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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Saturday, August 16, 1980

9-Down : Caper

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,239
Across
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Glorify : BLESS
6
Foot or door follower : STEP
10
Salamanders : EFTS
14
Lehmann or Lenya : LOTTE
15
Catherine ___, Queen of England: 1543-47 : PARR
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Unattached : FREE
17
Bedizen : ADORN
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Chlorophyll plant : ALGA
19
Movable staircase at an airport : RAMP
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Despicable to the nth degree : BENEATHCONTEMPT
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Solar deity : ATEN
24
Short literary sketches : CAMEOS
25
Percussion cap : PRIMER
28
Tall, slender vessel : EWER
30
Tending to withdraw : RECESSIVE
32
Roman market official : EDILE
37
___-Neisse Line : ODER
38
Odds' alternative : EVENS
40
Type of beam or arch : ROOD
41
Like some trunks : MOSSY
43
Public injunction : ORDINANCE
45
Frightening, in a way : EERY
47
Realm : DOMAIN
48
Seat of the Republic of China : TAIWAN
52
Gluck of operatic fame : ALMA
53
Indisposed : UNDERTHEWEATHER
59
___ me tangere : NOLI
60
Je ne sais quoi : AURA
61
Regimen, in Rouen : DIETE
62
German river : EDER
63
Borodin's "Prince ___" : IGOR
64
Pyrenean chamois : IZARD
65
Foxx : REDD
66
Be bested or worsted : LOSE
67
Goddess of agriculture : CERES
Down
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Reveal thoughtlessly : BLAB
2
Mother or Comstock : LODE
3
Harrow's rival : ETON
4
Pennants : STREAMERS
5
Deliberating councils : SENATES
6
Pitcher Warren : SPAHN
7
Powder : TALC
8
Accordingly : ERGO
9
Caper : PRANCE
10
Zimbalist : EFREM
11
Prearrange fraudulently : FRAME
12
Beat : TEMPO
13
Irish clans : SEPTS
21
Pithy : TERSE
22
Vetch seed : TARE
25
Hop's cousin : PROM
26
Fashion anew : REDO
27
Summer treats : ICES
28
All and sundry : EVERY
29
Slav of Saxony : WEND
31
Novello : IVOR
33
Present in a vivid, striking way : DRAMATIZE
34
Eastern college : IONA
35
Places : LOCI
36
Utopia : EDEN
39
Furtive movement : SIDLE
42
Oenologist's concern : YEAR
44
Migratory : NOMADIC
46
Logical consequence : ENTAIL
48
Person of "sound mind" : TUNER
49
Positive pole : ANODE
50
Whiled away the days : IDLED
51
Outlandish : WEIRD
52
Cognizant : AWARE
54
"Notre Dame de Paris" author : HUGO
55
Brother of Anteros : EROS
56
Learn of : HEAR
57
French being : ETRE
58
Griffey and Knight : REDS

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

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