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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Thursday, August 18, 1988

5-Down : "___ Want for Christmas ... "

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,163
Across
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This may turn : TIDE
5
Help a hood : ABET
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Senseless? : NUMB
13
Eye layer : UVEA
14
Plant life : FLORA
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To you, Pierre! : ATOI
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Pupil's ordeal : TEST
17
Happy as ___ : ALARK
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Lizard: Comb. form : SAUR
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L.A. campus : USC
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Small opening : SLIT
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Used acid : ETCHED
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Ab successor : ELUL
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Labor safety org. : OSHA
26
Doubleday and Li'l : ABNERS
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Amanda of "A Year in the Life" : PETERSON
32
Fall asleep : NODOFF
33
Like a paleface? : ASHY
34
To, in Dundee : TAE
35
Algerian port : ORAN
36
Rajah's wife : RANEE
38
Simon-___ (authentic) : PURE
39
Rather : DAN
40
This can put you in a bind : ROPE
41
Feathered : PLUMED
43
What dare-devils go to : EXTREMES
45
Kappa chaser : LAMBDA
46
Participial endings : INGS
47
Soviet stream : URAL
48
You, right now : SOLVER
51
Round of applause : HAND
53
Old French coin : ECU
56
Steinbeck migrant worker : OKIE
57
"___ Came Jones," 1945 movie : ALONG
59
"Down with le roi!" : ABAS
60
Jamie who sounds distant : FARR
61
Marie Sklodowska-___ : CURIE
62
Guitar's cousin : LUTE
63
Words from the pro group : AYES
64
A Gabor and a Perón : EVAS
65
Mr. Hoople : AMOS
Down
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Garb for Susan Jaffe : TUTU
2
Currier's partner : IVES
3
Next-generation member : DESCENDANT
4
Tuck away : EAT
5
"___ Want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
6
Lugger or hooker : BOAT
7
Slip up : ERR
8
Bets big : TAKESTHEPLUNGE
9
Racing acronym : NASCAR
10
A Monument Valley site : UTAH
11
Grimace : MOUE
12
Larry of the N.B.A. : BIRD
14
Loses favor : FALLSFROMGRACE
20
Shoot the curl : SURF
22
People, generally : THEY
24
Ames or Uris : LEON
25
Platinum wire loop : OESE
26
Positive terminal : ANODE
27
Shoddy merchandise : BORAX
28
Glazier's wares : PANES
29
Inept boxer : STUMBLEBUM
30
Displayed scull skill : OARED
31
"___ body cry?": Burns : NEEDA
37
Gibraltar denizens : APES
38
Mountain lion : PUMA
40
Coty or Clair : RENE
42
Bedeck : LARD
44
Carson's stand-in, once : RIVERS
48
Parlor piece : SOFA
49
Give the green light : OKAY
50
Luigi's funds : LIRE
51
"___ fugit" : HORA
52
Flavoring for a Nice cordial : ANIS
54
First Triumvirate foe : CATO
55
Applications : USES
58
Lemmon film: 1967 : LUV
59
Mode leaders : ALA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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