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John Finch
John Finch

New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 1979

19-Down : "Streets of San Francisco" star

Author:
John Finch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
John Finch has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,887
Across
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___ fide : BONA
5
Ace, deuce, ___ : TREY
9
Kind of winds or magazines : TRADE
14
First shepherd : ABEL
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Emerson's "___ bridge" : RUDE
16
Young Montague : ROMEO
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Colonial leader in N.Y.C. : DELANCEY
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Feeble-minded person : AMENT
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Lions and tigers : CATS
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Patron saint of sailors : ELMO
24
Sounds of owls and unhappy audiences : HOOTS
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Appendage to a circus : SIDESHOW
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These sometimes fail us : WORDS
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Erasmus lived here: 1521 : BASEL
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Be in debt : OWE
33
Fencing sword : EPEE
34
Composer of musicals : ARLEN
35
Kind of school : PREP
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Health resort : SPA
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Antigone's uncle : CREON
38
Detective famous for a "last case" : TRENT
39
American dance pioneer : TEDSHAWN
41
Ponies : CRIBS
42
Traffic tickets : TAGS
43
One-eighth of an ounce : DRAM
44
Ecdysiast Ann : CORIO
46
Painter of "Madonna of the Rocks" : LEONARDO
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"What ___!" : ALIFE
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Get a new film into shape : EDIT
54
Isabella d'___, poser for 46 Across : ESTE
55
Jeered : BOOED
56
Makes lace : TATS
57
Homophone for seize : SEES
Down
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Doll Tearsheet, for one : BAWD
2
Double-reed instrument : OBOE
3
Gwyn or Quickly : NELL
4
Alphabet for the military : ALFACODE
5
Religious pamphlets : TRACTS
6
Ancient letters : RUNES
7
Jittery : EDGY
8
Affirmative vote : YEA
9
MacBeth's "___ up the consequence" : TRAMMEL
10
Western jamborees : RODEOS
11
End of a hymn : AMEN
12
Between Num. and Josh. : DEUT
13
Dawn goddess : EOS
18
Picnic pests : GNATS
19
"Streets of San Francisco" star : MALDEN
23
Iron, in the Ruhr : EISEN
24
Billiards champ of yore : HOPPE
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Mountain nymph : OREAD
26
Annual French art show : SALON
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Moses' mountain : HOREB
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Hero of 1936 Olympics : OWENS
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Antony's "Caesar hath ___" : WEPT
30
Mae or Nathanael : WEST
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Drinks for witches : BREWS
34
Dadaist poet : ARAGON
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Apes, monkeys or men : PRIMATES
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Fettered : CHAINED
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___-Siberian Railroad : TRANS
40
Censure savagely : STRAFE
41
Zagreb natives : CROATS
43
Entry on the left-hand side : DEBIT
44
State south of Wyo. : COLO
45
Canton is here : OHIO
46
Clytemnestra's mother : LEDA
47
Shine's partner : RISE
48
Blind or double follower : DATE
49
Two add up to two : ONES
50
One of Ali's specialties : JAB
51
Scenery : SET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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