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

New York Times, Tuesday, September 22, 1981

2-Down : Fill

Author:
Richard N. Platt, Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Richard N. Platt, Jr. has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,641
Across
1
Greek letters : PSIS
5
This precedes Baker : ABLE
9
Does road work of a sort : SALTS
14
"Ma, He's Making Eyes ___" : ATME
15
Fire's foe : FOAM
16
Corvette's prey : UBOAT
17
Teen-ager's infatuation : PUPPYLOVE
19
"___ say die" : NEVER
20
Mysterious obj. in the skies : UFO
21
Decorated the walls : PAPERED
23
French pronoun : ILS
24
Validate : AFFIRM
26
Ache : YEARN
28
Gear features : TEETH
31
Leading man, now and then : REAGAN
34
Rueful exclamation : ALAS
36
French cookbook word : ROTI
38
Shadow: Comb. form : SCIO
39
Matinee ___ : IDOL
40
Actress Saint's middle name : MARIE
41
Sound from Tabby's "motor" : PURR
42
Third son of Jacob : LEVI
43
Church part : APSE
44
Pinches : NIPS
45
Massages : KNEADS
47
Crime causing a conflagration : ARSON
49
Kind of preview : SNEAK
51
Claros or conchas : CIGARS
55
"Ulalume" author : POE
57
Theater districts : RIALTOS
60
Welcome ___ : MAT
61
This may end a dream : ALARM
63
Court score : FORTYLOVE
65
Central Asian mountain system : ALTAI
66
Any letter in NATO : INIT
67
Clothes or family follower : TREE
68
Scratches out : RASES
69
Relatives of sens. : REPS
70
Tear : REND
Down
1
Another name for New Guinea : PAPUA
2
Fill : STUFF
3
" ... ___ blind desire": Kipling : IMPOF
4
Follower of Aug. : SEP
5
Greatly excited : AFLAME
6
Betty of cartoons : BOOP
7
Flow along or against : LAVE
8
Kind of board : EMERY
9
Fountain fare : SUNDAE
10
Ribicoff : ABE
11
Trophy : LOVINGCUP
12
Asian weight unit : TAEL
13
Mus. group : STRS
18
Battle site in 1914, 1915 and 1917 : YPRES
22
Strange : EERIE
25
Native of Leghorn : ITALIAN
27
Grating upon : RASPING
29
Kind of door : TRAP
30
Brother of Hengist : HORSA
32
What snobs put on : AIRS
33
Conjunction : NOR
34
Arabian gulf : ADEN
35
Parlor pieces : LOVESEATS
37
Rank : TIER
39
Sort : ILK
40
Kenyan native : MASAI
44
Like blue jays and catbirds : NOISY
46
Skin layer : DERMIS
48
Dred and Walter : SCOTTS
50
Grain sorghum : KAFIR
52
Love, to 25 Down : AMORE
53
Despoil : RAVEN
54
Bucephalus, for one : STEED
55
Former talk-show host : PAAR
56
Highly seasoned meat dish : OLLA
58
"The ___ Eagle" : LONE
59
Hockey foul : TRIP
62
Actress Charlotte : RAE
64
P.O. concern : LTR

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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