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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Monday, May 25, 1981

13-Down : Full of current info

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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M
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C
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L
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A
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N
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S
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K
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T
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O
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T
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B
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S
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R
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A
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N
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O
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R
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S
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T
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H
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,521
Across
1
Preminger's "In ___ Way" : HARMS
6
C to C : SCALE
11
"Madama Butterfly" prop : FAN
14
Polished : SLEEK
15
Spinet worker : TUNER
16
Comedian Olsen : OLE
17
Leadoff batter : TABLESETTER
19
Ruckus : ROW
20
White ___ (belugas) : WHALES
21
Part of Ali's rec. : TKOS
22
Articles before vowels : ANS
25
Verse for Horace : ODE
26
Grating : RASPY
27
Virgo's mo., mainly : SEPT
29
Newt : EFT
30
Year in Trajan's reign : CIII
31
Land's end : SHORE
33
Does some paving : ASPHALTS
36
Cressida's seducer : TROILUS
38
Allowances : RATIONS
40
Hardy's "___ Greenwood Tree" : UNDERTHE
42
Smith's item : ANVIL
43
Brain scans, for short : EEGS
44
Mountain road : ESS
46
"I ___ Kick ... " : GETA
47
Worker in a sideshow: Slang : CARNY
49
Perfect, to Armstrong : AOK
50
Alphabetic trio : RST
51
Inch or ounce : UNIT
52
Sabotage an iron horse : DERAIL
55
Some linemen: Abbr. : RGS
56
Forming an angle, as a car and a trailer : JACKKNIFING
61
Out-of-this-world item : LEM
62
Up ___ (cornered) : ATREE
63
___ Thérèse (French queen) : MARIE
64
Jan.-Dec. periods : YRS
65
Formed a coil : WOUND
66
A day's march : ETAPE
Down
1
He defeated T.E.D. : HST
2
Predecessor of mode or king : ALA
3
Graycoat : REB
4
Torme or Tillis : MEL
5
Swerve : SKEW
6
Loyal : STEADFAST
7
Meat slices : CUTLETS
8
Hand price : ANTE
9
F.F.V. group : LEES
10
Stray : ERR
11
Delivers the loot : FORKSITOVER
12
Knocked for ___ : ALOOP
13
Full of current info : NEWSY
18
Sabot or brogan : SHOE
21
Private eye's activity : TAILING
22
Deputy: Abbr. : ASST
23
India's Jawaharlal ___ : NEHRU
24
Transpositions like "It is kisstomary to cuss the bride" : SPOONERISMS
26
Lasso : RIATA
28
Poseidon's weapon : TRIDENT
30
Part of a dance : CHA
32
Gray's "churchyard" poem, e.g. : ELEGY
34
Ready for the washer : PRESOAKED
35
Stews : SNITS
37
Speakers' hesitations : URS
39
Lath : SLAT
41
Attend : HEARKEN
45
Flay : SKIN
47
"Oklahoma!" hero : CURLY
48
Wrath : ANGER
52
Malayan headman : DATO
53
Beige : ECRU
54
Kind of light or stone : LIME
56
Mandible : JAW
57
Avoirdupois : FAT
58
Belfast org. : IRA
59
Tippler's temptation : NIP
60
Take a right : GEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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