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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, June 26, 1989

54-Down : Confuse

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,475
Across
1
Grating : GRID
5
Summits : CAPS
9
Earlier : PAST
13
Kitchen utensil : RICER
15
Pianist Templeton : ALEC
16
___ no good : UPTO
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Author St. Johns : ADELA
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Part of a carte : DISH
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A national park in Utah : ZION
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Think carefully : DELIBERATE
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Whimsically comical : ZANY
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Singer-actor Burl ___ : IVES
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"Winnie-the-Pooh" author : MILNE
26
___ foie gras : PATEDE
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Nota ___ : BENE
31
Summit : APEX
32
Former Korean politician : RHEE
35
Reddish yellow : CORAL
39
Counting from : SINCE
41
Leather-piercing instrument : AWL
42
Dispatch boat : AVISO
43
Squelched : SATON
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Relate : TELL
46
Nev. city : ELKO
47
Garment insert : GORE
49
Secure : ARREST
51
Period of time : WHILE
53
Be frugal : SAVE
55
Close : SHUT
56
Thought deeply about : PONDEREDON
62
Southwestern hill : LOMA
63
Matured : AGED
64
Practice : USAGE
65
Touched down : ALIT
66
Dispose of for money : SELL
67
___ Dame : NOTRE
68
___ cloth (altar carpet) : PEDE
69
Distant: Comb. form : TELE
70
Plant part : SEED
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Alum : GRAD
2
Amusement park attraction : RIDE
3
Reykjavik is here: Abbr. : ICEL
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Nabe store : DELI
5
Framework : CADRE
6
Assumed name : ALIAS
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Annoyance : PEST
8
What cabals do : SCHEME
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Think about a dilemma : PUZZLEOVER
10
Pertaining to bees : APIAN
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Agate, e.g. : STONE
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Stylish : TONY
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Violently intense : RABID
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Constantly : EVER
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South American Indian : INCA
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Go by : PASS
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Samoan seaport : APIA
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Camping gear : TENT
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Think out : EXCOGITATE
30
___ the cat (be daring) : BELL
33
Execrate : HATE
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Sheep's mother : EWE
36
Get one's goat : RILE
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Questions : ASKS
38
Spoils : LOOT
40
Organic compound : ENOL
45
Wash : LAVE
48
Meal : REPAST
50
Summer TV fare : RERUN
51
Total : WHOLE
52
Dank : HUMID
53
Attachment to a fish line : SNELL
54
Confuse : ADDLE
55
Blow : SLAP
57
Molding : OGEE
58
Those, in Toledo : ESOS
59
Oblong, fleshy fruit : DATE
60
Fairy-tale villain : OGRE
61
Exigency : NEED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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