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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, September 24, 1991

13-Down : Extort money from

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,295
Across
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Stylish : CHIC
5
Daub : SMEAR
10
Prettyface, e.g. : HERB
14
A "Hair" lyricist : RADO
15
Type of lily : CALLA
16
Figure skater's feat : AXEL
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Oodles : ALOT
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Diarist Nin : ANAIS
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Talk deliriously : RAVE
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Sudden, unexpected event : BOLTFROMTHEBLUE
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Unfold : OPEN
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Cast a ballot : VOTED
25
Hutch display : CHINA
28
Hippo's relative : TAPIR
31
Plundered prizes : LOOT
32
"To the tables ___ Morrie's ... " : DOWNAT
34
Contribute more : ADD
37
Monday machine? : AUTOMATICWASHER
40
New Deal agcy. : NRA
41
Gone up : ARISEN
42
D.D.E. knew Bradley here : USMA
43
Topknot : CREST
44
Nose : SNOOT
45
Luncheon mold : ASPIC
48
Declared : SAID
50
Difficult task : TOUGHNUTTOCRACK
57
Zhivago's love : LARA
58
Paint pigment : OCHER
59
Shower gift : IRON
60
State : AVER
61
Wide-awake : ALERT
62
Raison d'___ : ETRE
63
Meets a bet : SEES
64
Co-creator of "The Flintstones" : HANNA
65
Unit of force : DYNE
Down
1
Zodiacal sign : CRAB
2
Christmas-play prop : HALO
3
Adored one : IDOL
4
Like; fancy : COTTONTO
5
Terrify : SCARE
6
Massenet opera : MANON
7
Jack of TV's "Easy Street" : ELAM
8
Landed : ALIT
9
Foolhardy : RASH
10
Refuge : HARBOR
11
Glorify : EXALT
12
Song-and-dance show : REVUE
13
Extort money from : BLEED
21
Monogram of "The Conning Tower" man : FPA
22
LuPone role : EVITA
25
Family group : CLAN
26
"Now Is the ___," 1946 song : HOUR
27
Smidgen : IOTA
28
Different slant : TWIST
29
Suffix with resist : ANCE
30
First-row chessman : PAWN
32
Have the nerve : DARE
33
Mayberry's town tippler : OTIS
34
Chan's expression : AHSO
35
Deejay's disk : DEMO
36
Phooey! : DRAT
38
Organized walk : MARCH
39
Like bricks or raisins : SUNDRIED
43
Coronas, e.g. : CIGARS
44
Bracketed word : SIC
45
Reference book : ATLAS
46
Italian white wine : SOAVE
47
Blender button : PUREE
48
Rear end : STERN
49
Torso trunk : AORTA
51
Ham's father : NOAH
52
Kareem's alma mater : UCLA
53
Next in order of place : THEN
54
Pseudoesthetic : ARTY
55
Some "Hee Haw" humor : CORN
56
Spot for baby-dangling : KNEE

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