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Mark Diehl
Mark Diehl

New York Times, Wednesday, May 18, 1988

52-Down : Guttural approval

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mark Diehl has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 66 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,071
Across
1
In the distance : AFAR
5
Gator's kin : CROC
9
Team of horses : SPAN
13
Wheel hub : NAVE
14
Sports center : ARENA
15
Double this for a toy train : CHOO
16
" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
17
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" author : BENET
18
Young ones are flitterns : OAKS
19
Pool pro Rudolf Wanderone Jr. : MINNESOTAFATS
22
Gerund's ending : ING
23
Mercury, to Jupiter : SON
24
Hexapod : INSECT
27
"Your Show of Shows" regular : CAESAR
29
"___ la vie" : CEST
31
3/4 of an hour? : OUR
32
Children's classic by Kleinsinger and Tripp : TUBBYTHETUBA
35
Veer off : SLUE
38
Significant period : ERA
39
Bit of news : ITEM
40
"The Maltese Falcon" heavy : KASPERGUTMAN
45
Vital statistic : AGE
46
Red news service : TASS
47
Certain moths : EGGERS
51
Wordsworth's "Ode ___" : TODUTY
53
Pac-10 school : ASU
54
Wimbledon division : SET
55
"Mr. Twist" : CHUBBYCHECKER
59
Six-sided state : UTAH
61
Spiny rat : URARE
62
Like early TV : LIVE
63
Japanese ship designation : MARU
64
Marry again : REWED
65
Iowa college town : AMES
66
Elegant : POSH
67
Famed Fed : NESS
68
Playwright Hart : MOSS
Down
1
Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
2
"Our Gang" member : FARINA
3
Exact punishment : AVENGE
4
Curb : REIN
5
Jocasta's brother : CREON
6
Monthly expense : RENT
7
"___ penny, two a penny ... " : ONEA
8
Hunter of baseball : CATFISH
9
Burns and Barrie : SCOTS
10
Eliminate gradually : PHASEOUT
11
Astronaut's "Fine!" : AOK
12
Us, to Cato : NOS
14
Sponge up : ABSORB
20
Jacob's twin : ESAU
21
Pot starter : ANTE
25
Sugar shape : CUBE
26
Public conveyance : TRAM
28
Instruction segment : STEP
29
Statesman Vance : CYRUS
30
French state : ETAT
33
Panhandles : BEGS
34
Sound of a small bell : TING
35
Three-handed card game : SKAT
36
Como in Italia is one : LAGO
37
Some caveat-emptor purchases : USEDCARS
41
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
42
Game-show host Gene : RAYBURN
43
Engaged, as gears : MESHED
44
Chilling experience? : AGUE
48
Igloo builder : ESKIMO
49
A Superman portrayer : REEVES
50
Engineer's concern : STRESS
52
Guttural approval : UHHUH
53
Lots of lots : ACRES
56
Jane Fonda's role in "Klute' : BREE
57
Swerves, at sea : YAWS
58
Quahog : CLAM
59
He cleans the plate : UMP
60
Chinese principle : TAO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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