighting fish : BETTA
26
Offers : BIDS
27
"Oh, Wilderness were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
29
Shaft at a ship's stern : RUDDERPOST
30
Turgenev's "___ of Gentlefolk" : ANEST
31
End of a popular palindrome : ELBA
33
Kind of apple : SORB
36
Parlous : DANGEROUS
37
Best of Hollywood : EDNA
38
Peruse : READ
41
African watermelon : TSAMA
44
British import from Chile : NITRE
48
Ways : ROUTES
49
Composed : SEDATE
51
The Jetsons' pet dog : ASTRO
52
Dr. Morton's anesthetic : ETHER
53
Original : FIRST
56
Venetian fishing boats : TOPOS
58
Soaks to loosen fibers : RETS
59
Bristle : SETA
61
Gaelic : ERSE
62
Star of "Nana": 1934 : STEN
64
Flatfish : DAB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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