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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Monday, April 22, 1991

28-Down : Fontanne's partner

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,140
Across
1
Formal neckwear : ASCOT
6
Kenya's Daniel ___ Moi : ARAP
10
Pop. investments : IRAS
14
Andean animal : LLAMA
15
Dry; parched : SERE
16
Long, loose garment : ROBE
17
Hot-weather headgear : PANAMAHATS
19
Thought : IDEA
20
Diminished : WANED
21
Turn right : GEE
22
Retail : SELL
23
British welfare : DOLE
25
Western mountain lake : TAHOE
27
Error : SLIP
31
Hanging ornament : PENDANT
33
Food fish : TUNA
34
British "bye-bye" : TATA
35
Two times : TWICE
39
Hold firmly : ENGRASP
41
"Rock-a-bye-baby on the ___" : TREETOP
43
Oktoberfest item : STEIN
44
Abel or Wiesel : ELIE
46
Raison d'___ : ETRE
47
Collegian : STUDENT
49
Completed : DONE
50
Commence : BEGIN
52
Money-exchange item : AGIO
54
Prefix for plane or space : AERO
55
Pale : WAN
57
Weeping woman of myth : NIOBE
61
Heavy hit : BLOW
62
Cloth of Calcutta : INDIANSILK
65
Boatswain, for short : BOSN
66
British gun : STEN
67
Screen star Gene or Grace : KELLY
68
Some flock members : EWES
69
Work for : EARN
70
Type of bar : SALAD
Down
1
Matterhorn is one : ALP
2
Chopped cabbage : SLAW
3
Miracle site : CANA
4
Arabian gulf : OMAN
5
Domesticated : TAMED
6
Wood for skis : ASH
7
Active chemical substance : REAGENT
8
Comedian Johnson : ARTE
9
Spanish coin : PESETA
10
Gaelic fabric for suits or coats : IRISHTWEED
11
Cowboys' jamboree : RODEO
12
White poplar : ABELE
13
Aquatic mammal : SEAL
18
Takes as one's own : ADOPTS
24
Sprang : LEAPED
26
Poker payment : ANTE
27
Fr. holy women : STES
28
Fontanne's partner : LUNT
29
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
30
Creations for mesdemoiselles : PARISGOWNS
32
TV's "The ___ Game" : DATING
36
"Leave ___ Beaver : ITTO
37
Foot ailment : CORN
38
Foil's kin : EPEE
40
Against : ANTI
42
Eye part : RETINA
45
He swam the Hellespont for love : LEANDER
48
Ill-advised : UNWISE
50
Under : BELOW
51
Notched, as a leaf : EROSE
53
Sows' sounds : OINKS
54
French secular cleric : ABBE
56
Square column : ANTA
58
"On thy cold gray stones, ___!" : OSEA
59
Invoice : BILL
60
Actress Raines : ELLA
63
Roadside refuge : INN
64
Marlowe contemporary : KYD

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

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