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Joe Clonick
Joe Clonick

New York Times, Tuesday, September 25, 1990

59-Down : Judy's eldest

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,931
Across
1
Book by 10 Across : MAYOR
6
Dips bait lightly : DAPS
10
Predecessor of Dinkins : KOCH
14
Off to ___ start (delayed) : ALATE
15
Wreath on Galahad's helmet : ORLE
16
George Sand, to Chopin : AMIE
17
Garments along the Ganges : SARIS
18
Be dressed in : WEAR
19
At hand : NEAR
20
Riverfront Stadium team : CINCINNATI
22
Snooty one : SNOB
23
Omaha's loc. : NEB
24
F.D.R.'s mother : SARA
26
One kind of session : RAP
29
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
31
City on the Tagus estuary : LISBON
35
One who speaks 53 Across : PAKISTANI
38
Range : SCOPE
39
Elem.-school subject : ARITH
40
Countdown start : TEN
41
Iron, in Innsbruck : EISEN
42
Oilman Jean Paul ___ : GETTY
43
Has high regard for, with "by" : SETSSTORE
45
Expunged : ERASED
47
Agt. : REP
48
Singer Sumac : YMA
49
Author Harte : BRET
51
River inlet : RIA
53
Indic language : URDU
56
Chavez Ravine team : LOSANGELES
62
Kind of guard : REAR
63
The "Iliad," e.g. : EPIC
64
A.L. batting champion: 1964-65-71 : OLIVA
65
Emulate Bonnie Raitt : SING
66
Kind of caterpillar : TENT
67
Demolishes : RAZES
68
Egyptian cross : ANKH
69
Amor's Greek counterpart : EROS
70
Collect : AMASS
Down
1
Fem. opposite : MASC
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Tall tale : YARN
4
Ear-related : OTIC
5
Copal or mastic : RESIN
6
Certain strokes by Mehta : DOWNBEATS
7
Sector : AREA
8
Municipal maps : PLATS
9
Continued story : SERIAL
10
Royals Stadium team : KANSASCITY
11
Augury : OMEN
12
'Bye, in Bologna : CIAO
13
Tansy, for one : HERB
21
Tidy : NEAT
25
Reacts to yeast : RISES
26
Less common : RARER
27
Japanese breed of dog : AKITA
28
Three Rivers Stadium team : PITTSBURGH
30
Curl the lip : SNEER
32
Kind of buddy : BOSOM
33
Gluck product : OPERA
34
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
35
Recto or verso : PAGE
36
More like Bashful : SHYER
37
Influences, in a way : INTERACTS
44
Joy ride : SPIN
46
Eradicate : DELETE
50
Tosspot : TOPER
52
Marketplace : AGORA
53
Sky Bear : URSA
54
Bridle strap : REIN
55
Damp, like a dungeon : DANK
57
Chinese: Comb. form : SINO
58
Susiana : ELAM
59
Judy's eldest : LIZA
60
Dec. 24 and 31 : EVES
61
Back talk : SASS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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