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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 1990

35-Down : Strange norm

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 3, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,848
Across
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Former Barbary State : TUNIS
6
Charge : FEE
9
Fast : RAPID
14
Representative : AGENT
15
Kind of meal : OAT
16
Roman official : EDILE
17
Famous date in 55 Across : THEFOURTHOFJULY
20
" ... his cousins and his ___!": Gilbert : AUNTS
21
Handle again : REUSE
22
Hundred: Comb. form : CENTI
24
Sounds of hesitation : ERS
25
What hot dogs do : PANT
26
Touchstone : TEST
30
Allowance for waste : TRET
34
Common abbr. : ETC
35
Five: Comb. form : PENTA
36
"The Old Wives' Tale" playwright : PEELE
37
Famous name in 55 Across : THOMASJEFFERSON
40
Detection device : RADAR
41
Where Rigel is : ORION
42
Choose : OPT
43
___ and terminer : OYER
44
Once around Sol : YEAR
45
G.H.W.B., e.g. : PRES
46
Word after door or place : MAT
49
Runs into : MEETS
51
Isabel, e.g. : REINA
53
Overcomes : BEATS
55
Specialty of George Bancroft : HISTORYOFTHEUSA
60
She created the Moffats : ESTES
61
Rock star Adam ___ : ANT
62
Hove clear, as an anchor : ATRIP
63
"___-porridge hot ... " : PEASE
64
My, to Pierre : MES
65
Middle name of a V.P. to F.D.R. : NANCE
Down
1
Make lace : TAT
2
Expression of disgust : UGH
3
Martha Washington, ___ Dandridge : NEE
4
What 37 Across was in 1743 : INFANT
5
Pub quaff : STOUT
6
Ticonderoga, e.g. : FORT
7
Diner sign : EATS
8
Anglo-Saxon letter : ETH
9
Apply (to) : REFER
10
Insurance-co. employee : ADJUSTER
11
Papal name : PIUS
12
A river at Rennes : ILLE
13
Actress on "L.A. Law" : DEY
18
Emulates the 13 Colonies : UNITES
19
Mine product : ORE
22
Old name for China : CATHAY
23
Create a cryptogram : ENCODE
25
Stone: Comb. form : PETRO
27
Delight in : ENJOY
28
Cubic meter : STERE
29
Cheap rum : TAFIA
31
Hot Springs, Va., e.g. : RESORT
32
Bolts together : ELOPES
33
Valley Forge shelters: 1777-78 : TENTS
35
Strange norm : PAR
36
Tom Paine's weapon : PEN
38
Earthenware pots : MARMITES
39
Layout : FORMAT
45
Spain's monetary unit : PESETA
47
Have ___ for news : ANOSE
48
Material for roofs and roads : TAR
50
A Green Mountain Allen : ETHAN
51
Show respect for Old Glory : RISE
52
This, to Juan : ESTA
53
Femur, e.g. : BONE
54
Newts : EFTS
55
Drill sergeant's call : HEP
56
Sweet potato : YAM
57
Ossuarium : URN
58
"___ semper tyrannis" : SIC
59
Imitate : APE

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

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