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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, September 24, 1987

8-Down : Ecstasy

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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J
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I
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N
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N
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I
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D
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O
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B
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B
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Y
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P
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A
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N
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A
R
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L
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O
L
L
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E
K
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P
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R
G
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R
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N
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Y
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G
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P
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P
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P
D
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S
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G
O
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E
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L
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F
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H
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S
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S
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D
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B
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B
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U
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K
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M
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L
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F
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R
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D
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P
L
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N
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O
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E
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R
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S
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G
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T
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E
L
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M
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E
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T
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E
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S
P
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T
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D
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G
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M
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S
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D
S
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C
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W
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I
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M
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T
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R
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A
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E
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A
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L
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R
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C
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H
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N
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S
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P
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E
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A
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H
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E
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N
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M
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,834
Across
1
Moslem spirit : JINNI
6
British sprite : DOBBY
11
Horned god : PAN
14
"The Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
15
Julian's jars : OLLAE
16
Ellington's monogram : EKE
17
Noisy spirit : POLTERGEIST
19
Inlet : RIA
20
Recent: Prefix : NEO
21
Spume; froth : YEAST
22
Fighting spirit, colloquially : GIMP
23
P.O. abbr. : PPD
25
Utah's flower : SEGO
27
Mischievous spirit : ELF
30
Memorable pianist : HESS
33
Jewish folklore spirit : DYBBUK
37
Faultily made : MALFORMED
40
___-air painting : PLEIN
41
A victim of Artemis : ORION
42
Attention : EAR
43
Actress Hasso : SIGNE
44
Word with firma or cotta : TERRA
45
Reject : ELIMINATE
47
Dumbarton Oaks, e.g. : ESTATE
49
Graf ___ : SPEE
50
Small boy : TAD
51
Muffins : GEMS
53
U.S. mil. honor : DSC
55
Spirits : WINE
58
Maxim : MOTTO
61
Scotch explorer : RAE
64
René's spirit : AME
65
Irish spirits : LEPRECHAUNS
68
Resort : SPA
69
The heavens : ETHER
70
Heart parts : ATRIA
71
Successor to F.D.R. : HST
72
To eat, in Bonn : ESSEN
73
Army of the Potomac leader : MEADE
Down
1
As. nation : JAP
2
Golf club : IRON
3
Pale green : NILE
4
Colonist's Indian friend : NETOP
5
___ du Diable : ILE
6
Old Genoese bigwig : DOGE
7
Olive genus : OLEA
8
Ecstasy : BLISS
9
Thrashed : BASTED
10
Still : YET
11
Persian spirit : PERI
12
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
13
Tide status : NEAP
18
Golf cup : RYDER
22
Grotesque spirit : GOBLIN
24
Vocalize : PHONATE
26
Roms : GYPSIES
27
Ham it up : EMOTE
28
Spirits in Pompey's pad : LARES
29
She toys with boys : FLIRT
31
Pochard : SMEE
32
Some pinnipeds : SEALS
34
Sired : BEGAT
35
Utah range name : UINTA
36
Fastened, in a way : KNEED
38
Search for food : FORAGE
39
Faucet problem : DRIP
46
French spirits : MEDOC
48
Family of an Irish patriot : EMMETS
52
Jrs.-to-be : SOPHS
54
Wickerwork hamper : CRATE
55
Lave : WASH
56
Mischievous spirits : IMPS
57
Adroit : NEAT
59
Dryad's home : TREE
60
Sea swallow : TERN
62
Invisible emanation : AURA
63
Partner of Geraint : ENID
65
Sheltered side : LEE
66
Part of a Western : HAM
67
Thus, in Glasgow : SAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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