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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Wednesday, July 11, 1984

8-Down : Prank

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,664
Across
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Swiss city : BASEL
6
Animal org. : SPCA
10
N.Y.P.D. puts these out : APBS
14
Not chronic : ACUTE
15
Guidry stats. : ERAS
16
Strayhorn's "Take ___ Train" : THEA
17
Devilish : MEPHISTOPHELIAN
20
X : TEN
21
Tractable : TAME
22
De Gaulle's birthplace : LILLE
23
Former Irish county : TYRONE
25
Tenn. state flower : IRIS
27
Air, in compounds : AER
28
Glossglockner, e.g. : ALP
29
Partner of means : ENDS
31
Keystone State founder : PENN
33
Nine-day-old porridge : PEASE
35
Manipulates : USES
37
Ocean off Ire. : ATL
39
Having a human form : ANTHROPOMORPHIC
43
"Able was I ___ ... " : ERE
44
Short wave? : PERM
45
___ buena (evergreen) : YERBA
46
" ... an ___ whose time has come": Hugo : IDEA
48
Bedtime hint : YAWN
50
Hockey great : ORR
51
Nigerian language : IBO
53
Thicke of the night shows : ALAN
55
Bestowed lavishly : HEAPED
57
Papal courts : ROTAS
59
Philippine knife : BOLO
61
Basketball tourn. : NIT
62
Sartre and Camus : EXISTENTIALISTS
66
Chicken incubator? : NEST
67
These follow bees : CEES
68
John Jacob ___ : ASTOR
69
Bombeck : ERMA
70
___ Major : URSA
71
Surface for painting : GESSO
Down
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Socko! : BAM
2
Compound used by welders : ACETYLENE
3
Jingo's excessive ardor : SUPERPATRIOTISM
4
People: Comb. form : ETHNO
5
Hawaiian necklace : LEI
6
Bristle : SETA
7
Debt vouchers : PROMISSORYNOTES
8
Prank : CAPER
9
Residue : ASH
10
Gudrun's king : ATLI
11
Humanitarians : PHILANTHROPISTS
12
Memphis's ___ St. : BEALE
13
More logical : SANER
18
British carbine : STEN
19
Besides : ELSE
23
Paper-mulberry bark : TAPA
24
Not e'er : NEER
26
___ facto : IPSO
30
Gull : DUPE
32
Scruff : NAPE
34
Tool or wood follower : SHED
36
Lazarus or Willard : EMMA
38
Opera texts : LIBRETTOS
40
October birthstone : OPAL
41
Baseball's ___ Duren : RYNE
42
Joker, e.g. : CARD
47
Orient : EAST
49
Dobbin stopper : WHOA
51
"Goodnight, ___," 1950 Weavers hit : IRENE
52
Holmes or Hagler : BOXER
54
Dogpatch hero : ABNER
56
Licorice herb : ANISE
58
Cinematic dog : ASTA
60
"La Gioconda," for short : LISA
63
Old French coin : ECU
64
Wane : LAG
65
Rialto initials : SRO

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

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