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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Friday, June 7, 1985

33-Down : Sentry's word

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,995
Across
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Begone! : SCRAM
6
Zest : TANG
10
Rope material : HEMP
14
Muse for Pindar : ERATO
15
Pitcher : EWER
16
Hodgepodge : OLIO
17
Foot lever : PEDAL
18
Oz canine : TOTO
19
Shore bird : TERN
20
Japanese fish : TAI
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Operatic prince : IGOR
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Start of a quotation : ONEMAY
25
Quotation: Part II : SMILEANDSMILE
28
Rainbow goddess : IRIS
29
Sea creature : EEL
30
High degree : NTH
33
Source of quotation : HAMLET
36
Detained one : ARRESTEE
38
Voyaging : ASEA
39
Summer drink : ADE
40
Young salmon : PARR
41
"___ War Cabinet": B. J. Hendrick : LINCOLNS
44
Menotti heroine : AMELIA
46
Small boy : TAD
47
Clamor : DIN
48
Knievel : EVEL
49
End of quotation : ANDBEAVILLAIN
55
Point one's finger at : ACCUSE
57
Pop : SODA
58
Theater sign : SRO
59
Vice squad's action : RAID
60
Pecking-order position : RANK
62
Twangy : NASAL
64
Stake at cards : ANTE
65
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
66
Garbo : GRETA
67
Inlets : BAYS
68
Fenced area, often : YARD
69
Corroded : EATEN
Down
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Clans : SEPTS
2
Napoleon center : CREAM
3
Circle parts : RADII
4
___ loss for words : ATA
5
Poquelin's stage name : MOLIERE
6
Wyo. mountains : TETONS
7
"___ to the wise ... " : AWORD
8
Court divider : NET
9
Stable brush : GROOMER
10
Resting place : HOTEL
11
Basic : ELEMENTAL
12
Star in Cetus : MIRA
13
Kind of tail or express : PONY
22
Stride, e.g. : GAIT
24
Cairo's river : NILE
26
Popular scent : LILAC
27
Wizened : SERE
31
Actress Garr : TERI
32
Zeus's wife : HERA
33
Sentry's word : HALT
34
Large landmass : ASIA
35
Untruthfulness : MENDACITY
36
Some are classified : ADS
37
Witch's incantation : SPELL
39
Shakespeare's wife : ANNE
42
Vegas term : ODDS
43
Word on a dime : LIBERTY
44
Alacritous : AVID
45
Mixture : MELANGE
48
Called forth : EVOKED
50
Some Renoirs : NUDES
51
Lou Grant portrayer : ASNER
52
Pecuniary resource : ASSET
53
Fuming : IRATE
54
Lloyd or Kathy : NOLAN
55
Riyadh denizen : ARAB
56
Galilee town : CANA
61
Eureka! : AHA
63
Parseghian : ARA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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