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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Tuesday, April 7, 1981

1-Down : Blackens

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,473
Across
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Row in a race : SCULL
6
Long-billed bird : IBIS
10
Do, ti, la, ___ ... : SOFA
14
Craze : MANIA
15
Hawk's opposite : DOVE
16
Kiln : OVEN
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Le Carré's Smiley, for one : UNDERCOVERAGENT
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Golf club part : TOE
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Seaman-author : DANA
22
Coastal inlets : FIORDS
23
Native of Belgrade : SERB
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Pulled apart : TORE
27
One of the Seven Dwarfs : DOC
28
First specimen of a new species : HOLOTYPE
31
Clerics' titles : DOMS
34
"And thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
36
Word with spot or soap : SOFT
38
Pinch : NIP
39
Certain want ads : RENTALS
42
Employee in a sausage plant : STUFFER
44
Finis : END
45
German philosopher : KANT
47
Having a very sharp taste : BRINY
48
To ___ (perfectly) : ATEE
50
Soothed, in a way : CARESSED
53
Geneticist's substance : DNA
55
___ of entry : PORT
56
Five-time Presidential candidate : DEBS
59
Prefix with band or diction : CONTRA
62
Module : UNIT
64
Tchrs.' group : NEA
65
With too much effusiveness : OVEREXUBERANTLY
68
Matador's dodge : PASE
69
Wings : ELLS
70
1,000, in Tours : MILLE
71
" ... or ___ swoon to death": Keats : ELSE
72
Marginal notation : STET
73
More cunning : SLYER
Down
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Blackens : SMUTS
2
Kayak : CANOE
3
Double-dealer's trait : UNDERHANDEDNESS
4
First Secretary General of the U.N. : LIE
5
Coat with fat : LARD
6
"___ choose to run": Coolidge : IDONOT
7
Emma's in-laws : BOVARYS
8
"___ Got Sixpence" : IVE
9
Thrall : SERF
10
"So far, ___" : SOGOOD
11
With too much aplomb : OVERCONFIDENTLY
12
Parry, with "off" : FEND
13
Hill dwellers : ANTS
18
Roman Censor : CATO
19
Lend a hand : AID
24
Roll in a fabrics shop : BOLT
26
Major poem : EPOS
29
Inform surreptitiously : LEAK
30
Salamander : EFT
32
Carriage : MIEN
33
Active : SPRY
34
Zone : AREA
35
Dwelling in a Valentino film : TENT
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Keeves : TUBS
40
Varnish component : LAC
41
Child's play : SNAP
43
Silverman of TV : FRED
46
Vex : TROUBLE
49
Freedom of access : ENTREE
51
Borgnine : ERNEST
52
Rouse : STIR
54
100 square meters : ARE
57
Isle off Labrador : BELLE
58
Reciter : SAYER
59
Vestment : COPE
60
Like most race tracks : OVAL
61
Tools at Roaring Camp : AXES
63
Kin of berets : TAMS
66
Extreme: Abbr. : ULT
67
Naught : NIL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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