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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Tuesday, June 29, 1993

19-Down : Branches

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { B F J K Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,939
Across
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"___ and the Man": Shaw : ARMS
5
Instrument for 5 Down : CELLO
10
Kind of hammer : TRIP
14
Billy or nanny : GOAT
15
Of space : AREAL
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Latvia's capital : RIGA
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Writer ___ Wheeler Wilcox : ELLA
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Garden flower : SNAPDRAGON
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Small cattail : DEERHAIR
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Belt sites : WAISTS
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"The Winter's ___" : TALE
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Flaccid : LIMP
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Frugal ones : SAVERS
28
Certain numbers in arithmetic : DIVISORS
32
Affirms : AVERS
33
Plunge : DIVE
34
Type of sword : EPEE
35
Row : OAR
36
Crop : HARVEST
39
Literary bits : ANA
40
Boy, in Madrid : NINO
42
Hoodlum : GOON
43
Waters or Merman : ETHEL
45
Dumbo, e.g. : ELEPHANT
47
Rears : RAISES
48
Flag or bean follower : POLE
49
Spray of a sort : MIST
50
Thurber's "___ in the Attic" : THEOWL
53
Tenon; pin : DOVETAIL
57
Western : HORSEOPERA
59
Where Pizarro died : LIMA
60
Man or Wight : ISLE
61
Yuletide song : CAROL
62
Redact : EDIT
63
Lack : NEED
64
Compositions by Charles Wesley : HYMNS
65
Rational : SANE
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Seasoned : AGED
2
Part in a play : ROLE
3
Boy or man : MALE
4
Beginner : STARTER
5
A memorable Pablo : CASALS
6
Kovacs or Ford : ERNIE
7
Edward or Norman : LEAR
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Land or dog preceder : LAP
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Kind of tale : OLDWIVES
10
Roam : TRAIPSE
11
Equips : RIGS
12
"___ Plenty o' Nuttin'" : IGOT
13
Pots' pals : PANS
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Branches : RAMI
21
Austere : HARSH
24
Cheer up : LIVEN
25
Burgundy river : SAONE
26
Benefit : AVAIL
27
Father of sci-fi : VERNE
28
Displaced turf on a fairway : DIVOT
29
Colorful fish : OPAHS
30
Actress Adorée : RENEE
31
Ratifies : SEALS
33
Humming sound : DRONE
37
Eaglewood : AGALLOCH
38
Twit : TEASE
41
Against : OPPOSED
44
Jots : TITTLES
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Inventor Elias ___ : HOWE
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Red Sox, to Yankees : RIVALS
49
Andalusian city : MORON
50
Hammett's "The ___ Man" : THIN
51
Lawn necessity : HOSE
52
A first name in whodunits : ERLE
53
Skin: Comb. form : DERM
54
Verdi heroine : AIDA
55
"___ the Mood for Love" : IMIN
56
Behind schedule : LATE
58
Recompense : PAY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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