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Meltzer
Meltzer

New York Times, Wednesday, June 20, 1979

53-Down : Texas farmer's acres

Author:
Meltzer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Meltzer has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,816
Across
1
Follower of rip or whip : CORD
5
Particle in a cyclotron: Abbr. : MOL
8
Salesman to whom "attention must be paid" : LOMAN
13
Once more : ANEW
14
Immensely desirous : AVID
16
___ board : OUIJA
17
Longest river in Africa : NILE
18
Snow field : NEVE
19
Language that Latin replaced : OSCAN
20
Drudge : TOIL
21
Con men : TRICKSTERS
23
Elated : ONCLOUDNINE
25
___-tse, founder of Taoism : LAO
26
Faced with difficulties : INAJAM
31
"Eureka!" to Descartes : VOILA
35
Doxy adherents : ISTS
38
A Jones who owns a locker : DAVY
39
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
43
Pulitzer winner of 1958 : AGEE
44
Lucine of the Met : AMARA
45
Part of a cast of thousands : EXTRAS
47
B.&O. and PATH : RRS
49
Elated : TENFEETTALL
56
Like Marat, Paine or Trotsky : REBELLIOUS
60
Song for 44 Across : ARIA
61
Writer Loos : ANITA
62
Caretaker, for short : SUPE
63
Hunger symptom : PANG
64
"A shaggy ___ soft hide ... ": Pope : GOATS
65
Having a share of : INON
66
Advantage : EDGE
67
Taxable item : ASSET
68
Explosive letters : TNT
69
It's in a jamb : DOOR
Down
1
Division of a long poem : CANTO
2
It makes friers into criers : ONION
3
Memento : RELIC
4
Elaborate (on) : DWELL
5
Italian city or loose gown : MANTUA
6
Acting supererogatorily : OVERDOING
7
" ... an' the ___ is easy" : LIVIN
8
Untie : LOOSEN
9
Evict : OUST
10
Blind trio : MICE
11
Discordant : AJAR
12
Code words for n's : NANS
15
Tenth part: Comb. form : DECI
22
Pushcart fare : KNISH
24
King of Norway : OLAV
27
First lady's man : ADAM
28
Mocha : JAVA
29
State peremptorily : AVER
30
Not one of the major birds : MYNA
31
Two-jawed device : VISE
32
Cameo stone : ONYX
33
"___ It Romantic?" : ISNT
34
Lustful look : LEER
36
Sault ___ Marie : STE
37
At once : THEREUPON
40
Studio item : EASEL
41
One of Kipling's "twain" : EAST
46
After much delay : ATLAST
48
Hold a grudge : RESENT
50
Nil ___ bonum : NISI
51
Source : FOUNT
52
Opposite of live : TAPED
53
Texas farmer's acres : ARADO
54
Jazzman's jive, e.g. : LINGO
55
Rathskeller order : LAGER
56
Piece for a sitar player : RAGA
57
Son of Seth : ENOS
58
Prepossession : BIAS
59
Suffix with leather and major : ETTE

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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