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Bevington
Bevington

New York Times, Saturday, May 26, 1984

8-Down : Maximally

Author:
Bevington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { F K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 4, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Bevington has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,618
Across
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Fed. labor law: 1973 : CETA
5
Communion table : ALTAR
10
Record : TAPE
14
Maple genus : ACER
15
Zubin from Bombay : MEHTA
16
Tropical plant : ALOE
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Curious one in 1 Down : THERUMTUMTUGGER
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"Moonlight ___" : SONATA
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Befoul : SOIL
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Carter or Irving : AMY
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Hawaiian goose : NENE
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Tofu source : SOYA
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Malt kiln : OAST
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Examine carefully : VET
32
Cookie pan : SHEET
36
Biol. is one : SCI
37
Canvas : SAIL
39
Income from wealth : USANCE
40
Event in 1 Down : THEJELLICLEBALL
43
Bring back : REVIVE
44
Units of resistance : OHMS
45
Heat meas. : CAL
46
An Astaire : ADELE
47
Kennedy letters : ETA
48
LL.B. : ATTY
49
Loosely twisted silk yarn : TRAM
51
Glinka subject : TSAR
54
Morose : SAD
57
Mine passage : ADIT
59
Pranks : ANTICS
63
Jennyanydots in 1 Down : THEOLDGUMBIECAT
66
To ___ (unanimously) : AMAN
67
Misplay : ERROR
68
Ancient people of Gaul : REMI
69
Chromosome part : GENE
70
Zola character : RENEE
71
River to the North Sea : YSER
Down
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Hit musical : CATS
2
Reflect : ECHO
3
Six or seven follower : TEEN
4
Notorious : ARRANT
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Jordan's capital : AMMAN
6
Permit : LET
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Therefore : THUS
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Maximally : ATMOST
9
Proportion : RATIO
10
Label : TAG
11
Fat-choy or nostoc : ALGA
12
Tone ___ : POEM
13
Strange : EERY
18
An ally of Carson : UTE
19
Joyce classic : ULYSSES
24
Noxious : EVIL
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He rebuilt Jericho : AHAB
27
Purples, to Plautus : OSTRA
28
Hurt : ACHED
29
Winnow : SIEVE
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Inspirer of 1 Down : ELIOT
33
Perform : ENACT
34
Splendor : ECLAT
35
TV, to a BBC fan : TELLY
37
Distinct : SEVERAL
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Milwaukee product : ALE
39
City on the Danube : ULM
41
Fickle woman : JILT
42
French feline : CHAT
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Refugee : EMIGRE
48
Main channel : ARTERY
50
Summer : ADDER
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Buffalo hockey pro : SABRE
53
Violinist Kavafian : ANI
54
Male caribou : STAG
55
Verbal sigh : AHME
56
Bishop's assistant : DEAN
58
Pivot : TURN
60
Frosts : ICES
61
"___ the dawn" : CAME
62
Waken : STIR
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Song in "A Chorus Line" : ONE
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A Stooge : MOE

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

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