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Mike Shenk
Mike Shenk

New York Times, Monday, August 10, 1981

1-Down : Bluegrass instrument

Author:
Mike Shenk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { none — this is a pangram }, Scrabble score: 327 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Mike Shenk has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle, and 7 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,598
Across
1
Honcho : BOSS
5
Mariner target : MARS
9
Actress Ekland : BRITT
14
Aspirin's target : ACHE
15
Border on : ABUT
16
Device for a ham : RADIO
17
Type of tide : NEAP
18
Football's Rote : KYLE
19
Girl watcher, perhaps : OGLER
20
Party decoration : JAPANESELANTERN
23
Burdensome : ONEROUS
24
Judy's daughter : LIZA
25
Current unit, for short : AMP
26
Indemnified : MADEGOOD
30
Adduce : QUOTE
33
Liturgies : RITES
34
Dale's spouse : ROY
35
Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
36
Cast a spell on : HEXED
37
Disconcert : FAZE
38
Wedding words : IDO
39
Like some messages : CODED
40
City on the Rhone : ARLES
41
Creamy desserts : TORTONIS
43
Eggs, to Pliny : OVA
44
Eternally : EVER
45
The bounding main : OPENSEA
49
Game played on a star : CHINESECHECKERS
53
Come back, as a dream : RECUR
54
Biggers' sleuth : CHAN
55
Café additive : LAIT
56
Love, Italian style : AMORE
57
Fatigue : TIRE
58
Restless longing : ITCH
59
___ and dined : WINED
60
Box : SPAR
61
Winning margin, sometimes : NOSE
Down
1
Bluegrass instrument : BANJO
2
Immense expanse : OCEAN
3
Pentagon, for example : SHAPE
4
Isolated : SEPARATE
5
Studio department : MAKEUP
6
Bottomless pit : ABYSS
7
Decide, as a judge : RULE
8
Star-spangled : STELLATED
9
Coats, as baby shoes : BRONZES
10
The lowest classes : RAGTAG
11
Unemployed : IDLE
12
Stratum : TIER
13
Shredded : TORN
21
City on the Seward Peninsula : NOME
22
Succored : AIDED
26
Crossbreeds : MIXES
27
Kind of hygiene : ORAL
28
Seep : OOZE
29
Anil and eosin : DYES
30
Desist : QUIT
31
Loosen : UNDO
32
Skunk's weapon : ODOR
33
Changes course : REDIRECTS
36
Puts an edge on : HONES
37
Pennsylvania Gazette publisher : FRANKLIN
39
Insured : COVERED
40
Opposite of sans : AVEC
42
Teacher's status : TENURE
43
Kitchen gadget : OPENER
45
Tara name : OHARA
46
Defunct treaty org. of 1954 : SEATO
47
Heiden and Sevareid : ERICS
48
"___ World Turns" : ASTHE
49
Crop : CRAW
50
Prefix with sphere or lateral : HEMI
51
Sacred image : ICON
52
Casino item : CHIP

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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