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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Wednesday, June 4, 1986

48-Down : McHenry, e.g.

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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N
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M
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C
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E
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P
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A
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T
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T
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H
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C
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R
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B
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F
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C
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G
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,357
Across
1
Word often used with sum : TIDY
5
Shock : APPAL
10
Bruins' den in Calif. : UCLA
14
Lamb who had a Mary at his side : ELIA
15
Hike : RAISE
16
Yannick of tennis : NOAH
17
Hazard : RISK
18
Currently operating : INUSE
19
Con ___ (musical direction) : BRIO
20
Patronymic prefix : MAC
21
Emerson's "hobgoblin of little minds" : CONSISTENCY
23
Hat feature : CREASE
25
The lower foreleg in beef : SHIN
26
Tars' patron : ELMO
27
Opposed change : STOODPAT
31
Designation : TITLE
33
Linen marking : HERS
34
Wish undone : RUE
35
Sale sign : ASIS
36
Unrefined : CRUDE
38
Gamma preceder : BETA
39
Sign of early August : LEO
40
"Say ___" : WHEN
41
Obliging act : FAVOR
42
Masks : CONCEALS
44
Vice Presidential candidate: 1976 : DOLE
45
Mata ___ : HARI
46
Kind of bowl : MIXING
48
It's said to breed contempt : FAMILIARITY
52
Harbor sight : TUG
54
Iridescent stone : OPAL
55
Father of Methuselah : ENOCH
56
Bow maker : TIER
57
Abbr. with payt. : RECD
58
Frighten : SCARE
59
Pennines' Monte ___ : ROSA
60
Shoe preserver : TREE
61
Kind of saxophone : TENOR
62
Echidna's diet : ANTS
Down
1
Trimester, e.g. : TERM
2
Kind of vein : ILIAC
3
The better part of valor : DISCRETION
4
Reaction to a gasser : YAK
5
Melodious : ARIOSO
6
Type of velvet : PANNE
7
Name of 12 popes : PIUS
8
Supported : ASSISTED
9
Land toward which the wind blows a ship : LEESHORE
10
Relent : UNBEND
11
Golden Cross, e.g. : CORN
12
Secular : LAIC
13
Nautical call : AHOY
21
Appeared : CAME
22
Mexican relatives : TIOS
24
Plumbers' joints : ELLS
27
Avoids : SHUNS
28
An ounce of this is worth the alternative : PREVENTION
29
Kind of bahn or strada : AUTO
30
Rend : TEAR
31
Soapstone : TALC
32
Lago in Lombardy : ISEO
36
Most cautious : CHARIEST
37
Dependency : RELIANCE
38
Island east of Java : BALI
40
Well-being : WEAL
41
Crafty : FOXY
43
Byron's Harold : CHILDE
44
Nervous state : DITHER
46
Kind of wave : MICRO
47
Poet Edgar : GUEST
48
McHenry, e.g. : FORT
49
Mimic : APER
50
Armor-breaking club : MACE
51
Grizzle : ROAN
53
Mardi ___ : GRAS
56
Refrain syllable : TRA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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