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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Friday, May 24, 1985

58-Down : Small biting fly

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 236 (avg 1.26)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,981
Across
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Sail support : MAST
5
Strait near Java : SUNDA
10
Shadowbox : SPAR
14
Big Egyptian bird : IBIS
15
Neighbor of Taurus : ORION
16
English river : AIRE
17
Stones from the sky : METEORITES
19
Bright star in Lyra : VEGA
20
Click beetle : ELATER
21
Ford of "Can You Top This?" : SENATOR
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Commemorative slab : STELA
26
"Oysters ___ season" : RIN
27
Tattletale : REVEALER
30
All there : INTACT
34
Date for Domitian : IDES
35
A ship remembered : MAINE
37
Waikiki wreath : LEI
38
Firearm : GUN
39
Sugar, bread, etc. : STAPLES
41
Silence : GAG
42
Old French coin : ECU
43
Alaskan peninsula : KENAI
44
Measured quantity : DOSE
45
Renter : LESSEE
47
Innkeeper of old : HOSTELER
50
___ and outs : INS
51
Plant of the lily family : ONION
52
Compensation : REDRESS
56
"Let ___ do it" : GEORGE
60
Jai ___ : ALAI
61
Variable, as a nova : INCONSTANT
64
Neighbor of Ecuador : PERU
65
Extinguish : DOUSE
66
Famed Alaskan : EGAN
67
Whops : TANS
68
Green newt : EBBET
69
Bristlelike organ : SETA
Down
1
Mute actor : MIME
2
A labor leader : ABEL
3
Wife of Ramachandra : SITA
4
Disease-carrying flies : TSETSES
5
Bay : SORREL
6
Swiss canton : URI
7
Basketball tourn. : NIT
8
Bucks' mates : DOES
9
Stupid : ANSERINE
10
Wise man : SAVANT
11
Painter Mondrian : PIET
12
Former constellation : ARGO
13
Rise high : REAR
18
Greek mountain chain : OETA
22
Mets, Padres et al. : NINES
24
Geneva's lake : LEMAN
25
Plains Indian : ARAPAHO
27
Star in 15 Across : RIGEL
28
Bring out : EDUCE
29
Morning star : VENUS
31
Star in Perseus : ALGOL
32
Desist : CEASE
33
Striped animal : TIGER
36
Troy, to Achilles : ILION
39
Part of a Greek theater : SKENE
40
Place on a Yorkshire river : TEESSIDE
44
Signifies : DENOTES
46
Dog Star : SIRIUS
48
Seal : SIGNET
49
Pedal appendages : TOES
52
Spellbound : RAPT
53
Ancient town in Lucania, Italy : ELEA
54
Mend socks : DARN
55
Supercilious one : SNOB
57
Furor : RAGE
58
Small biting fly : GNAT
59
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
62
Ernie Banks was one : CUB
63
Chemical suffix : OSE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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