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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, April 28, 1989

28-Down : National head count

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,416
Across
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Region in S Israel : NEGEV
6
___ up (concludes) : WRAPS
11
Hoople, for one: Abbr. : MAJ
14
Love deeply : ADORE
15
Attacked : HADAT
16
Pindar product : ODE
17
"Bonanza" star's stinger? : THEGREENEHORNET
20
Mountain-road shape : ESS
21
"___ no kick from champagne" : IGET
22
"___ Daughter," 1970 film : RYANS
23
Org. for aspiring educators : FTA
24
Early porridge fancier : ESAU
26
Ruminants at the anchor desk? : BROADCASTGNUS
32
Dirty looks : LEERS
33
Follow : ENSUE
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Big shot: Abbr. : VIP
36
"I smell ___" : ARAT
37
Arrow poisons : INEES
38
"Fools Die" author : PUZO
39
Part of a min. : SEC
40
"Rosmersholm" playwright : IBSEN
41
Heels go after them : SOLES
42
Bea Arthur's cop show? : THEMAUDESQUAD
45
Spring mos. : APRS
46
Word for a married couple : OUR
47
Skyy sightt? : STARR
50
Open wide : GAPE
52
Corp. leader : CEO
55
"Cheers" star during a blackout? : DANSONINTHEDARK
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Item on the chopping block? : AXE
60
Deputy : VICAR
61
"The Prisoner of ___" : ZENDA
62
First-aid container : KIT
63
___ board (manicurist's tool) : EMERY
64
Poetic Pope product : ESSAY
Down
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Thurmond of the N.B.A. : NATE
2
Old letters : EDHS
3
Leaves : GOES
4
Physics unit : ERG
5
Harvard's motto : VERITAS
6
"Wahoo!" : WHEE
7
Carry on : RANT
8
Drink that says "Help"? : ADE
9
"Phooey!" : PAH
10
Warehouse function : STORAGE
11
Lisa who got framed : MONA
12
Mideast gulf : ADEN
13
"West Side Story" faction : JETS
18
"My word!" : EGAD
19
Jim of running fame : RYUN
23
Place to Bragg about? : FORT
24
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
25
Erwin et al. : STUS
26
Tam's French cousin : BERET
27
Contact : REACH
28
National head count : CENSUS
29
Have ___ for (require) : ANEED
30
Part of the mouth : UVULA
31
___ up (evaluated) : SIZED
32
Notes from Sutherland : LAS
35
Opposite of neg. : POS
37
Upright beam : IBAR
38
Come down like cats and dogs : POUR
40
Get better : IMPROVE
41
This is usually tight : SQUEEZE
43
CB, to its user : EARS
44
Jr., a year ago : SOPH
47
Where Pierre is the cap. : SDAK
48
Curbside cry : TAXI
49
Writer Claude ___ : ANET
50
Growl : GNAR
51
Give it ___ (attempt) : ATRY
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Puts up preserves : CANS
53
Earth goddess : ERDA
54
Acceptable : OKAY
56
___ tree (margosa) : NIM
57
Debi Thomas's milieu : ICE
58
___ Plaines : DES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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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