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Jack Lechner
Jack Lechner

New York Times, Saturday, September 8, 1990

43-Down : Funeral oration

Author:
Jack Lechner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Jack Lechner has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,914
Across
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Places for some dumbbells : GYMS
5
Pair or set : CASE
9
Slug or gab attachment : FEST
13
Lop the crop : REAP
14
Libyan or Jordanian : ARAB
15
Former South African leader : BOTHA
16
Symbol of false friendship : IAGO
17
___ Deep, depression near Guam : NERO
18
Slip : ERROR
19
Film by 35 Across, with "The" : THIRTYNINESTEPS
22
Binge : TOOT
23
Ess chaser : TEE
24
Author of "Play It as It Lays" : DIDION
27
Diverted a stream at its source : BEHEADED
32
Notion, in Nantes : IDEE
33
Of an Islamic mysticism : SUFIC
34
Boxer K.O.'d by Charles: 1951 : OMA
35
Film director born in 1899 : ALFREDHITCHCOCK
39
Dolley Madison, ___ Payne : NEE
40
Refrigerates : COOLS
41
Locale : AREA
42
Collared : ARRESTED
44
Word following curtain or hell : RAISER
46
All-purpose trk. : UTE
47
"Watering holes" : BARS
48
Film by 35 Across : THELADYVANISHES
56
Roads scholars : HOBOS
57
Intentions : AIMS
58
A Greek liqueur : OUZO
59
Thomas Gray specialty : ELEGY
60
U. of New Mexico athlete : LOBO
61
Former capital of Japan : NARA
62
Uncanny : EERY
63
Character actor Jack ___ : ELAM
64
Cicatrix : SCAR
Down
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Spunk : GRIT
2
Fab Four word : YEAH
3
Epiphany trio : MAGI
4
More jazzy : SPORTIER
5
Gorge : CANYON
6
"___ We All?": 1929 song : ARENT
7
Calcutta covering : SARI
8
Black, to a bard : EBON
9
" ... and two ___" : FORTEA
10
To be, in Bourgogne : ETRE
11
Emporium : SHOP
12
Sea dogs : TARS
15
Implore : BESEECH
20
Also : TOO
21
Moral principle : ETHIC
24
Moon goddess : DIANA
25
Otiose one : IDLER
26
Postpone : DEFER
27
Erect : BUILD
28
Newts : EFTS
29
Wickets, e.g. : DOORS
30
Pat Sajak, for one : EMCEE
31
Capital of Senegal : DAKAR
33
Jeff MacNelly comic strip : SHOE
36
Rapture : ECSTASY
37
Adored, with "on" : DOTED
38
Chests for ammunition : CAISSONS
43
Funeral oration : EULOGY
44
Novel by Jay McInerney : RANSOM
45
Uris hero : ARI
47
"La ___," Valens hit : BAMBA
48
Biblical word : THEE
49
Puncture : HOLE
50
Hair stylist Jose : EBER
51
Mythical beast : YALE
52
Instrument popular in Shakespeare's day : VIOL
53
Blacklist-era Cong. committee : HUAC
54
Poet Pound : EZRA
55
Fly a glider : SOAR

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

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