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Roger H. Courtney
Roger H. Courtney

New York Times, Saturday, May 13, 1989

36-Down : Curve on a hull

Author:
Roger H. Courtney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 246 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Roger H. Courtney has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 3 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,431
Across
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Cardinal point : EAST
5
Tilting, as a ship : ALIST
10
Great Barrier ___ : REEF
14
Hans's spouse : FRAU
15
Historic caravel : PINTA
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Inner: Comb. form : ENTO
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A powder : TALC
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Where King Saul consulted a medium : ENDOR
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Move like an eagle : SOAR
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Do a good job, in Sydney : MAKEAGOODFIST
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Drop a pop-up : ERR
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Ancient emp. : PERS
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Monetary gain : LUCRE
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Saturn's wife : OPS
30
Expiate : ATONE
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Prefix with bar or therm : ISO
35
The ark's magic number : TWO
36
Nighttime noisemaker : SNORER
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Swimming stroke : AUSTRALIANCRAWL
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A rival of Jennings : RATHER
42
For instance : SAY
43
Actress Michele : LEE
44
Done in : SLAIN
45
To be, in Barcelona : SER
46
He wrote "A Mind That Found Itself" : BEERS
48
City SE of Belgrade : NISH
50
Solti's title : SIR
51
Mob-related tribunal : KANGAROOCOURT
57
Three ___ Island : MILE
58
Kind of Belt : BIBLE
59
Carson's predecessor : PAAR
61
Unique person : ONER
62
Shallot : ONION
63
Ceiba or cacao : TREE
64
Man's septet, à la Shakespeare : AGES
65
Aquarium fish : TETRA
66
Pungent humor : SALT
Down
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Triton : EFT
2
Ancient Syria : ARAM
3
Spacious hall : SALA
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Victuals, to an Aussie : TUCKER
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" ... partridge in ___ tree" : APEAR
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Fish or heather : LING
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___-Hittite (language family) : INDO
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Small porches : STOOPS
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French sociologist: 1843-1904 : TARDE
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Device in an electric circuit : RESISTOR
11
TV role for Sonny Shroyer : ENOS
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Rhode Island, to René : ETAT
13
Pro : FOR
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Before, to Tennyson : ERE
22
Marseille money : FRANC
25
Taradiddlers : LIARS
26
Ordinary : USUAL
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___ Mesa, Calif. city : COSTA
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Ruru or boobook : OWL
29
Aplomb : POISE
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Pontiff's cape : ORALE
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More recent : NEWER
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Gardner et al. : ERLES
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Asphalt ingredient : TAR
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Curve on a hull : SNY
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Paint additives : THINNERS
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Go back on a promise : RENIG
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Swiss river : AAR
45
Reliquary : SHRINE
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Double this for a Chilean river : BIO
47
Vents : ERUPTS
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Sandal strap : SABOT
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Elaborate solo in opera : SCENA
51
Gargantua, e.g. : KING
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Not aweather : ALEE
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R.I.P. item : OBIT
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Aroma, in Madrid : OLOR
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___ avis : RARA
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Far East unit of weight : TAEL
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Extinct New Zealand bird : MOA
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Emeritus: Abbr. : RET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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