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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Wednesday, April 7, 1993

5-Down : Potion givers

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,856
Across
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Late autumn pear : BOSC
5
Ocean-dweller Jones : DAVY
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Cockloft : ATTIC
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Armbone : ULNA
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Bread spread : OLEO
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Boot-camp workout : DRILL
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Musician's note connector : SLUR
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Fast Spanish dance : SEGUIDILLA
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Slow Cuban dance : HABANERA
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Took five : RESTED
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Comedian Sahl : MORT
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"___ Fence Me In" : DONT
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Balance-sheet items : ASSETS
28
Lively Spanish dance : FANDANGO
32
Aceraceae-family member : MAPLE
33
Uptown shindig : FETE
34
Ibsen heroine : NORA
35
Dentist's tool : BUR
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Certain canaries : ROLLERS
39
Framer's border : MAT
40
Do rewrites : EDIT
42
Some Shea sounds : BOOS
43
Swiftly : APACE
45
Lively French dance : RIGADOON
47
Onus : BURDEN
48
Vice squad's action : RAID
49
Clinton's Attorney General : RENO
50
Pundits : SWAMIS
53
Stately court dance : SARABAND
57
Vivacious Italian folk dance : TARANTELLA
59
Cookout on Hilo : LUAU
60
Upstanding : ERECT
61
Pound, for one : POET
62
Cat Nation member : ERIE
63
Untidy : MESSY
64
Orbital point : APSE
65
Fountain order : MALT
Down
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Erstwhile C.I.A. director : BUSH
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Jug : OLLA
3
Give the cold shoulder : SNUB
4
Sundae topper : CARAMEL
5
Potion givers : DOSERS
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On one's toes : ALERT
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Star in Lyra : VEGA
8
"___ name it!" : YOU
9
Total part : ADDEND
10
King Mark of Cornwall's nephew : TRISTAN
11
Joust : TILT
12
River at Rennes : ILLE
13
Dressed : CLAD
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Wrinkle remover : IRONER
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Steno, e.g. : NOTER
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Dorm topics : DATES
25
Bead material : AMBER
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Riyadh denizen : SAUDI
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Parsley measure : SPRIG
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Attica resident, e.g. : FELON
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Rover : NOMAD
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Musical embellishment : GRACE
31
Avenaceous : OATEN
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Inundate : FLOOD
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Orchestra member : OBOIST
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It's full of hot air : SAUNA
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Airport runways : TARMACS
44
Fly in the ointment, e.g. : PROBLEM
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Pleasing to the taste : DAINTY
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Rebuke : BERATE
49
Kin of wheezes : RALES
50
Stern's partner : STEM
51
Pottery : WARE
52
Greek hawk : ARES
53
Mud puddle : SLOP
54
Distinctive atmosphere : AURA
55
Catch red-handed : NAIL
56
Sonny and Cher, once : DUET
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Carol Browner's org. : EPA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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