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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, September 8, 1982

8-Down : Imprinted with indicia

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,992
Across
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"Rub-___ ... " : ADUB
5
Noted Indian novelist : RAO
8
TV sitcom : MASH
12
Chromosome constituents : GENES
14
Writer Rand : AYN
15
High habitat : AERIE
16
Controversial power sources : NUCLEARREACTORS
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Overshadow : ECLIPSE
20
Cabals : SCHEMES
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Discerned : SEEN
22
___ Corps : PEACE
24
Level of quality : RATE
25
"Agnus ___" : DEI
27
Ogden Nash creation : RHYME
29
Mankind : HUMANRACE
33
Reptile : ADDER
37
H, to Homer : ETA
38
Title akin to Rev. : VEN
39
Dickens's "Dombey and ___" : SON
41
Argentite, e.g. : ORE
42
Island of the South China Sea : MACAO
44
Repayment in kind : TITFORTAT
47
Shingled a house : SIDED
49
Angelico, for one : FRA
50
Pre-Khomeini monarch : SHAH
53
Kind of call : CLOSE
55
Ten: Comb. form : DECA
59
Meerschaum input : TOBACCO
61
Achievement of recognition : ARRIVAL
63
Bohr or Fermi : ATOMICPHYSICIST
65
"The Beginning of Wisdom" author : BENET
66
Dawn goddess : EOS
67
Tropical forest : MATTO
68
Transport with runners : SLED
69
Piece of fict. : STO
70
Colleen : LASS
Down
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A De Mille : AGNES
2
Tennis score : DEUCE
3
Wiggily or Remus : UNCLE
4
"Johnny ___," 1948 film : BELINDA
5
Peep show : RAREE
6
Firth of Clyde port : AYR
7
Off (no longer unspoken) : ONESCHEST
8
Imprinted with indicia : METERED
9
Bouquet : AROMA
10
Danube feeder : SIRET
11
He wrote "Steppenwolf" : HESSE
13
Ninth mo. : SEP
15
Alas, to Adenauer : ACH
17
Be ambitious : ASPIRE
18
___-deucy : ACEY
23
New-moon feature : ARC
26
Poem's postscript : ENVOI
28
Estate of a sort : MANOR
29
Do a tailor's job : HEM
30
One of the Hagens : UTA
31
Singer Davis : MAC
32
Pronghorns' cousins : ANTELOPES
34
Tittle over an i : DOT
35
Mundane or Macedonian : ERA
36
Dampen hemp : RET
40
Bids : OFFERS
43
Guiltily rueful : ASHAMED
45
Mergers' words : IDO
46
Political extremist : RADICAL
48
L x XVI : DCCC
50
Uses a kris : STABS
51
Bellhop's milieu : HOTEL
52
Have ___ to pick : ABONE
54
Dictum : SAYSO
56
Broadway hit : EVITA
57
Assigns roles : CASTS
58
Glee-club members : ALTOS
60
U.S. voter : CIT
62
Edge : RIM
64
Torrid : HOT

Answer summary:
2 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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