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R. W. Greenleaf
R. W. Greenleaf

New York Times, Friday, July 11, 1980

9-Down : Hopeful

Author:
R. W. Greenleaf
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
R. W. Greenleaf has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,203
Across
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Prince, in Punjab : RAJA
5
Prince of music : IGOR
9
Type of mackerel : ATKA
13
___ about (time phrase) : ONOR
14
Not at all : NEVER
16
Tangled mass of hair : SHAG
17
Be sore : ACHE
18
Poor golf shot : SLICE
19
Tony winner Patti Lu___ : PONE
20
Curdler : RENNET
22
Relative of a xylophone : DULCIMER
24
Persian Gulf state : QATAR
26
Triple crown for Pope John Paul II : TIARA
27
Something of small value : SOU
29
Rubber trees : ULES
31
J. R. Lowell's "The Present ___" : CRISIS
34
Penultimate Greek letter : PSI
35
___ ease (uncomfortable) : ILLAT
37
Whence the Plantagenets came : ANJOU
38
Número uno, in Nürnberg : EINS
40
Entertainer from N. C. : SALES
42
Writer Fowler : GENE
43
Straits : NECKS
45
Nobelist in Literature: 1923 : YEATS
47
Transient mood : FIT
48
Refrigerant : DRYICE
50
Lay out a town : PLAT
51
Morgan le ___ : FAY
52
Footless creatures : APODA
54
Wash away : ERODE
56
Activity of Andrew Carnegie : ENDOWING
59
Small-estate owners, in Scotland : LAIRDS
62
Wheel's partner : DEAL
63
Vine of the tropics : LIANE
65
___ Minor : ASIA
66
___ blanche, chivalry weapon : ARME
67
English writer who changed attitudes re sex : ELLIS
68
"Share the wealth" advocate: 1893-1935 : LONG
69
Shade of green : MOSS
70
Drains one's energy : SAPS
71
Stud starter : ANTE
Down
1
Veldt sound : ROAR
2
Noun suffix : ANCE
3
"Old Man Eloquent" : JOHNQUINCYADAMS
4
Boston Garden, e.g. : ARENA
5
Puts in office : INSTALLS
6
Colloid : GEL
7
"Amores" author : OVID
8
Diluted some more : RECUT
9
Hopeful : ASPIRING
10
"Pen of the Revolution" : THOMASJEFFERSON
11
Orson Welles role : KANE
12
Aid to maturing : AGER
15
Religious treasure : RELIC
21
Small case : ETUI
23
Felicia's face : CARA
25
Send on : RELAY
27
Decrease the bankroll : SPEND
28
Basketry rod : OSIER
30
Tapiocalike food : SALEP
32
Where Ephesus flourished : IONIA
33
Sebaceous : SUETY
36
Naturalist Edwin Way ___ : TEALE
39
Slopes gear : SKIPOLES
41
" ... ___ and bible-black": Dylan Thomas : STARLESS
44
Barge : SCOW
46
Promenade for Pericles : STOA
49
Circus Maximus emcee : EDILE
53
Dyes : ANILS
55
___-Prayer : DIALA
56
Gouda's cousin : EDAM
57
Fiddling boss in a holocaust : NERO
58
Sportive or showy : GALA
60
Impression or force : DINT
61
"Riders of the Purple ___": Grey : SAGE
64
Cheese quality : NIP

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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