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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1990

45-Down : Beginning to curdle

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,791
Across
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Wife of Zeus : HERA
5
Health resort : SPA
8
Hawaiian thrush : SHAMA
13
Potpourri : OLIO
14
Intersection sign : STOP
15
Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell ___" : TOLLS
16
One of Dumas's dashing trio : MUSKETEER
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New York's "immigrant island" : ELLIS
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Netherlands city : EDE
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U.S.-Soviet arms pact : SALT
21
Square peg in a round hole : MISFIT
22
French legislative body : SENAT
24
Reminder; keepsake : MEMENTO
26
Lounged : REPOSED
28
The Shamrock Isle : ERIN
31
More orderly : TIDIER
34
___ Lanka : SRI
35
Went on horseback : RODE
36
Lyricist Gershwin : IRA
37
Myself, in Marseille : MOI
39
Sept. chaser : OCT
41
At present : NOW
42
Gallic recreation area : PARC
44
A.M.A. members : MDS
46
Gazelles : ARIELS
48
Penetrating : INTO
49
Inhabited : PEOPLED
51
Unpaid performer : AMATEUR
53
African language grouping : BANTU
57
City on the Maine : ANGERS
59
Coin of 32 Down : RIAL
61
Exclamations of wonder : OHS
62
Legendary jockey : SANDE
63
Antagonist of Dumas's trio : RICHELIEU
65
Discolor : STAIN
66
Sailing : ASEA
67
Bones : OSSA
68
Musical ennead : NONET
69
Your, to Penn : THY
70
Pare : PEEL
Down
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Domiciles : HOMES
2
Give the slip to : ELUDE
3
Out of bed : RISEN
4
Armstrong's "Perfect!" : AOK
5
Sailors' patron : STELMO
6
Millay, to a sexist : POETESS
7
Spring mo. : APR
8
Toby's cousin : STEIN
9
Pistol's pouch : HOLSTER
10
Start of Dumas's trio's motto : ALLFORONE
11
Year in Macbeth's reign : MLII
12
Vice prin., e.g. : ASST
14
RR building : STA
17
High regard : ESTEEM
21
Curative : MEDICAL
23
Onassis's nickname : ARI
25
Grouper of warm seas : MERO
27
Gives cues : PROMPTS
29
Fans' favorite : IDOL
30
Jennings specialty : NEWS
31
Indian dwelling: Var. : TIPI
32
Persian Gulf country : IRAN
33
Hero of a Dumas classic : DARTAGNAN
38
Thought, in Tours : IDEE
40
Threefold : TREBLE
43
___ Française : COMEDIE
45
Beginning to curdle : SOURISH
47
Peak in Crete : IDA
50
Expensive : PRICEY
52
Don't exist : ARENT
54
Din : NOISE
55
"We hold ___ truths ... " : THESE
56
Customary : USUAL
57
Org. : ASSN
58
Alliance acronym : NATO
60
Cry of discovery : AHA
63
Squealer : RAT
64
Prune : LOP

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

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