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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Monday, August 6, 1979

4-Down : Some wanderers

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,863
Across
1
Take a pew : SIT
4
TV fare : NEWS
8
Declares openly : AVOWS
13
Jogging gait : TROT
15
Leave out : OMIT
16
Contributor : DONOR
17
Frenchman's female friend : AMIE
18
Cafe offering : MENU
19
Israeli coin : AGORA
20
Round-number estimates : BALLPARKFIGURES
23
"___ and the Tramp," 1956 Disney film : LADY
24
Gratis : FREE
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Tags : LABELS
28
Spanish uncle : TIO
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A few : SOME
33
Soap or horse follower : OPERA
34
Layers : HENS
36
Emoter : HAM
37
Begins to make headway : GETSTOFIRSTBASE
41
Morsel in a stable : OAT
42
Level : EVEN
43
Moses' older brother : AARON
44
Swerve : SKEW
46
Holiday time : EVE
47
Take in a lecture : ATTEND
48
Tortoise's rival : HARE
50
"Trinity" author : URIS
51
Outfielder's gem : SHOESTRINGCATCH
58
Prepares apples : CORES
59
Antiseptic, in Arles : IODE
60
Ancient tyrant : NERO
61
Astound : AMAZE
62
Anna of "Nana" : STEN
63
Sturdy cart : DRAY
64
Dogma : TENET
65
Stag : HART
66
Nets, Suns, etc. : NBA
Down
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Thrust : STAB
2
One of Robert Frost's daughters : IRMA
3
Labor : TOIL
4
Some wanderers : NOMADS
5
Abrasive : EMERY
6
Flirtatious flicker : WINK
7
More self-righteous : STUFFIER
8
Maxim : ADAGE
9
Fads : VOGUES
10
___ about (date-setting phrase) : ONOR
11
Had on : WORE
12
Sp. housewives : SRAS
14
Bank employees : TELLERS
21
Taste : PALATE
22
Niblick, wedge, etc. : IRONS
25
The Divine Word : LOGOS
26
"Silent, upon ___ in Darien": Keats : APEAK
27
Actress Davis : BETTE
28
Belonging to thee : THINE
30
Midwest airport : OHARE
31
Burr role : MASON
32
Revise a text : EMEND
35
Not active : STATIC
38
Not secret : OVERT
39
In a tizzy : FEVERISH
40
"Where go you/With ___ clubs?": Shak. : BATSAND
45
Breathe laboriously : WHEEZE
47
Silvery, to Shelley : ARGENT
49
Item on a balance sheet : ASSET
50
Word with hand or foot : UNDER
51
Shoo! : SCAT
52
Tourist's last stop : HOME
53
Algerian seaport : ORAN
54
Tittle : IOTA
55
Appropriate rhyme for ern : TERN
56
Gripe : CRAB
57
Georgetown U. athlete : HOYA

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

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