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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Tuesday, January 20, 1981

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.0
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,396
Across
1
Extractor: Abbr. : DDS
4
Nibs or nebs : BEAKS
9
Pink : STAB
13
Illegal combat : DUEL
14
Port of Morocco : RABAT
15
Nurse's ___ : AIDE
16
Jan. 20, 1981 : INAUGURATIONDAY
19
Antarctic sights : PENGUINS
20
Unit of capacity : LITER
21
The winners : INS
22
That, in Montreal : CELA
23
___ Athena : PALLAS
27
Pans' partners : POTS
28
"Spring ahead" time in N.Y. : EDT
31
Man from Mandalay : ASIAN
32
Angel's hope : HIT
33
Axillary : ALAR
34
Main event of 16 Across : THEOATHOFOFFICE
38
Cornish ___ : HENS
39
Kind of box or band : HAT
40
Caesar's tongue : LATIN
41
Draft org. : SSS
42
Submarine or poor boy : HERO
43
Peruse again : REREAD
44
Item sometimes seen at a ski lodge : CAST
45
Goddess, to Galba : DEA
46
Embrace : CLASP
48
Flier's award : AIRMEDAL
53
Administrator of 34 Across : THECHIEFJUSTICE
55
Flurry of events : RASH
56
Rubber plant locale : AKRON
57
Fragrant ointment : NARD
58
Word with date or chamber : ANTE
59
Bright tubes : NEONS
60
" ... cakes and ___?": Shak. : ALE
Down
1
East Hampton sight : DUNE
2
Forest of ___ in Gloucestershire : DEAN
3
Heavy blow : SLUG
4
Boston sextet : BRUINS
5
A U.S. President ___ $200,000 per annum : EARNS
6
Arab garments : ABAS
7
Krazy ___ : KAT
8
Dagger : STILETTO
9
Jolly one : SANTA
10
One of two nonwaiters : TIDE
11
Hebrew month : ADAR
12
Writer who inspired "Aïda" : BEY
13
Swim, "skinny" style : DIP
17
Surinam is here : GUIANA
18
Whale and corn products : OILS
22
Hoodlike cap : COIF
23
Trodden ways : PATHS
24
Whence the phoenix rises : ASHES
25
Claims of a sort : LIENS
26
Neighbor of Burma : LAOS
27
Kind of finish : PHOTO
28
Top-drawer : ELITE
29
Ancient European country : DACIA
30
Drift : TREND
33
Way off : AFAR
35
Man of parts : THESPIAN
36
William S. of silents : HART
37
Lancets : FLEAMS
42
Kind of mark or house : HASH
43
Old movies : RERUNS
44
Hoard : CACHE
45
Burgundy wine center : DIJON
46
Fictional sleuth : CHAN
47
"Recessional" word : LEST
48
Hair style : AFRO
49
Town near Pittsburgh : ETNA
50
It's on the watch : DIAL
51
One of 18 at the White House : ACRE
52
Had a Presidential role : LED
53
La-la predecessor : TRA
54
Supplement, with "out" : EKE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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