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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Friday, May 9, 1986

10-Down : Backward

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,331
Across
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___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
5
Andalusia's locale : SPAIN
10
Baltic island : AERO
14
Kirk Douglas role : AMOS
15
Physics Nobelist: 1945 : PAULI
16
Hoosegow : STIR
17
Motion man: June 7, 1776 : RICHARDLEE
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Tenuous : THIN
20
Buck in its fourth year : STAGGARD
21
Lacrosse field section : CREASE
23
Medieval stringed instrument : ROTE
24
Pine : YEARN
25
Flavor : SAPOR
28
Buffalo-to-Olean dir. : SSE
30
Entrap : SNARE
33
Necktie : CRAVAT
35
"Ah, take the ___ ... ": FitzGerald : CASH
37
Yards of yarn : LEA
38
Malarial fever : AGUE
39
Love, Italian style : AMORE
41
Pitcher Labine : CLEM
42
Cambodia's Pot : POL
43
One-tenth of an ephah : OMER
44
"Thy Neighbor's Wife" author : TALESE
46
Sign up : ENROL
48
"Rhine Maidens" author : SEE
50
Chromosome units : GENES
51
Some cheeses : EDAMS
53
Smith of tennis : STAN
55
Nine-day devotion : NOVENA
57
Wounded : STRICKEN
61
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
62
Regretful patriot : NATHANHALE
64
Tattered and ___ : TORN
65
Like Challenger and Discovery : TILED
66
Mass. motto word : ENSE
67
Math student's problem : AREA
68
Dote on : ADORE
69
Achievement : DEED
Down
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Stars and ___ : BARS
2
Skip : OMIT
3
Comedienne Imogene : COCA
4
"The ___," old Welsh melody : ASHGROVE
5
Nursery dieter : SPRAT
6
San Diego team : PADRES
7
Kind of "acquaintance" : AULD
8
Suffix with infant : ILE
9
Brother's daughter : NIECE
10
Backward : ASTERN
11
Patriot from Litchfield, Conn. : ETHANALLEN
12
Journalist Jacob : RIIS
13
Florid, in France : ORNE
18
Israeli coin : AGORA
22
Foolhardy : RASH
24
Once around Sol : YEAR
25
Kind of goat : SCAPE
26
Atomic number 18 : ARGON
27
Famed silversmith : PAULREVERE
29
Mark with notches : SCORE
31
Roger Kahn subject : REESE
32
Noted bibliographer: 1855-1937 : EAMES
34
Balmoral's cousin : TAM
36
Osiris's brother : SET
40
Where gobs meet to eat : MESS
41
Made a fist : CLENCHED
43
Buck heroine : OLAN
45
Once more : AGAIN
47
"___ Grecian Urn": Keats : ODEONA
49
Hadassah : ESTHER
52
Blanket for Gato del Sol : MANTA
54
Métier : TRADE
55
Naldi of silents : NITA
56
Olfactory sensation : ODOR
57
Capital of Manche : STLO
58
Welles role : KANE
59
Otherwise : ELSE
60
A cause of rebellion : NEED
63
What adjutories give : AID

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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