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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, June 22, 1989

4-Down : Took off one's duds

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,471
Across
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Argentine grasslands : PAMPAS
7
Raises : UPS
10
Emulate the weasel : POP
13
Familiarize a freshman : ORIENT
14
More puzzling : KNOTTIER
16
Pedro's pocket money : PESETA
17
Kind of light : LITERARY
18
Layabout : LOLLER
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Medical treatment: Comb. form : IATRY
20
Not windward : ALEE
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Tiny Tim's invitation : TIPTOE
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Krazy ___ of comics : KAT
26
Funnyman Foxx : REDD
27
Picardy blossoms : ROSES
28
Canine protest : YIPE
29
Beatles movie : HELP
30
Avenaceous : OATEN
31
Senator Bradley, once : KNICKERBOCKER
36
Author Upton ___ Sinclair : BEALL
37
Maddens : IRKS
38
Where lots play the slots : RENO
39
Obsession : MANIA
41
Like some silk : SPUN
45
Mode preceders : ALA
46
Pidgin English : JARGON
47
___ Alto : PALO
48
Short narrative : CONTE
49
Verdi opera : OTELLO
51
Lawyer's advance : RETAINER
54
Some Ethiopians : GALLAS
55
Winter pajamas : FLANNELS
56
Declare without proof : ALLEGE
57
Fort ___, N.J. : DIX
58
Scores equaling six pts. each : TDS
59
Fitted together : NESTED
Down
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Tulip tree : POPLAR
2
Small interstice : AREOLE
3
Deceived : MISLED
4
Took off one's duds : PEELED
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Sometimes it's a penny : ANTE
6
Long-running TV series : STARTREK
7
An Eastern Christian : UNIATE
8
Small primates : POTTOS
9
Cordwood measure : STERE
10
Actress Zadora : PIA
11
" ... thy warfare ___": Scott : OER
12
Snoop : PRY
14
Agile African antelopes : KLIPSPRINGERS
15
Render : TRY
22
A daughter of Eurytus : IOLE
23
Elanet : KITE
24
Little, e.g. : APER
25
King beater in pinochle : TEN
28
Tibetan milk source : YAK
29
Initials applying to inflation : HCL
30
Army sch. : OCS
31
Howard of musicals : KEEL
32
Pram pusher : NANA
33
U.N. arm : ILO
34
Vigor : BRIO
35
River or town in Wash. : OKANOGAN
36
Two-cupped item : BRA
39
Provided a crew : MANNED
40
Russian cooperatives : ARTELS
41
Trances : SPELLS
42
Potter's tool : PALLET
43
Result of liquid loss in a cask : ULLAGE
44
Snagged a dogie : NOOSED
46
Knee or elbow : JOINT
48
Preserve, in a way : CAN
50
Hawthorne product : TALE
51
Postal abbr. : RFD
52
Yalie : ELI
53
Source of blues for John Q.'s : TAX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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