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James E. Hinish Jr.
James E. Hinish Jr.

New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1987

8-Down : Ruby and opal

Author:
James E. Hinish, Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
James E. Hinish Jr. has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
James E. Hinish, Jr. is an alias for James E. Hinish Jr..
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,762
Across
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Singer Turner : TINA
5
Old saying : ADAGE
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Caspian seaport : BAKU
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Saroyan hero : ARAM
15
Legal precepts : RULES
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Protection : EGIS
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Shchedrin and Shostakovich : SOVIETCOMPOSERS
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Ship's curved plank : SNY
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Tones down : MUTES
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Subject of the eddas : AESIR
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___-de-lance : FER
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Milan or Peking ending : ESE
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"The Firebire" composer : IGORSTRAVINSKY
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Piano key : IVORY
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Lepus members : HARES
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Hasten : HIE
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Festive event : GALA
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Item for Rostropovich : BATON
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Marx or Malden : KARL
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Washington bill : ONE
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Russian girl's name : SONIA
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Slavic gymnasts' society : SOKOL
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"Scheherazade" composer : RIMSKYKORSAKOV
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First Year after B.C. : IAD
46
Would-be benedict's words : IDO
47
Harass : TAUNT
50
Courage : SPUNK
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Coin in Kiev: Abbr. : RBL
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"Cinderella" ballet composer : SERGEIPROKOFIEV
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Soviet sea : ARAL
60
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
61
Different: Comb. form : ALLO
62
Dr. Zhivago, to Omar Sharif : ROLE
63
Chekhov, e.g. : ANTON
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Russian, for one : SLAV
Down
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Soviet news agency : TASS
2
Press : IRON
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___ blue : NAVY
4
French friend : AMI
5
Rubinstein and Rodzinski : ARTURS
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Channel : DUCT
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Amaryllis's cousin : ALOE
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Ruby and opal : GEMS
9
Sixth sense, for short : ESP
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"Children should ___ ... " : BESEEN
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Long period : AGES
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Soprano ___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
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U.N. member : USSR
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Corundum : EMERY
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Sahara stopover : OASIS
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Tribunals : FORA
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Tied : EVEN
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Russian ruler : IVANI
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Jewish folklore figure : GOLEM
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Show gratitude : THANK
28
Proportion : RATIO
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Bellowing : AROAR
30
Military hat : SHAKO
31
Soviet ballet troupe : KIROV
32
Cheer : YELL
33
Borodin's Prince : IGOR
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Hopalong Cassidy portrayer : BOYD
38
"Mikado" role : KOKO
40
Ray : SKATE
41
Opera by 42 Across : SADKO
43
Not married : SINGLE
44
Penetrate slowly : SINKIN
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Glinka's "A Life for the ___" : TSAR
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Aviation word form : AERO
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Russian river : URAL
50
Bridge : SPAN
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Luth. or Episc. : PROT
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Man, in Mantua : UOMO
53
Brooklet : RILL
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Bartók : BELA
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City in the Ukraine : LVOV
57
Actress Balin : INA
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Scale notes : FAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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