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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Wednesday, August 9, 1989

61-Down : Boxlike sleigh

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 53, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,519
Across
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No-no : TABU
5
"Crucifixion" painter : DALI
9
Morose : GLUM
13
List entry : ITEM
14
John, in Cardigan : EWAN
15
Ring enclosure : ROPES
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Coffee chasers : POTBREAKKLATSCH
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I hope: Lat. : SPERO
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Pitched, in music : KEYED
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Old French coin : ECU
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Pierre's female friend : AMIE
25
Chaste : VESTAL
27
Diaghilev presentation : BALLET
30
Sound when a batter misses a pitch : SWISH
32
In past time : AGO
33
"M*A*S*H" role : RADAR
35
Kauai neighbor : OAHU
39
Milk chasers : CHOCOLATESOPMAN
43
" ... ___ laid the odds ... ": Hamlet : HATH
44
Made a collar : RANIN
45
Yalie : ELI
46
Pasty : ASHEN
49
Be compunctious : REGRET
51
Golfer's position : STANCE
54
Minor preceder : ASIA
55
Slip : ERR
56
Tall or short follower : ORDER
59
Hang loosely : DRAPE
63
Tea chasers : TIMEPARTYBAGCUP
66
Habitation : ABODE
67
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
68
What a vacationer drops : LINE
69
Greek love god : EROS
70
Carte before the course : MENU
71
Advantage : EDGE
Down
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Tout's suggestions : TIPS
2
On the summit : ATOP
3
___ noire : BETE
4
Like a phantom : UMBRAL
5
Cleveland's Ruby : DEE
6
Vigilant : AWAKE
7
The Caspian Sea is one : LAKE
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Atramentous : INKY
9
A,b,c,d,e,f, e.g. : GRADES
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Abraham's nephew : LOT
11
Unnerve : UPSET
12
Birthplace of Mohammed : MECCA
16
Synagogue : SHUL
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Cesar, of flicks : ROMERO
19
Jacob's third son : LEVI
24
It borders Aust. : ITAL
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Type of steward : SHOP
27
Scarlatti contemporary : BACH
28
Turkish title : AGHA
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Spoils : LOOT
30
He smote Job : SATAN
31
Noted architect : WREN
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Virginia ___, early American : DARE
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Citizen of U.S. or Can. : AMER
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He wrote "The Man Without a Country" : HALE
38
Army division : UNIT
40
Film sleuth : CHAN
41
Knights' titles : SIRS
42
An Iroquois : ONEIDA
47
Monkey-trial figure : SCOPES
48
Olympic queen : HERA
50
Throat freshener : GARGLE
51
Bristle : SETA
52
Phyle : TRIBE
53
It has couters and beavers : ARMOR
54
Indo-European descendant : ARYAN
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Three scruples, e.g. : DRAM
58
To be, in Belley : ETRE
60
Kind of rock or rain : ACID
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Boxlike sleigh : PUNG
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Blunt sword : EPEE
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Tokyo, formerly : EDO
65
Heat meas. : BTU

Answer summary:
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