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Jim Modney
Jim Modney

New York Times, Saturday, September 27, 1980

55-Down : Grump

Author:
Jim Modney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { V Z }, Scrabble score: 341 (avg 1.81)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Jim Modney has 14 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,281
Across
1
Mandible : JAW
4
Explosive sound : WHAM
8
Hypothetical particle, in physics : QUARK
13
Site of the William Tell legend : URI
14
Hawaiian dance : HULA
15
Peace-prize Nobelist: 1950 : BUNCHE
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Numismatists' interests : MINTAGES
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Pasch : EASTER
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Argues illogically : BEGSTHEQUESTION
21
Greek peak : OSSA
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Loosen : UNTIE
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Butted : RAMMED
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Squalid : MANGY
31
Nautical direction : AFT
34
Whispers sweet nothings : COOS
35
Norm or printed form, in Firenze : MODULO
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Curt : BRUSQUE
38
Brightly colored beetle : LADYBUG
39
Small sailing ship : BARQUE
40
Sport on horseback : POLO
41
Word with mar or dog : SEA
42
Boredom : ENNUI
43
Attorney, e.g. : LEGIST
45
Perfume oil : ATTAR
47
Basilica area : APSE
51
Parlor game : TWENTYQUESTIONS
57
Less giving : HARDER
58
Crustaceans called mantis shrimp : SQUILLAS
59
Money, in Toledo : DINERO
60
___ lang syne : AULD
61
"You ___ My Lucky Star," 1935 song : ARE
62
Endings with mob and gang : STERS
63
Similar : LIKE
64
Harrison or Ingram : REX
Down
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Huge : JUMBO
2
Zodiac sign : ARIES
3
Paul McCartney's singing group : WINGS
4
"How's that again?" : WHAT
5
Herbert or Downs : HUGH
6
Opposite of aweather : ALEE
7
Costume balls : MASQUES
8
Low Sundays : QUASIMODOS
9
Tipsy : UNSTEADY
10
Play opening : ACTI
11
Beginning for stat or meter : RHEO
12
Who wrote "Who?"? : KERN
15
Vegetable : BEET
17
Russian leader of yore : TSAR
20
German connective : UND
24
Judges or juries, sometimes : ACQUITTERS
25
Pout : MOUE
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A Stooge : MOE
28
Gists : NUBS
29
Adhesive : GLUE
30
System of exercises : YOGA
31
Religious superior : ABBE
32
___ Allison, colleague of puppeteer Tillstrom : FRAN
33
Redirect : TURN
35
African nation bordered by Mauritania : MALI
37
Waste : SQUANDER
38
Part of a cord : LOG
40
Examination : PERUSAL
43
Shellac is one: Abbr. : LAQ
44
Kind of light or gate : TAIL
46
Beginner : TYRO
48
Pivotal : POLAR
49
Springe : SNARE
50
English county : ESSEX
51
Rel. degrees : THDS
52
Delay : WAIT
53
Relative of a fulmar : ERNE
54
Word form with poise or distant : EQUI
55
Grump : SULK
56
Ocean movement : TIDE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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