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Richard N. Platt, Jr.
Richard N. Platt, Jr.

New York Times, Monday, September 15, 1980

8-Down : Machetes of a sort

Author:
Richard N. Platt, Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { C J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has repeated answers.
Richard N. Platt, Jr. has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,269
Across
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Word with light or street : STOP
5
Cobra's relative : MAMBA
10
Resound : PEAL
14
Tibetan monk : LAMA
15
Remained stationary : STOOD
16
Sara ___ Jewett : ORNE
17
Belligerent son of Zeus : ARES
18
Sheer linen cloth : TOILE
19
Hersey's "___ the Valley" : INTO
20
Kind of ray : MANTA
22
Pops the question : PROPOSES
24
"Odd Man ___," 1947 film : OUT
26
Prefix for dome or turf : ASTRO
27
Nosy ___ (a busybody) : PARKER
30
Mailer : SENDER
34
Catamount : PUMA
35
Prefix for gram or nautical : AERO
38
Church part : SPIRE
39
Russian sea : ARAL
40
Australian marsupial : KOALA
42
City in Oklahoma : ENID
43
Put into type again : RESET
45
Canopus or Procyon : STAR
46
Exigency : NEED
47
Nero or Caligula : DESPOT
49
Handles a blooper : FIELDS
51
Amy Lowell creation : IMAGE
54
Solid caustic : LYE
55
Sphere missed by Casey : BASEBALL
58
Distinguishing character : ETHOS
62
Spellbound : RAPT
63
Willow rod : OSIER
65
Japanned metalware : TOLE
66
Newsman Elie : ABEL
67
Chose : OPTED
68
Foil's cousin : EPEE
69
Great ancient city : TYRE
70
Diviners : SEERS
71
Tajo and Ebro : RIOS
Down
1
This may be grand : SLAM
2
Home of Irish kings : TARA
3
Red sky at morning, e.g. : OMEN
4
Message to Timothy or Titus : PASTORALEPISTLE
5
Helena's time, for short : MST
6
At the summit : ATOP
7
Dancer Shearer : MOIRA
8
Machetes of a sort : BOLOS
9
Experts : ADEPTS
10
Malicious missive : POISONPENLETTER
11
Lake in Ireland : ERNE
12
Pangolin's meal : ANTS
13
Constellation east of Cancer : LEO
21
Diving sea bird : AUK
23
Prospectors' finds : ORES
25
Wood used in shipbuilding : TEAK
27
Blender product : PUREE
28
Accumulate : AMASS
29
Antique autos : REOS
31
Broke one's fast : DINED
32
Iroquoians : ERIES
33
___ Foxx : REDD
34
Cowpoke's chum : PARD
36
Kind of race : RAT
37
King of Norway: 995-1000 : OLAF
41
Seed covering : ARIL
44
"Come ___," 1931 song : TOME
48
Prohibitions : TABOOS
50
Cyclone center : EYE
52
Canadian peninsula : GASPE
53
Crème de la crème : ELITE
55
Milt Gross's "Nize ___" : BABY
56
Parrot : APER
57
Knowing look : LEER
59
Arizona Indian : HOPI
60
Margarine : OLEO
61
Meets a bet : SEES
62
"Dirty" one, in a Cagney line : RAT
64
Sts. or aves. : RDS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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