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Kenneth Haxton
Kenneth Haxton

New York Times, Wednesday, September 18, 1991

26-Down : Playwright Elmer

Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,289
Across
1
Turning tool : LATHE
6
"Moonstruck" star : CHER
10
Sot : LUSH
14
Baseball fluff : ERROR
15
Rail rider : HOBO
16
Oiseau lifter : AILE
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"Wise Blood" author : FLANNERYOCONNOR
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Actor Berenger : TOM
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French spa : EVIAN
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Marriage and confirmation : RITES
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Coins in Sonora : PESOS
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Comic-strip light bulbs : IDEAS
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Spin a yarn : RELATE
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Rags-to-riches author : ALGER
30
Caesar's highway : ITER
31
Fla. city : OCALA
32
Female rabbit : DOE
35
"The Ballad of the Sad Café" author : CARSONMCCULLERS
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Chicago Loop carriers : ELS
40
Polar explorer : PEARY
41
Maine, to Mitterrand : ETAT
42
Miss America topper : TIARA
43
Type of Southern cooking : CREOLE
45
Prop for an opera super : SPEAR
47
Realm : BOURN
48
What Chang and Eng could never be : APART
49
Stage curtain : SCRIM
51
___ Dhabi : ABU
54
"On Boxing" author : JOYCECAROLOATES
57
Valuable African tree : AKEE
58
Sector : AREA
59
A river at Lyon : RHONE
60
Projectionist's must : REEL
61
Even : TIED
62
Chalcedony gems : SARDS
Down
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"My ___ Foot" : LEFT
2
Woody's son : ARLO
3
Heavy steppers : TRAMPLERS
4
Sweetie : HON
5
One of the Setons : ERNEST
6
She rivaled Martina : CHRIS
7
Georgetown athlete : HOYA
8
Black, to Blake : EBON
9
Sinbad's transportation : ROC
10
Noted Georgian poet : LANIER
11
Utah mountain range : UINTA
12
Blackthorns : SLOES
13
Towel marking : HERS
18
Bacchante's cry : EVOE
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Difficult time : ORDEAL
24
Lugs of jugs : EARS
25
Home to Nanook : IGLU
26
Playwright Elmer : RICE
27
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
28
Ghanaian capital : ACCRA
29
Like milady's fichu : LACY
31
Actor Sharif : OMAR
32
Bomb device : DETONATOR
33
Spoken : ORAL
34
Medici in-law : ESTE
36
Narcotic : OPIATE
37
Close by : NEAR
38
Ogle's cousin : LEER
42
Male hawk : TERCEL
43
Wind or twist : COIL
44
Bits of gossip : RUMORS
45
Wheel strengthener : SPOKE
46
Money recipient : PAYEE
47
Extensive : BROAD
48
Not in harmony : AJAR
49
Bihar attire : SARI
50
Amerind of Mont. : CREE
52
Flex : BEND
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Takes advantage of : USES
55
Mehitabel, e.g. : CAT
56
Eureka! : AHA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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