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Lazer
Lazer

New York Times, Friday, August 6, 1982

39-Down : Tinker Bell's protector

Author:
Lazer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lazer has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,959
Across
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Gambrel : ROOF
5
Transports : SHIPS
10
Mine entrance : ADIT
14
Fitzgerald : ELLA
15
Headdress for a debutante : TIARA
16
Laugh, in Lyon : RIRE
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Actress Samantha : EGGAR
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"___ There" : OVER
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Actor joins up with novelist : DANNYTHOMASMANN
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Hardy heroine : TESS
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Alleys for Earl Anthony : LANES
25
Ecarte and euchre : GAMES
28
Drake and cob : MALES
31
Natural substances : ORES
32
Piece of china : TEACUP
34
___-relief : BAS
37
Singer approaches N.Y.C. midtown oasis : ANITABRYANTPARK
40
Retreat : DEN
41
Site of Jews' last stand against Romans: A.D. 72-73 : MASADA
42
Lamb : ELIA
43
Temptress : SIREN
44
Leaning : ATILT
45
Kin of the Senecas : ERIES
48
N. C. county : ASHE
50
Film "rebel" teams up with roast host : JAMESDEANMARTIN
57
Author Bagnold : ENID
58
Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
59
Stack : PILE
60
Recent, in geological terms : CENE
61
Weasel of a sort : STOAT
62
Sector : AREA
63
___ off (irate) : TEED
64
Zola's "La ___" : TERRE
65
Where curlews curl up : NEST
Down
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___ between the lines : READ
2
Earthenware pot : OLLA
3
Buck heroine : OLAN
4
"I haven't the ___ idea!" : FAINTEST
5
Editors' marks : STETS
6
Top levels : HIGHS
7
Plummer role : IAGO
8
Small, flat-bottomed boat : PRAM
9
A Roosevelt : SARA
10
Odors : AROMAS
11
Parlor piece : DIVAN
12
"Good Night" girl of songdom : IRENE
13
Atlantic birds : TERNS
21
Word of assent : YES
22
Rested : SLEPT
25
Urge on : GOAD
26
"Judith" composer : ARNE
27
German possessive : MEIN
28
Guide at Uxmal : MAYAN
29
Type of sch. : ACAD
30
Kind of moth : LUNA
32
Ski lift : TBAR
33
Old language : ERSE
34
Java neighbor : BALI
35
Seed covering : ARIL
36
Three-handed card game : SKAT
38
Astray : AMISS
39
Tinker Bell's protector : PETERPAN
43
Planted : SEEDED
44
Cry of recognition : AHA
45
Throw off : EJECT
46
Punjab princess : RANEE
47
Ammonia compound : IMINE
48
Close, to Cowper : ANEAR
49
Struck sharply : SMOTE
51
Biblical verb : DOST
52
East wind, to José : ESTE
53
Suffix with liquid : ATOR
54
Fatigue : TIRE
55
Seine sights : ILES
56
Straight, as a drink : NEAT

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