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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Wednesday, September 16, 1992

28-Down : ___ ease (edgy)

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,653
Across
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Quirt, for one : WHIP
5
Jacket feature : LAPEL
10
Great ___, N.Y. : NECK
14
A daughter of Eurytus : IOLE
15
Martini garnish : OLIVE
16
Elliptic : OVAL
17
Sassy : FLIP
18
Cut carrots : DICED
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Where it's at : SITE
20
Shocking : EYEOPENING
22
Besides : ELSE
23
Compass letters : ESE
24
Act the trencherman : EAT
26
In with : AMIDST
30
Fertilizing aid : SPREADER
35
Anger : BILE
36
"Here, Carlos" : AQUI
38
Model lead-in : SCALE
39
Ironwood tree : ACLE
40
Stitch quickly : RUNUP
42
Barbra's "A Star Is Born" co-star : KRIS
43
Set for Louie Bellson : TRAPS
45
Handle, in Houilles : ANSE
46
Native of Riga : LETT
47
Alcoholic winter drink : HOTTODDY
49
Della and Mason : REESES
51
Hawk parrot : HIA
52
Mil. branch : USN
53
Taunt : JEER
56
TV adjunct, for some : RABBITEARS
63
About that much : ORSO
64
Kingston et al. : TRIOS
65
Pleased : GLAD
66
"A ___ very palpable ... ": Shak. : HITA
67
Brilliance : ECLAT
68
___ Strip : GAZA
69
In apple-pie order : NEAT
70
Muttonheads : DOLTS
71
Do this and ye shall find : SEEK
Down
1
Demi, to Bruce : WIFE
2
Oft-said word on "Batman" : HOLY
3
Netman Nastase : ILIE
4
Fruit with a hard rind : PEPO
5
Point of reference : LODESTAR
6
Straighten : ALINE
7
Woodpecker's suborder : PICI
8
Balanced : EVEN
9
Account book : LEDGER
10
Gridiron figure : NOSETACKLE
11
Depraved : EVIL
12
They may be Siamese : CATS
13
"Red Balloon" painter : KLEE
21
Footlike part : PES
25
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
26
Take ___ (suffer heavy financial loss) : ABATH
27
Small beginning? : MICRO
28
___ ease (edgy) : ILLAT
29
Famed Watergate tipster : DEEPTHROAT
30
Kern show : SUNNY
31
Name of 12 Popes : PIUS
32
Challenges : DARES
33
The Four Hundred : ELITE
34
Takes ten : RESTS
37
Oxford area, for short : QUAD
41
Doesn't give up : PERSISTS
44
___-disant (so-called) : SOI
48
Moved quickly : DARTED
50
Tolkien creature : ENT
52
German sub : UBOAT
53
___ Calvin Coolidge : JOHN
54
Sandusky's lake : ERIE
55
"¿Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
57
Sacramento's ___ Arena : ARCO
58
M. Rooney TV film: 1981 : BILL
59
Shopping-list item : EGGS
60
Wings, to Ovid : ALAE
61
Tear down : RAZE
62
Neb. neighbor : SDAK

Answer summary:
2 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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