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Gerald Brooks
Gerald Brooks

New York Times, Wednesday, April 7, 1982

9-Down : Fabric for bedspreads

Author:
Gerald Brooks
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J V W X }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Gerald Brooks has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,838
Across
1
Toward and within : INTO
5
W.W. II soldier : ANZAC
10
States further : ADDS
14
A tide : NEAP
15
Parasite : LEECH
16
Kind of act to read : RIOT
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Travesty of a sort : CARICATURE
19
___ Royale : ISLE
20
Spheres of conflict : ARENAS
21
Ominous : SINISTER
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Irritates : IRKS
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Likewise : DITTO
26
Ornament : DECORATE
30
Discovers : LEARNS
33
Muscular weakness : ATONY
34
Indigo plants : ANILS
36
Overly : TOO
37
N.F.L. team : RAMS
38
His ___, the duke : GRACE
39
Bud : CION
40
Prefix for cure or graph : EPI
41
Vertical : ERECT
42
Originated : AROSE
43
Paper edging : DECKLE
45
Some engines : TURBINES
47
Type of slip : SALES
49
Tallow source : SUET
50
Contestants : ENTRANTS
53
Buoyant : BLITHE
57
Naomi's chosen name : MARA
58
Travesties of a sort : BURLESQUES
60
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
61
Of bees : APIAN
62
Fixed quantity : UNIT
63
Binding material : TAPE
64
Sycophant's words : YESES
65
These are often bent : EARS
Down
1
Peruvian Indian : INCA
2
___ Islands : NEAR
3
Biblical weed : TARE
4
Judges' statements : OPINIONS
5
"The Last Frontier" : ALASKA
6
Remainder : NET
7
Hera's husband : ZEUS
8
Pungent : ACRID
9
Fabric for bedspreads : CHENILLE
10
Awn : ARISTA
11
Travesty of a sort : DISTORTION
12
Ford's running mate in 1976 : DOLE
13
Ending for young or old : STER
18
Keep in stock : CARRY
22
Sympathizers: Suffix : ITES
24
Gaze : STARE
26
Challenged : DARED
27
A day's march : ETAPE
28
"B.C.," for one : COMICSTRIP
29
What legislators do : ENACT
31
Trap : NOOSE
32
Loudness units : SONES
35
Rhythmical stress : ICTUS
38
Where QB Starr starred : GREENBAY
39
Reviewer's article : CRITIQUE
41
Fitzgerald : ELLA
42
Walter and Elie : ABELS
44
System of self-defense : KARATE
46
Painter of "Venus and Adonis" : RUBENS
48
Dope : STUPE
50
Give off : EMIT
51
Zola heroine : NANA
52
Hindu titles : SRIS
54
Fish or pear : TUNA
55
Recipient of a bequest : HEIR
56
Approximations: Abbr. : ESTS
59
New Guinea port : LAE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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