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James L. Beatty
James L. Beatty

New York Times, Friday, July 29, 1988

26-Down : A Gardner

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { H J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
James L. Beatty has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,143
Across
1
Corrode : EAT
4
Aroma : ODOR
8
Mulberry bark : TAPA
12
Tater : SPUD
14
Celebrated : NOTED
16
Bates or Ladd : ALAN
17
Triangle ratio : SINE
18
Solitary : ALONE
19
Papal name : PIUS
20
Collective noun : AGAGGLEOFGEESE
23
Deer dears : DOES
24
Bacon bringer : EARNER
25
Signaling device : SENSOR
28
Knots in wool : BURLS
30
Kind of house or frog : TREE
31
Bout : SETTO
32
Windshield sticker : AAA
35
Collective noun : ALEAPOFLEOPARDS
39
Four-poster : BED
40
Girasols : OPALS
41
A tide : NEAP
42
Profs' boss : PREXY
43
Quakes : SEISMS
45
Heel over : CAREEN
48
Broadcasts : AIRS
49
Collective noun : AMURDEROFCROWS
54
W Pacific sea : SULU
55
Founder of the Russian empire : RURIK
56
Veronica or Como : LAKE
58
Expends : USES
59
Dog's warning : SNARL
60
Okla. city : ENID
61
Dry : SERE
62
Kind of club : GLEE
63
Compass point : ESE
Down
1
Double curve : ESS
2
A Samoan capital : APIA
3
Drying oil : TUNG
4
Wild ass : ONAGER
5
Guys need 'em : DOLLS
6
Okla. tribe : OTOE
7
U. of Nevada site : RENO
8
Candles : TAPERS
9
E.T., e.g. : ALIEN
10
Recorder word : PAUSE
11
A goose : ANSER
13
Essenes' locale : DEADSEA
15
Yield in judgment : DEFERTO
21
Baby's word : GOO
22
Round dance : GALOP
25
Bats backward : STAB
26
A Gardner : ERLE
27
Want : NEED
28
Kind of dance : BELLY
29
Shoshoneans : UTES
31
Tunisian seaport : SFAX
32
God once put in a jar : ARES
33
Furniture style : ADAM
34
Vipers : ASPS
36
Pondered intently : PORED
37
Poker term : OPENERS
38
Aromatic liquid : ANISOLE
42
Read carefully : PERUSE
43
Reaping tool : SICKLE
44
Slip up : ERR
45
___ belli (war starter) : CASUS
46
Entertain : AMUSE
47
Sovereign : RULER
48
Filled with ardor : AFIRE
50
Step of promotion : RUNG
51
Verbal : ORAL
52
Antithesis of wax : WANE
53
Glides along a piste : SKIS
57
Netherlands town : EDE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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