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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Saturday, April 24, 1993

37-Down : Restrained; checked

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,873
Across
1
New Rochelle college : IONA
5
"There ought to be ___!" : ALAW
9
Overflowing : AWASH
14
Ajar : OPEN
15
A grain sorghum : DARI
16
"The Age of Reason" author : PAINE
17
Domesticated : TAME
18
Lay ___ (flatter) : ITON
19
Fervency : ARDOR
20
What 25 + 42 + 48 Across add up to : AHOMOPHONICSAW
23
Ron Howard's TV role in the 60's : OPIE
24
Dept. of Labor div. : OSHA
25
Faze, crops, jug : DAUNTCRAWSEWER
31
French mountains : ALPES
32
Ottoman governors : BEYS
33
Sass : LIP
35
Tears : RIPS
36
Beginning blossom : BUD
37
A helpmate : WIFE
38
Scottish uncle : EME
39
Bishoprics : SEES
41
Usher's milieu : AISLE
42
Trousers, pismire, moray : BRITCHESANTEEL
46
Dreadful : DIRE
47
Egyptian deity : PTAH
48
Female sheep, chicle, fang, edge : EWEGUMTOOTHHEM
54
Elite : CREAM
55
Nigerian town : ORON
56
Roof edge : EAVE
57
Actress Ekberg : ANITA
58
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
59
Pride member : LION
60
Orifices : PORES
61
A Ponderosa son : HOSS
62
___ Scott, noted slave : DRED
Down
1
Greek vowel : IOTA
2
Lustrous fish : OPAH
3
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
4
Buttercups : ANEMONES
5
Kind of acid : ADIPIC
6
Foam from soap : LATHER
7
Buck chaser : AROO
8
Sifted : WINNOWED
9
Geronimo's tribe : APACHES
10
___ Pact: 1955 : WARSAW
11
Radamès's beloved : AIDA
12
Bamboozle : SNOW
13
An L.B.J. beagle : HER
21
Chooses : OPTS
22
Paris suburb : ISSY
25
Challenge : DARE
26
Out on ___ (in a fix) : ALIMB
27
Kind of berth : UPPER
28
Mistreat : ABUSE
29
Beethoven's "Für ___" : ELISE
30
Plunder : RIFLE
34
Rind : PEEL
36
Job's hippo? : BEHEMOTH
37
Restrained; checked : WITHHELD
39
Brands : STIGMAS
40
Beige : ECRU
41
Premed. course : ANAT
43
Conceive : IDEATE
44
Reels : SPOOLS
45
Expiates : ATONES
48
Rubik or Rapee : ERNO
49
Dam : WEIR
50
Small combo : TRIO
51
Samson's strength : HAIR
52
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
53
Repair : MEND
54
Outdo : CAP

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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