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Charlotte Shore
Charlotte Shore

New York Times, Thursday, September 11, 1986

50-Down : Where shoebills fly

Author:
Charlotte Shore
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Charlotte Shore has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,456
Across
1
Tolkien's ___ Baggins : BILBO
6
March 17 dance : JIG
9
___ Flow, basin off Scotland : SCAPA
14
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
15
All-purpose trk. : UTE
16
Leftovers after a deal : TALON
17
Be formal : STANDONCEREMONY
20
Yeasty substance : DOUGH
21
Large N.Y. lake : ONEIDA
22
Dampish : MOIST
24
April 1 dupe : FOOL
25
Sprightly : PERT
26
Coin of the ___ : REALM
29
Author O'Flaherty : LIAM
33
Chapter in history : ERA
34
Filthy stuff? : LUCRE
35
Roman poet : CINNA
36
Does nothing while trouble brews : SITSONONESHANDS
39
These may have dimples : KNEES
40
Athletic : LITHE
41
Sociable insect : ANT
42
A mentor of Luke Skywalker : YODA
43
Swans' cousins : GEESE
44
Ids' counterparts : EGOS
45
Maglie and Mineo : SALS
47
Emulated Willie Pep : BOXED
49
"Mood ___," Ellington hit : INDIGO
52
Glide along : COAST
54
59
Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
60
Weather word : ICY
61
Related on Mom's side : ENATE
62
Pathetic : TEARY
63
Negligent : LAX
64
Their end is to vend : ADMEN
Down
1
Là-___ (yonder): Fr. : BAS
2
Bk. bonus : INT
3
Pastureland : LEA
4
Reno "slot" : BANDIT
5
Church schedules : ORDOS
6
Famed associate of Freud : JUNG
7
Restless yen : ITCH
8
Command to oxen : GEE
9
Comics' Winnie Winkle, e.g. : STENO
10
Shade of red : CAMELLIA
11
Standard, in Sedan : ALOI
12
Walden, for one : POND
13
Author Seton : ANYA
18
Dash faster : OUTRUN
19
"___ Service," Marx Brothers movie : ROOM
22
Kind of wool : MERINO
23
Declaimed : ORATED
24
Argosies : FLEETS
25
Annoying : PESKY
27
Somme schools : ECOLES
28
A Palmer : ARNIE
30
Opposite of outage : INNAGE
31
Wynken, Blynken ___ : ANDNOD
32
Sail supports : MASTS
34
___ Alamos : LOS
35
Fidel's amigo, once : CHE
37
Nantucket resident : SEASIDER
38
Month before Adar : SHEBAT
43
Incandesce : GLOW
44
Renew a subscription : EXTEND
46
Extreme misery : AGONY
48
Music-hall star : OSHEA
49
"___ a song go out ... " : ILET
50
Where shoebills fly : NILE
51
Crème ___ crème : DELA
52
Caesar's partner : COCA
53
Variety of agate : ONYX
55
Nothing : NIL
56
Muffin topping : JAM
57
Suffix with Capri : OTE
58
Crenshaw of golf : BEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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