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John Chervokas
John Chervokas

New York Times, Thursday, July 19, 1979

10-Down : Nursery trio

Author:
John Chervokas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
John Chervokas has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,845
Across
1
Divine indignation : WRATH
6
Legal matter : RES
9
Boastful walk : STRUT
14
Home on high : AERIE
15
Paltry piece : ORT
16
"BUtterfield 8" author : OHARA
17
Chair person : CANER
18
Red Brigades tactic : TERRORISM
20
"Dum spiro, ___" (S.C. motto) : SPERO
21
Wings on a rara avis : ALAE
22
Greek group in W.W. II : ELAS
23
Set off a charge : DETONATE
26
Mountain goat's milieu : CRAG
30
Chinese fraternal organization : TONG
31
Destroyer's destroyer : UBOAT
35
Item on a saint's statue : HALO
36
Yen : URGE
37
Scene of a Freedom March : SELMA
38
___ Drive, scenic road in Italy : AMALFI
40
Israeli's aloha : SHALOM
41
Script with heavy strokes : RONDE
42
Aviation was his vocation : POST
45
Split : RIVE
46
Vague rumor : ONDIT
47
River in Normandy : ORNE
48
Prognostication is his vocation : SEER
49
Position in hockey or politics : LEFTWING
52
City or river in Maine : SACO
55
Imitated : APED
56
Automaton : ROBOT
61
Captain Hook's nemesis : CROCODILE
63
Banish : EXILE
64
Sty cries : OINKS
65
Overhead transportation : ELS
66
Cleveland suburb : BEREA
67
Old hat : PASSE
68
Fast jet : SST
69
Where Saul saw a soothsayer : ENDOR
Down
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Warriors in skirts : WACS
2
Harvest : REAP
3
Composer of the oratorio "Abel" : ARNE
4
Stadium level : TIER
5
Judean king : HEROD
6
Muscle or motor : ROTATOR
7
Soon : ERELONG
8
Alien : STRANGE
9
___ Canals : SOO
10
Nursery trio : THREEBEARS
11
Hobo's transportation : RAIL
12
Minor Bear : URSA
13
Coverings on Highlands heads : TAMS
19
American caricaturist : REA
24
Ornamental case : ETUI
25
Exclamation of impatience : TUSH
26
Hispanic "bombshell" : CHARO
27
Novarro of old films : RAMON
28
"___ flowing with milk and honey" : ALAND
29
Young intruder (see 10 Down) : GOLDILOCKS
32
Fran Allison's TV dragon : OLLIE
33
Get ___ on (stir) : AMOVE
34
Man in a Ringling ring : TAMER
39
Joyous celebration : FETE
40
Anna ___, star of "Nana": 1934 : STEN
42
Crusty entrees : POTPIES
43
"Animal Farm" author and kin : ORWELLS
44
Nastiest : SNIDEST
50
Goldfish swallowing, e.g. : FAD
51
Dabchick or didapper : GREBE
52
Old English poet : SCOP
53
Met melody : ARIA
54
Swindles : CONS
57
Plodding yokefellows : OXEN
58
"A ___ in the hand ... " : BIRD
59
Bread spread : OLEO
60
Lacerate : TEAR
62
Chemical suffix : OSE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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