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Ann Jenkins
Ann Jenkins

New York Times, Tuesday, May 27, 1980

36-Down : Adjective for a Western

Author:
Ann Jenkins
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Ann Jenkins has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
C
2
A
3
B
4
A
5
L
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H
7
A
8
L
9
S
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N
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A
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S
13
A
14
A
G
A
V
E
15
E
M
I
T
16
A
R
A
G
17
L
E
G
I
T
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I
M
A
T
E
19
C
U
T
E
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F
E
A
S
T
S
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H
A
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M
E
L
I
N
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T
O
S
O
24
R
E
D
O
L
E
N
T
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A
26
L
E
27
L
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E
O
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Y
U
L
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S
O
L
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A
D
D
E
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R
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L
E
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D
35
G
36
E
37
P
O
L
38
I
C
E
D
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A
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R
I
S
I
N
G
41
S
P
E
N
T
42
A
43
L
I
E
N
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S
A
G
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F
I
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T
47
A
L
L
48
P
R
Y
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B
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E
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L
L
O
W
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E
D
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I
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D
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O
L
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E
L
E
A
N
O
R
57
C
U
R
A
58
T
59
E
60
G
O
A
T
61
B
R
62
A
63
S
S
T
A
C
K
S
64
A
P
S
E
65
I
O
T
A
66
C
L
E
O
S
67
N
E
E
D
68
T
R
A
P
69
H
E
S
S
E
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,158
Across
1
Conniving group : CABAL
6
Holbrook and Linden : HALS
10
Space org. : NASA
14
Aloe : AGAVE
15
Exude : EMIT
16
Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" : ARAG
17
Kind of theater : LEGITIMATE
19
Attractive, as a kitten : CUTE
20
Feeds on with gusto : FEASTS
21
Where piping was a potent pesticide : HAMELIN
23
" ... owed by so many ___ few" : TOSO
24
Aromatic : REDOLENT
25
Alcoholic brew : ALE
27
Lion's sign : LEO
29
Actor Brynner : YUL
30
Coin in Callao : SOL
31
Snake : ADDER
33
Reef : LEDGE
37
Patrolled a beat : POLICED
39
Getting up : ARISING
41
Sapped of strength : SPENT
42
Foreigner : ALIEN
44
Middle-age problem : SAG
45
Suit : FIT
47
"___ Alone" : ALL
48
Snoop : PRY
49
Emulated Stentor : BELLOWED
53
Image of a deity : IDOL
56
Eminent lady of Aquitaine : ELEANOR
57
Clergyman : CURATE
60
Get one's ___ (rile) : GOAT
61
Basic facts : BRASSTACKS
64
Part of a church : APSE
65
"I" in Greek : IOTA
66
Singer Laine et al. : CLEOS
67
Necessity : NEED
68
Trick or lure : TRAP
69
Historic German duchy : HESSE
Down
1
Callow bovine : CALF
2
Pulitzer Prize-winning author: 1958 : AGEE
3
Bauble : BAGATELLE
4
Dispatch boat : AVISO
5
Latvians : LETTS
6
Hesitate in speaking : HEM
7
Physicians' org. : AMA
8
Limber : LITHE
9
Stable : STEADY
10
Enclosed shelters on airplanes : NACELLES
11
As ___ (generally) : ARULE
12
Material for many a bride : SATIN
13
Ten-percenter : AGENT
18
Flagstad role : ISOLDE
22
___ Rouge (Red Mill) : MOULIN
24
Caviar : ROE
25
Egyptian cobras : ASPS
26
Picot feature : LOOP
28
Early Norse saga : EDDA
31
Part of A.D.A. : ACTION
32
Marsh bird : RAIL
34
Drives from one's homeland : DISPLACES
35
What snarleyyows do : GNAR
36
Adjective for a Western : EGGY
38
Like oratory that is not economical : INFLATED
40
Objects from the past : RELICS
43
Terhune canine : LAD
46
Tawdry; cheap : TWOBIT
49
Brought a meeting to order : BEGAN
50
Escape à la Juliet : ELOPE
51
Legal document : LEASE
52
Bull : ERROR
54
Delft's citizens : DUTCH
55
Roman pontiff's covering : ORALE
58
Part of Ali's record : TKOS
59
Palindromic Latin infinitive : ESSE
62
___ glance : ATA
63
Stupid person : SAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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