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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Wednesday, July 8, 1981

24-Down : Prepare fare for an affair

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,565
Across
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Owens or James : JESSE
6
Word with talk or worn : SHOP
10
Model's stance : POSE
14
Mel, Ethan or Marty : ALLEN
15
Prohibition : TABU
16
Surprise attack : RAID
17
Smiling : RIANT
18
Jacqueline's bridegroom in 1968 : ARISTOTLE
20
Release from military service : SEPARATE
22
System used in duplicate whist : HOWELL
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___ decisis (legal policy) : STARE
24
Future V.I.P.'s : COMERS
25
"___ for Danny Fisher": Robbins : ASTONE
27
Moneyed people : HAVES
28
Evade : SKIRT
29
Pear-shaped instrument : LUTE
30
Impale : SPIT
34
Twitching : TIC
35
Showing more wisdom : SAGER
36
Prefix with corn or form : UNI
37
"My Way" composer : ANKA
39
Novello : IVOR
40
___-nez : PINCE
42
Museum hangings : NUDES
44
Emulated Graham or Shawn : DANCED
45
Brooding hen : SITTER
47
Bog : MARSH
48
Di Maggio's 56 in '41 : STREAK
49
Señora's scarf : MANTILLA
52
Oliver Cromwell : IRONSIDES
54
Blockhead : IDIOT
55
It's west of Wis. : MINN
56
Class absences : CUTS
57
Past, present or future : TENSE
58
"___ little prayer for me" : SAYA
59
Word with cap or hole : KNEE
60
Mountain spur : ARETE
Down
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Shocks : JARS
2
Author Wiesel : ELIE
3
Kind of comedy : SLAPSTICK
4
Cannon or Luger : SENATOR
5
New member : ENTRANT
6
Welfare ___ : STATE
7
___ and hounds : HARE
8
Oriental sash : OBI
9
Easy mark : PUSHOVER
10
Skill : PROWESS
11
Tom Mix film : OATER
12
Beverly of opera : SILLS
13
James's biographer : EDEL
19
Volume : TOME
21
100 square meters : ARE
24
Prepare fare for an affair : CATER
25
One of Boomer's predecessors : ASTA
26
Flimflam : SKIN
27
Writer Victor's family : HUGOS
29
Four-time Wimbledon winner : LAVER
31
Joke climax : PUNCHLINE
32
Hollywood pioneer : INCE
33
All even : TIED
35
Buddy : SIDEKICK
38
"Rabbit ears" : ANTENNA
40
Musical suite : PARTITA
41
Confidant : INSIDER
43
Western lizards : UTAS
44
Duryea or Dailey : DAN
45
Narrow band or channel : STRIA
46
Light sarcasm : IRONY
47
Mosconi play : MASSE
48
Jazz artist Zoot : SIMS
49
Apportion : METE
50
Missing : LOST
51
To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
53
What bill collectors do : DUN

Answer summary:
2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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