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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Wednesday, June 15, 1988

21-Down : Rain-forest climber

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mary S. Snyder has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,099
Across
1
D.A.'s helper : ASST
5
A.A.F. award : DFC
8
Wood for Solomon : CEDAR
13
Peddle : HAWK
14
"___! poor Yorick": Shak. : ALAS
16
Convex molding : OVOLO
17
Money-exchange term : AGIO
18
Painter Chagall : MARC
19
What 5 Across is : MEDAL
20
___ bleu (blue stocking) : BAS
21
Soho dish : LONDONBROIL
23
Fluctuate : SWING
25
Trial : TEST
26
Former Turkish title : PASHA
28
Suffix for wagon or farmer : ETTE
30
Made tracks : SPED
34
" ... as firm as ___": Job 41:24 : ASTONE
36
Succor : AID
37
High note : ELA
38
Caviar : ROE
39
Theme of this puzzle : ENTREES
42
Thespian Murray : KEN
43
Alias : AKA
44
Gat : ROD
45
Cathedral city in France, old style : RHEIMS
47
Japanese drink : SAKE
49
Tenn.'s state flower : IRIS
51
Bert's pal : ERNIE
52
Spice : MACE
54
Kind of peach : CLING
56
Va. dish : CRABNORFOLK
60
"___ Kapital" : DAS
63
Lubricated : OILED
64
Water vessel : OLLA
65
Make silent : HUSH
66
Actor Eric ___: 1888-1959 : BLORE
67
Homophone for scene : SEEN
68
Bridge ploy : ECHO
69
Glorify : BLESS
70
Prefix for sphere : EXO
71
Distort : SKEW
Down
1
A king of Israel : AHAB
2
"Volsunga ___" : SAGA
3
Alpine dish : SWISSSTEAK
4
Ring abbr. : TKO
5
Name symbolic of friendship : DAMON
6
Pipe collar : FLANGE
7
Deuce, e.g. : CARD
8
Gift in an O'Henry story : COMBS
9
Turns outward : EVERTS
10
Slow-witted person : DODO
11
Kirghiz mountain range : ALAI
12
Rock's partner : ROLL
15
Dog type : SCOTTIE
21
Rain-forest climber : LIANE
22
A have-not : NEEDER
24
Kern song: 1925 : WHO
26
Former Turkish coins : PARAS
27
King of Magadha: 273-232 B.C. : ASOKA
29
Slowly, in Siena : TARDI
31
Chinese dish : PEKINGDUCK
32
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
33
___ du ventre (belly dance) : DANSE
35
Caruso : ENRICO
40
Bullring figures : TOREROS
41
Man of the desert : SHEIK
46
Suffix with directions : ERN
48
Result of fire : EMBERS
50
Tapeworm part : SCOLEX
53
Condor country : ANDES
55
Southwestern plain : LLANO
56
Journalist Irvin S. : COBB
57
Streamlet : RILL
58
Tonic base : ALOE
59
Absquatulate : FLEE
61
Tennis great : ASHE
62
Kind of girl or man : SHOW
65
"For ___ a jolly ... " : HES

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