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Edward Bobb
Edward Bobb

New York Times, Wednesday, April 5, 1989

44-Down : Secret

Author:
Edward Bobb
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Edward Bobb has 7 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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A
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L
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M
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A
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D
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E
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F
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T
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C
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A
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N
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T
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W
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V
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R
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A
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I
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B
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Y
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T
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E
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T
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O
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F
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R
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G
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D
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C
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L
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E
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L
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L
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N
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A
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A
V
A
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D
O
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S
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S
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R
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B
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L
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E
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M
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A
C
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M
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Z
D
A
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B
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A
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S
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T
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C
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O
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M
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G
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N
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R
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L
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S
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A
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O
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T
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P
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K
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M
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,393
Across
1
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
5
Adroit : DEFT
9
Tilt : CANT
13
Operate a loom : WEAVE
15
Chest sound : RALE
16
Plant of the lily family : ALOE
17
U.S.S.R. co-op : ARTEL
18
Mother of Horus : ISIS
19
Large bundle : BALE
20
With 52 Across, finale of a famed poem : YOUREABETTERMAN
23
Cloth strainer : TAMIS
24
Shallot relative : ONION
25
Zone within a Circle : FRIGID
27
Precept : CANON
29
Byway or seaway : LANE
30
Verve : ELAN
32
Climbing plant : LIANA
36
Actress Gardner : AVA
37
Quantities of medicine : DOSES
39
Knight's title : SIR
40
City on the Pará : BELEM
43
Minutes of a meeting : ACTA
44
King of the Huns : ATLI
45
Name on a bulb : MAZDA
47
Kind of roll : BARREL
49
Coach : STAGE
51
Five for Franco : CINCO
52
See 20 Across : THANIAMGUNGADIN
57
___ avis : RARA
58
Ananias : LIAR
59
Stertorous sound : SNORE
60
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
61
Heraldic border : ORLE
62
Pompous; bombastic : TUMID
63
Toy dog, for short : PEKE
64
North Sea feeder : TEES
65
Jumble : MESS
Down
1
Not at home : AWAY
2
Italian name for one of the Dodecanese : LERO
3
Early : MATUTINAL
4
Medial : AVERAGE
5
Drabs' companions : DRIBS
6
Facility : EASE
7
Dart : FLIT
8
Henry VIII coin : TESTON
9
St. Frances Xavier : CABRINI
10
Cottonwood : ALAMO
11
Pitcher Ryan : NOLAN
12
Suffix with six or seven : TEEN
14
Lacquer ingredient : ELEMI
21
Assisted : AIDED
22
Organic compound : ENOL
25
Flaccid flesh : FLAB
26
Enthusiastic review : RAVE
27
A conspirator with Brutus : CASCA
28
French violinist: 18th century : ANET
31
Burden : LOAD
33
Houston stadium : ASTRODOME
34
White or Blue river : NILE
35
Seed covering : ARIL
38
Acoustic unit : SABIN
41
Flow out : EMANATE
42
Three wise men : MAGI
44
Secret : ARCANUM
46
Fanatic : ZEALOT
48
Feeling of dread : ANGST
49
Type of oil : SHALE
50
Old European card game : TAROK
51
Restores : CURES
52
Springe : TRAP
53
Fen footing : MIRE
54
Dorothy of the Oz books : GALE
55
Fleur-de-lis : IRIS
56
Sparks and Beatty : NEDS

Answer summary:
2 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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