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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, August 9, 1982

27-Down : Drew forth

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,962
Across
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___ Mountains, Alaska : BAIRD
6
Type of type : AGATE
11
Label : TAB
14
"Li'l" one : ABNER
15
Pal of Pythias : DAMON
16
Japanese game : IGO
17
Race-track habitué : HANDICAPPER
19
Fastener : PIN
20
Culminate : CEASE
21
Early French coin : OBOLE
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Confront boldly : ACCOST
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Disembarked from a jet : DEPLANED
29
Teller : RELATOR
31
City or town: Fr. : VILLE
32
Cabal : PLOT
33
School in Vincennes : ECOLE
35
Discerned : SAW
38
Jolson and Capp : ALS
39
Censured : REBUKED
41
Speed : HIE
42
Moore's "The Ballad of Baby ___" : DOE
43
Troop encampment : ETAPE
44
Equal : SAME
45
Famous race track : ASCOT
47
Perished like Icarus : DROWNED
50
Grew fat : BATTENED
53
Battery terminals : ANODES
54
Vestiges : ASHES
55
Flower : ASTER
57
Aunt, in Toluca : TIA
58
Without adequate help : SHORTHANDED
64
Chinese dynasty : HAN
65
Auriculate : EARED
66
Belgian city : LIEGE
67
Lineman : END
68
Dry cleaners, at times : DYERS
69
Pry : SNOOP
Down
1
"Nonsense!" : BAH
2
Camel's-hair fabric : ABA
3
Swiss river : INN
4
British soldier of 1775 : REDCOAT
5
Most boring : DRIEST
6
Dickens-Nabokov heroines : ADAS
7
Stared : GAPED
8
Elec. unit : AMP
9
Kind of hold : TOE
10
Matriculated : ENROLLED
11
Reveal plans too early : TIPONESHAND
12
Pliant : AGILE
13
Filleted : BONED
18
Roman statesman : CATO
22
Laced, ankle-high shoe : BAL
23
National hero of Hungary : ARPAD
24
Part of a string quartet : CELLO
25
In the immediate vicinity : CLOSEATHAND
27
Drew forth : EVOKED
28
Scads : PILE
30
Car dealer's come-on : REBATE
34
Chalice : CUP
36
Evangelist McPherson : AIMEE
37
Dandelion and plantain : WEEDS
39
Discontinued activity : RECESSED
40
Town on the Thames : ETON
44
Under oath at a trial : SWORNIN
46
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
48
"Jabberwocky" creature : RATH
49
Ryan and Tatum : ONEALS
50
Use a Jacuzzi : BATHE
51
Native of Kuala Lumpur : ASIAN
52
Bold one : DARER
56
Norms: Abbr. : STDS
59
Timothy produces it : HAY
60
Assayer's concern : ORE
61
___ volente : DEO
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Self-importance : EGO
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Agt. : DEP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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