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Elaine George
Elaine George

New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 1986

21-Down : Do a household chore

Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,440
Across
1
Bastion : FORT
5
Balmy : DAFT
9
Olive ___ (uniform) : DRABS
14
Always : EVER
15
Scent : ODOR
16
Restore : RENEW
17
Stun : DAZE
18
African antelope : TORA
19
Bald bird : EAGLE
20
Defamed : SLANDERED
22
Narrow groove : STRIA
23
Preserve, as meat : CURE
24
One who attempts : ESSAYER
26
Thermae : BATHS
29
What crooks do : SWIPE
31
Make effervescent : AERATE
33
Lawless : ANARCHIC
38
Lay ___ thick : ITON
39
Oxeye or shasta : DAISY
41
Opulent : LUSH
42
Snitches : TATTLERS
44
Song Jolson popularized : SWANEE
46
Singer Bryant : ANITA
48
Fall flower : ASTER
49
Security : DEFENSE
53
Cleaning cloths : RAGS
55
Memento : RELIC
56
Sends : TRANSMITS
61
Moslem decree : IRADE
62
Cluster, as of flowers : TUFT
63
Farm unit : ACRE
64
Moped rider : BIKER
65
Jai ___ : ALAI
66
Drudgery : TOIL
67
Clairvoyants : SEERS
68
Parts of tennis matches : SETS
69
Chemical compound : ENOL
Down
1
Govt. agents : FEDS
2
Ellipse : OVAL
3
Pahlevi of Iran : REZA
4
Incisive : TRENCHANT
5
Grandparent, sometimes : DOTER
6
Idolizes : ADORES
7
Links call : FORE
8
Some used cars : TRADEINS
9
Actress's aide : DRESSER
10
Gaucho's rope : REATA
11
Wrathful : ANGRY
12
Misrepresent : BELIE
13
Curse : SWEAR
21
Do a household chore : DUST
25
Young, male red deer : SPAYS
26
Fishing need, often : BAIT
27
Philippine group : AETA
28
Turkey ___ : TROT
30
What a girdle girdles : WAIST
32
Noble British family : EDENS
34
Fellow student : CLASSMATE
35
Search : HUNT
36
"Understood!" : ISEE
37
Star of "Mask" : CHER
40
Short operatic songs : ARIETTAS
43
Soldiers of yore : LANCERS
45
Jokers : WAGS
47
P.L.O. leader : ARAFAT
49
Small amounts : DRIBS
50
Uncanny : EERIE
51
Cereal-box item : FLAKE
52
Scoter's cousin : EIDER
54
Those against : ANTIS
57
Regulation : RULE
58
Religious image : ICON
59
Group of three : TRIO
60
Vend : SELL

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

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