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Stanley Glass
Stanley Glass

New York Times, Saturday, September 26, 1981

3-Down : "___ Plata," Montana motto

Author:
Stanley Glass
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Stanley Glass has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,645
Across
1
Victor at Yorktown : GEORGE
7
D-day leader : DWIGHT
13
"The Rail Splitter" : ABRAHAM
15
"Fourteen Points" man : WOODROW
16
Advance : PROMOTE
17
Sign used during road construction : ONELANE
18
Hairy legumes : SOYAS
19
"___ Rosenkavalier," Strauss opera : DER
21
Fencer's weapon : EPEE
22
Locks : TRESSES
26
Harry : HST
27
Consider : DEEM
31
Early Hebrew ascetics : ESSENES
33
Professional code : ETHICS
35
Baja California port : ENSENADA
39
Composer of "The Mountain Sylph" : BARNETT
41
Signoret and de Beauvoir : SIMONES
42
Trust buster : THEODORE
44
Jimmy's predecessor : GERALD
45
Rutgers's river : RARITAN
47
Star in Pegasus : ENIF
48
Exclamations : HAS
51
Fight off : REPULSE
53
Early exile : ADAM
55
Saudi "gold" : OIL
56
Authors Philip and Lillian : ROTHS
61
Made a new recording : RETAPED
64
Ethiopian province : ERITREA
66
Hiram's follower : ULYSSES
67
"Old Rough-and-Ready" : ZACHARY
68
Successor to "Old Hickory" : MARTIN
69
"Sage of Monticello" : THOMAS
Down
1
Lacunas : GAPS
2
Spanish river : EBRO
3
"___ Plata," Montana motto : OROY
4
Hero in Sanskrit literature : RAMA
5
Word game : GHOST
6
Take tiffin in Trowbridge : EAT
7
"___ Giovanni" : DON
8
Misery : WOE
9
Unemployed : IDLE
10
Lecturer's aid : GRAPH
11
Tools for enlarging holes : HONES
12
Aviary sound : TWEET
14
King Cyaxares's people : MEDES
15
Deteriorates : WORSENS
20
Start of a Tarheel's motto : ESSE
23
Bring back : RESTORE
24
Flags : ENSIGNS
25
"If my friends could ___ now" : SEEME
27
Obligation : DEBT
28
Outpost in Greenland : ETAH
29
Honor, in Hamburg : EHRE
30
Underage one : MINOR
32
Sleeper's serenade : SNORE
34
___ Rapids, Iowa : CEDAR
36
Confrere of Nehemiah : ANAN
37
This may be kosher : DELI
38
Start of the middle row of letters on a typewriter : ASDF
40
Camera supports : TRIPODS
43
Decorative case : ETUI
46
"Go!" to Gaston : ALLEZ
48
"David ___," Westcott novel : HARUM
49
___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
50
Type of butterfly : SATYR
52
Author Remarque : ERICH
54
Rigging support : MAST
57
Roman emperor : OTHO
58
British trolley : TRAM
59
First Lady of Olympus : HERA
60
Simon ___ : SAYS
62
Greek letter : PSI
63
Suffix for an inferior fabric : EEN
65
Stoolie : RAT

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

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