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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Friday, April 29, 1983

43-Down : Vex

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,225
Across
1
Confectioneries, e.g. : SHOPS
6
Make a pinch : NAB
9
"Save ___ from his friends ... ": Hazlitt : AMAN
13
Cute marsupial : KOALA
14
Lucid : SANE
15
Acronym born 4/4/49 : NATO
16
Elia product : ESSAY
17
Staleness : MUST
18
Wife of Osiris : ISIS
19
22
Kerry's county seat : TRALEE
23
Egg depositories : NESTS
24
Track of a cat : WAKE
27
Dazzled : GLARED
29
Accelerator of maturation : AGER
30
Like Socrates : ERUDITE
35
Mulligatawny vessels : TUREENS
39
He wrote "Jennie Gerhardt" : DREISER
40
Rock formation : TERRANE
41
Become a stool pigeon : SING
42
Preventer of many a strike : TENPIN
46
Part of A.D. : ANNO
47
Pyromaniac's offense : ARSON
51
Dogmata : TENETS
53
58
Rimbaud's "his" : ALUI
59
Penny follower : ANTE
60
"A Guide to Confident Living" author : PEALE
61
Opportune : RIPE
62
Preserver of produce on a RR : ICER
63
Pyle of the Fourth Estate : ERNIE
64
Vestige : SCAR
65
Chemin de ___ : FER
66
Ferrara rulers for several centuries : ESTES
Down
1
Distort : SKEW
2
Plus-fours accompaniment : HOSE
3
Drier of a sort : OAST
4
Billboard worker : PLASTERER
5
" ... solicitous what men will ___ think": Hale : SAYOR
6
Sartre's first novel : NAUSEA
7
Was liable, with "for" : ANSWERED
8
Playwright Henley : BETH
9
Licorice-flavored seed : ANISE
10
Spinnaker supports : MASTS
11
Like Pisa's oddity : ATILT
12
Pushes forward cautiously : NOSES
14
Odor : SMELL
20
Gee-gee : NAG
21
___ course (at the right time) : INDUE
24
Power unit : WATT
25
Chill : AGUE
26
Noted drama critic : KERR
28
Stray : ERR
31
Calamities : DISASTERS
32
"Love ___ the Air," 1978 tune : ISIN
33
Ky. neighbor : TENN
34
Hence, to Hadrian : ERGO
36
"His wife could ___ lean" : EATNO
37
Compass point : NNE
38
Life, e.g. : SENTENCE
43
Vex : PESTER
44
Deduce : INFER
45
Mata Hari, ___ Zelle : NEE
47
Food thickeners : AGARS
48
Keepsake : RELIC
49
Buddhist shrine : STUPA
50
Twig for basketry : OSIER
52
Conical structure : TEPEE
54
Credulous : NAIF
55
Desire : WANT
56
Composer Siegmeister : ELIE
57
Links items : TEES

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

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