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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Wednesday, May 9, 1984

49-Down : Dante's great illustrator

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F K M Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, 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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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,601
Across
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Betty Grable photo in W.W. II : PINUP
6
Agree with : JIBE
10
___ mode : ALA
13
Make ashamed : ABASH
14
Potpourri : OLIO
15
World turner : LOVE
17
Proportion : RATIO
18
Joins a cabal : CONSPIRES
20
Originals : CREATIONS
22
Lifeless : INERT
23
Mount of myth : OSSA
24
Perfume : SCENT
25
Shady dell : DINGLE
28
Collapsible bed : COT
29
___ de Balzac : HONORE
30
Reflections : THOUGHTS
35
Calif. mission founder : SERRA
36
Harem room : ODA
37
He portrayed David Belasco : RAINS
38
Overstep : TRESPASS
40
Leases again : RELETS
41
Towel marking : HIS
42
Debases : LOWERS
43
Dehisced : GAPED
46
Author of "Babaoua" : DALI
47
Detection device : SONAR
48
Reliant : DEPENDING
53
Risky bets : LONGSHOTS
55
Recipient : DONEE
56
Polo began here : ASIA
57
"Permit Me Voyage" poet : AGEE
58
Church instrument : ORGAN
59
Plural ending for fellah : EEN
60
School of big fish : HERD
61
Emulates Niobe : WEEPS
Down
1
Green spot, in Grenoble : PARC
2
Construction beam : IBAR
3
Thurmond of N.B.A. fame : NATE
4
Govt. news bureau : USIA
5
Snappers : PHOTOGRAPHERS
6
Comical : JOCOSE
7
Actress Massey : ILONA
8
Containers : BINS
9
Dawn goddess : EOS
10
Straighten : ALINE
11
Oscar winner in 1961 : LOREN
12
Ward off : AVERT
16
N.Y. time : EST
19
Big pane : PICTUREWINDOW
21
___ of Palms, S.C. city : ISLE
24
Memorable "Barney Miller" actor : SOO
25
Busy one : DOER
26
Regarding : INRE
27
Neithers' companions : NORS
28
Rolled tea : CHA
29
Winner over T.E.D. : HST
30
N.F.L. thrills : TDS
31
Big blow : GALE
32
Yesterday, in Dieppe : HIER
33
Explosives : TNTS
34
Draft org. : SSS
36
Wild Bill Donovan's org. : OSS
39
Succor : AID
40
Part : ROLE
42
Fell into folly : LAPSED
43
Toulouse, e.g. : GOOSE
44
Harold Gray's little heroine : ANNIE
45
Allotheist : PAGAN
46
Prevent : DETER
47
Moroccan port : SLA
48
Magistrate at Genoa, once : DOGE
49
Dante's great illustrator : DORE
50
Famed English theologian : INGE
51
Kind of tide : NEAP
52
Roman family group : GENS
54
Derisive cry : HAH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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