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Robert Dillman
Robert Dillman

New York Times, Friday, August 26, 1988

21-Down : Gets along

Author:
Robert O. Dillman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { B J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Robert Dillman has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 16 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Robert O. Dillman is an alias for Robert Dillman.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,171
Across
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Viscid substance : GOO
4
Fourth Estate verb : ALLEGE
10
Large Polynesian craft : PAHI
14
Tavern : INN
15
Plunderer : REAVER
16
Made hot under the collar : IRED
17
Unit of tone pitch : MEL
18
Star's concern : CAMERAANGLE
20
Violates : PROFANES
22
Single-masted boats : SLOOPS
23
Thrashed : CANED
24
Ring : PEAL
25
What a bogy does : SCARES
27
Adjusts : CORRECTS
31
Quote : CITE
32
Oriental philosophy : TAOISM
34
U.N.figure: 1959 : HOO
35
Heeling, as a ship : ALIST
37
Kin of hems and haws : UMS
38
Back part : SMALL
40
"O sole ___" : MIO
41
Bandleader Shaw et al. : ARTIES
44
Plaintiff : USEE
45
Illustrious group : PANTHEON
47
Bids : OFFERS
49
Intends : AIMS
50
They're not pros : AMATS
51
Lacedaemon : SPARTA
54
"___ Graffiti": 1973 film : AMERICAN
57
Film editor's milieu : CUTTINGROOM
59
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI
60
Singer-composer from Ottawa : ANKA
61
Singer from Brooklyn : DAMONE
62
Type of buoy : NUN
63
Actor O'Neal : RYAN
64
Ranked at Wimbledon : SEEDED
65
Ike's command : ETO
Down
1
Ornamental braid : GIMP
2
Kayo blow : ONER
3
Away from the movie studio : ONLOCATION
4
Secret : ARCANE
5
Most gaunt : LEANEST
6
Disabled : LAMED
7
"___ Diary": Twain : EVES
8
A neighbor of Pol. : GER
9
Utensils on pencils : ERASERS
10
Southwestern corn flour : PINOLE
11
Former constellation : ARGO
12
Servants, e.g. : HELP
13
August 13, e.g. : IDES
19
Disturbs : ALARMS
21
Gets along : FARES
24
Hover : POISE
25
Rogue : SCAMP
26
Eyelashes : CILIA
27
"The Campbells are ___ ... " : COMIN
28
High point for stunt men : CHASESCENE
29
A Chan portrayer : TOLER
30
Bills, in Peru : SOLES
33
Cord and Pierce-Arrow : AUTOS
36
Papeete's location : TAHITI
39
Ex-serviceman's garb : MUFTI
42
Orders back : REMANDS
43
"___ to Watch Over Me," 1926 song : SOMEONE
46
Clan badge : TARTAN
48
Grew crops : FARMED
50
"___ Apart," Frost poem : AMOOD
51
Raddle : SCAR
52
Insignificant : PUNY
53
Type of mackerel : ATKA
54
Poilu's weapon : ARME
55
In ___ (bogged down) : ARUT
56
Tenor Martini : NINO
58
Proceed, in Scotland : GAE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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