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Joe Clonick
Joe Clonick

New York Times, Saturday, May 21, 1983

39-Down : Give credence to

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { H J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,247
Across
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Pine Tree (or 23d) : MAINE
6
Sunflower (or 34th) : KANSAS
12
Having a stiff upper lip : STOICAL
14
Eggs on : INCITES
16
He was the 35th of 40 : KENNEDY
17
Geological epoch : NEOCENE
18
Avena sativa item : OAT
19
Polite address : SIR
20
Prefix with function : DYS
21
W.W. II craft : LST
22
Tropical trees : APAS
24
Ransack; plunder : RIFLE
26
"So long!" in Sorrento : CIAO
27
Howard Hughes became one : LONER
29
Three-time champ : ALI
30
Jarrell and Ciardi : POETS
31
Fixed machine part : STATOR
33
Painting the town red : ONASPREE
35
Peach (or 4th) : GEORGIA
37
John III ___, King of Poland: 17th century : SOBIESKI
41
London insurer : LLOYDS
46
Ward off : AVERT
47
Nav. bigwig : ADM
49
Poet Marianne : MOORE
50
Editor's mark : DELE
51
Polar globe-trotter : CLAUS
53
Kermit of "The Muppets" : FROG
54
Onassis nickname : ARI
55
Marsupial, for short : ROO
56
Wd. ending : SUF
58
Grape, for one : UVA
59
P.G.A. champ: 1974 : TREVINO
61
Diameter of a gun bore : CALIBER
63
Feral fellows : SAVAGES
64
Incarnate deities : AVATARS
65
Silver (or 36th) : NEVADA
66
Lone Star (or 28th) : TEXAS
Down
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Treasure (or 41st) : MONTANA
2
Rhone feeder : AIN
3
Puts in reserve : ICES
4
Zenith's opposite : NADIR
5
N Ohio city : ELYRIA
6
Firewood : KINDLING
7
Part of a biblical trade-off : ANEYE
8
Sgts., e.g. : NCOS
9
"___ 'em, Cerberus!" : SIC
10
Artist's studio : ATELIER
11
Having feeling : SENSATE
12
Scandinavian toasts : SKOALS
13
Sine qua non at an afternoon affair : TEAPOT
15
Bristly : SETOSE
23
Tennis unit : SET
25
Sunshine (or 27th) : FLORIDA
26
O. Henry's "The ___ and the Anthem" : COP
28
Synonyms man : ROGET
30
Sacred song : PSALM
32
In medias ___ : RES
34
Be under the weather : AIL
36
County in 25 Down : OKALOOSA
37
Post-Nasser First Family : SADATS
38
Invaded; ravaged : OVERRAN
39
Give credence to : BELIEVE
40
Wrath : IRE
42
Word of discomfort : OOF
43
Guinean coast group : YORUBAS
44
He might give you a bum steer : DROVER
45
Smokes, in Dogpatch : SEGARS
48
Capital of Oman : MUSCAT
51
Wound textile yarn : CONED
52
Urbane : SUAVE
55
Latvian port : RIGA
57
Fiber for making linen : FLAX
60
Hebrew letter : VAV
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Call ___ day : ITA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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