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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, July 7, 1989

49-Down : Scolded severely

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { K Q V }, Scrabble score: 305 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,486
Across
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Bugged homes? : WEBS
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Clobber, but good : WHOMP
10
Work in a bakery and goof off? : LOAF
14
" ... maids all in ___" : AROW
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A famous Murphy : AUDIE
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___-podrida : OLLA
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Order for Gridley : FIRE
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Phone leader : GRAMO
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Look of lust : LEER
20
Do gardening like a shepherd? : TENDTOTHEPHLOX
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Frost-y night? : EEN
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Caesar's deck? : LII
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Pitcher Goose and kin : GOSSAGES
30
N.H. town : EPPING
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Middle Ages shield : ECU
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Pivotal : POLAR
38
Blooming work by Brecht and Weill? : THREEPEONYOPERA
42
Of a region : AREAL
43
Mario of pitching fame : SOTO
44
Beatty or Buntline : NED
45
Holy kid? : TERROR
47
Perry Mason's talk, maybe : LEGALESE
50
Something found in the sky : PIE
51
Nest egg, after 65: Abbr. : IRA
52
Flowery furrier? : JOHNJACOBASTER
60
Karate's cousin : JUDO
61
Cut wedding costs : ELOPE
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Like some L.A. days : HAZY
63
Aware of : INON
64
Eyelashes : CILIA
65
Lamb who had a Mary : ELIA
66
Source of "ear-itation" : BORE
67
His work may be on the square : TILER
68
"Runaround Sue" singer : DION
Down
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Float gently : WAFT
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Part of HOMES : ERIE
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Adamson's "___ Free" : BORN
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ABBA members : SWEDES
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"The Wistful Widow of ___," Abbott and Costello film : WAGONGAP
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Offend : HURT
7
Turkish chamber : ODAH
8
Perfect person for silent movies : MIME
9
Streisand hit : PEOPLE
10
It takes a licking : LOLLIPOP
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Shopping-list item : OLEO
12
Game-show host Trebek : ALEX
13
A long way from home : FAR
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It's in the bag : TEA
22
"Small" river horse? : HIPPO
25
Reach : GETAT
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Dark yellow : OCHRE
27
Less doubtful : SURER
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Hot times for Jacques : ETES
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Pigeon perch? : STOOL
31
Actress Graff : ILENE
32
Nostrils : NARES
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What some can't make : GRADE
36
Pot starter : ANTE
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Pocket-radio device : EARPHONE
40
Remove legally : ELOIN
41
Fictional picnic crasher : YOGIBEAR
46
Turn down : REJECT
48
First name of coaching fame : ARA
49
Scolded severely : LASHED
52
A Normandy beach : JUNO
53
Bakery by-product : ODOR
54
Polynesian chief : ALII
55
Univ.'s kin : COLL
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Ron Howard's early TV role : OPIE
57
Anklebones : TALI
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Pinza : EZIO
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Tatum's father : RYAN
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Triangular sail : JIB

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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