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Daniels
Daniels

New York Times, Monday, September 17, 1984

52-Down : Former L.A. pitcher

Author:
Daniels
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Daniels has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,732
Across
1
Be economical : SAVE
5
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
9
Resolve grammatically : PARSE
14
Holly : ILEX
15
Elliptical : OVAL
16
Heighten spirits : ELATE
17
Cabinet officer : ATTORNEYGENERAL
20
British sculptor : MOORE
21
State of preparation : READINESS
22
Attired : CLAD
24
Southwestern Indian : UTE
25
Suva is its capital : FIJI
28
Arresting group : POLICE
31
Presidential sobriquet : ABE
34
Rumanian composer-conductor : ENESCO
36
___ corner : AMEN
37
Blend : MIX
38
Swedish port : MALMO
39
Snake on the Nile : ASP
40
Ground for action : CAUSE
42
Wire measure : MIL
43
Baseball stats : RBIS
45
Photoelectric eye : SENSOR
46
Suffix with cook or rook : ERY
47
Secure anew : RELOCK
49
Item in Junior's bank : CENT
50
Excavate : DIG
51
It leads ships past Leeds : AIRE
53
Timetables : SCHEDULES
58
"My body ___ of bones ... ": Donne : ASACK
62
What 17 Across must uphold : THECONSTITUTION
64
Cabinet position : LABOR
65
Ethiopian lake : TANA
66
Not fooled by : ONTO
67
Argot for aces : ONERS
68
Boor of a sort : SLOB
69
Corrode, as iron : RUST
Down
1
"The King and I" locale : SIAM
2
Kind of saxophone : ALTO
3
Presidential prerogative : VETO
4
Demon-chasing ritual : EXORCISM
5
Oxford tutor : DON
6
Exceed : OVERDO
7
Comedienne from Montana : RAYE
8
Stonewort, e.g. : ALGA
9
Sorrow for one's sins : PENITENCE
10
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
11
Hard to find : RARE
12
RR depots : STAS
13
Slithery creatures : EELS
18
Electrical unit : REL
19
Draw out : EDUCE
23
G.I. address : APO
25
Lady of Lyon : FEMME
26
Suspended : INAIR
27
Type of bean or roll : JELLY
29
Dogie catcher : LASSO
30
Brat's cousin : IMP
31
Divert : AMUSE
32
Beast on an old nickel : BISON
33
Put forth effort : EXERT
35
Halls : CORRIDORS
39
Be indisposed : AIL
41
Forebear : ANCESTOR
44
Started : BEGUN
45
Enjoy Snow Basin : SKI
48
Card game : CASINO
50
Ornamentation : DECOR
52
Former L.A. pitcher : RAU
53
City on the Vire : STLO
54
Fictional sleuth : CHAN
55
Goddess of youth : HEBE
56
Landing craft : LSTS
57
And others: Latin abbr. : ETAL
59
Japanese aborigine : AINU
60
Barracks beds : COTS
61
Diamond hitch, e.g. : KNOT
63
Hunter from N.Y.C. : TAB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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