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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Friday, June 12, 1987

21-Down : Fictional elephant

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { C J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,730
Across
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Pier : WHARF
6
Stroke for Cash : LOB
9
Crow's-nest support : MAST
13
Winter on the Riviera : HIVER
14
Loving Latin word : AMAT
16
Dust-bowl escapee : OKIE
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"___ Time," 1979 musical : ONEMO
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Account : NARRATIVE
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"Porgy and Bess" role : STRAWBERRYWOMAN
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___ pet (irked) : INA
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It led to Roma : ITER
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"My sentiments exactly!" : AMEN
27
Jerome Hines is one : BASSO
30
___-bitsy : ITSY
34
George Hamilton acquisition : TAN
35
Fashion : MAKE
36
Soprano Valkki : ANITA
37
Jed Clampett, for one : BUTTERANDEGGMAN
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Prevent : AVERT
42
Tops : AONE
43
Squid squirt : INK
44
Actress Copley : TERI
45
Gave out : METED
47
Sights on roulette tables : ODDS
48
Norwegian fishing vessel : PRAM
50
Lexicographer's abbr. : OBS
52
Bob Hope film: 1951 : THELEMONDROPKID
60
Measure used in the "Iliad" : HEXAMETER
61
S. Johnson drama : IRENE
62
Innisfail : ERIN
63
Hospital's need : SERA
64
"You can ___ horse ... " : LEADA
65
Crew member : MATE
66
Snide remark : DIG
67
Church council : SYNOD
Down
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"___ on first?" : WHOS
2
Soupçon : HINT
3
State positively : AVER
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Stay : REMAIN
5
Disapproving look : FROWN
6
Kent's colleague : LANE
7
Gabon's ___ Bongo : OMAR
8
A host of "The Gong Show" : BARRIS
9
Sunday activity for some : MOTORING
10
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
11
Hindu god of destruction : SIVA
12
Ump chaser : TEEN
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"___ Remember," hit from "The Fantasticks" : TRYTO
19
Reverence : AWE
21
Fictional elephant : BABAR
24
Facing Clemens : ATBAT
25
Purple dye : MAUVE
26
Pierce : ENTER
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Alias : AKA
29
French legislature : SENAT
31
Like Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins : TIMID
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Abide : STAND
33
Doughboys : YANKS
35
Hernandez or Wilson : MET
36
Cultural period : AGE
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The Red Baron flew one : TRIPLANE
39
Peter Rabbit's mother, e.g. : DOE
40
Witching place : ENDOR
45
Roz and Angela, for two : MAMES
46
Raged onstage : EMOTED
47
Diving bird : OSPREY
49
Dreamer's activity, for short : REM
51
Swelters : BOILS
52
Sci-fi classic: 1954 : THEM
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Goddess of marriage : HERA
54
Leave : EXIT
55
Roman priest and reformer: 1515-95 : NERI
56
Pull : DRAG
57
N.J. governor : KEAN
58
___-European : INDO
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Like Marley : DEAD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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