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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Tuesday, June 12, 1979

28-Down : Regulations at a Reno casino

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,808
Across
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Dad : PAPA
5
Nit-pick : CAVIL
10
Prescribed pattern of behavior : ROLE
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Devastation : RUIN
15
Relish-tray item : OLIVE
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Oklahoma city : ENID
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Like a summer drink : ICED
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Alumni celebration : HOMECOMING
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Architect of the Constitution : MADISON
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Ingenious or sly : TRICKY
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Sprung : AROSE
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Peck's partner : HUNT
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Answer sharply : RETORT
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Expired : PERISHED
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___ sativa (the oat) : AVENA
32
Units of illumination : LUXES
33
Jai alai cry : OLE
34
Neighbor of N.H. : VER
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Blasé : SATED
36
Brazilian tree : ULE
37
Stray : ERR
38
Caustic : ACRID
39
More meanspirited : BASER
41
Socializes : STEPSOUT
43
Moon goddess : SELENE
44
Gaelic nobleman : AIRE
45
Blotch : SMEAR
46
Promotion phrase : SLOGAN
49
Preliminary exercises : WARMUPS
52
Irritability from confinement : CABINFEVER
55
Spread : OLEO
56
Entertainer King : ALAN
57
Not disposed : UNAPT
58
Inattentive : DEAF
59
Chinese secret society : TONG
60
Periods of fasting : LENTS
61
"Cómo ___ Vd.?" : ESTA
Down
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Prudish : PRIM
2
Primitive S.A. Indian : AUCA
3
Temporary lodging : PIEDATERRE
4
Hearth adjunct : ANDIRON
5
One of the leaders on a talk show : COHOST
6
"___ at Last," Lehar operetta : ALONE
7
Zip : VIM
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"___ got sixpence ... " : IVE
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What Twain and Cable did in 1884 : LECTURED
10
Pardons : REMITS
11
Chemical suffix : ONIC
12
Bond : LINK
13
Irritable : EDGY
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Birdlife of a region : ORNIS
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N.A. rail : SORA
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Jinxed : HEXED
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Blurbs : RAVES
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A pet of the net set : EVERT
27
"___ there!" : PUTIT
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Regulations at a Reno casino : HOUSERULES
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Actress Terry : ELLEN
30
Pioneer in the manufacture of steel plows : DEERE
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Actor Jack from N.Y.C. : LARUE
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Contemptuous : SCORNFUL
38
Korean, for one : ASIAN
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Kvass : BEER
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Fashionable : ALAMODE
42
Job for buttons at the Savoy : PAGING
43
Stings : SMARTS
45
"___ Away," Wertmüller film : SWEPT
46
Leave hurriedly : SCAT
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French composer : LALO
48
Character in "The Iceman Cometh" : OBAN
50
Fuel or turf : PEAT
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Canapé : SOFA
53
Dir. from Vladivostok to Olga : ENE
54
Vehicle sometimes decorated : VAN

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

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