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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, July 27, 1992

55-Down : Cheat

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,602
Across
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First son of Eliz. II : CHAS
5
Proscribed : TABU
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Blockhead : CLOD
13
Spartan serf : HELOT
15
"Once ___ a midnight dreary" : UPON
16
Erudition : LORE
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___ France : ILEDE
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Ananias : LIAR
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Icelandic literature : EDDA
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Good record : CLEANSLATE
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Ripened : AGED
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Observed : SEEN
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TV's Ed : ASNER
26
Deposit containing gold : PLACER
30
Merriment : GLEE
31
French composer: 1823-92 : LALO
32
Husk of grain : BRAN
35
Off the cuff : ADLIB
39
Redolence : AROMA
41
Harem room : ODA
42
Magnifying glass : LOUPE
43
Recorded : TAPED
44
Dorothy Gale's dog : TOTO
46
Khrushchev's land: Abbr. : USSR
47
Cummerbund : SASH
49
Old Blood and Guts : PATTON
51
Green loot : LUCRE
53
Raced : FLED
55
Frustrate : FOIL
56
Innocence : CLEANHANDS
62
Isolated : LONE
63
Pack firmly, as pipe tobacco : TAMP
64
Bay window : ORIEL
65
Movie dog : ASTA
66
Encumbrance : ONUS
67
Showy tropical plant : CANNA
68
Shabby : MEAN
69
Uncommon : RARE
70
Quilt material : BATT
Down
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Stylish : CHIC
2
Hades : HELL
3
On the sheltered side : ALEE
4
Fountain drink : SODA
5
Net fabric : TULLE
6
Concerning bees : APIAN
7
Ketch or dory : BOAT
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Fanciful : UNREAL
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Exhausted; emptied : CLEANEDOUT
10
Statesman Henry Cabot ___ : LODGE
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Mandate : ORDER
12
Absolutely : DEAD
14
On edge : TENSE
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Belgrade native : SERB
25
Embossed figure : SEAL
26
Municipal map : PLAT
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Zhivago's love : LARA
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Out of kilter : ALOP
29
Tells the truth : COMESCLEAN
30
Blackfly : GNAT
33
Portnoy's creator : ROTH
34
Foofaraw : ADO
36
"___ for Life," by I. Stone : LUST
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___ facto : IPSO
38
Swiss capital : BERN
40
Jewish month : ADAR
45
Accessible : OPEN
48
Division : SECTOR
50
Kind of committee : ADHOC
51
At liberty : LOOSE
52
Utah's ___ Mountains : UINTA
53
Thighbone : FEMUR
54
Temporary decline : LAPSE
55
Cheat : FLAM
57
Actress Turner : LANA
58
Baghdad inhabitant : ARAB
59
Actress Foch : NINA
60
Fender mishap : DENT
61
Wood strip : SLAT

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

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