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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Wednesday, May 20, 1992

57-Down : "___ Pogo"

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,534
Across
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"You called?" : WHAT
5
Cheese chunk : CUBE
9
Gown material : SATIN
14
Bring home the bacon : EARN
15
Place-mat shape, often : OVAL
16
Solely : ALONE
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Links wear of yesteryear : PLUSFOURS
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Fogg's creator : VERNE
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Cartoon cat : TOM
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Dining area : ELL
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Fearful : ALARMED
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The Fates, e.g. : TRIAD
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Get into : ENTER
27
Barnstorming maneuvers : FIGUREEIGHTS
31
Soft in the head : LOONY
32
Homophone for seize : SEAS
33
Tiger tot : CUB
36
One of Di's in-laws : ANNE
37
One walking in water : WADER
39
Florence's river : ARNO
40
Cribbage piece : PEG
41
Cold Adriatic wind : BORA
42
Macbeth and Rob Roy : SCOTS
43
The ___ (a stage of man) : TERRIBLETWOS
46
Many a night student : ADULT
48
Draws nigh : NEARS
49
Wyo. Indian : ARAPAHO
51
"___ live and breathe!" : ASI
52
Misfortune : ILL
55
"American Buffalo" playwright : MAMET
56
Some glad hands : HIGHFIVES
59
Popular poplar : ABELE
60
Stare longingly at : OGLE
61
Flow with a glow : LAVA
62
Lutheran Church body : SYNOD
63
Shed-wall hangings : HOES
64
Joined : KNIT
Down
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Exuded moisture : WEPT
2
Christmas-play prop : HALO
3
Skunk cabbage, e.g. : ARUM
4
Cap. of Tunisia : TNS
5
Type of hat : COOLIE
6
Soft-palate projections : UVULAE
7
Candy unit : BAR
8
"Born Free" heroine : ELSA
9
Scholarly souls : SAVANTS
10
Tips off : ALERTS
11
Musical Mel : TORME
12
Deep-seated : INNER
13
Have use for : NEED
18
Charon managed one : FERRY
23
"Clo-Clo" composer : LEHAR
24
What a ruer changes? : TUNE
25
Scorn : DISDAIN
27
Ado : FLAP
28
Actress Skye : IONE
29
Percussion instrument : GONG
30
Word from the Beav : GEE
33
Farmer's winged bane : CROW
34
"For ___ you is born ... " : UNTO
35
Order about : BOSS
37
Deserving of : WORTH
38
Airline abbr. : ARR
39
Behaves : ACTS
41
Overdue : BELATED
42
I part, at times : SERIF
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Elvis's birthplace : TUPELO
44
Nothing but a hound dog : BEAGLE
45
Ties up : LASHES
46
"The Sheik of ___" : ARABY
47
German ladies : DAMEN
49
You love: Lat. : AMAS
50
"Oops!" : OHOH
52
One of the Greats : IVAN
53
First name in jeans : LEVI
54
Would-be atty.'s exam : LSAT
57
"___ Pogo" : IGO
58
Kind : ILK

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 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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