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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, January 22, 1988

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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K
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,954
Across
1
Synthesizer inventor : MOOG
5
Health plans : DIETS
10
Weaverbird : SPARROW
13
Showy : ORNATE
15
She had a boxful of troubles : PANDORA
16
Certain amblers : PADNAGS
18
Concerning : ASTO
19
Masc. title : ESQ
21
Aerie fledgling : EAGLET
22
Hwy. : RTE
23
Boredom : ENNUI
25
625-mile river : LOIRE
26
Uri family : TELLS
28
Where Innsbruck is: Var. : TIROL
30
Never, in Bonn : NIE
31
Plus items : ASSETS
33
Shoot a sci-fi villain : ZAP
34
Relative of P.D.Q. : ASAP
35
"Boar Hunt" painter : VELAZQUEZ
38
A.B.A. member : ATTY
41
Retired ring master : ALI
42
Small shore birds : STINTS
46
Refrain syllable : TRA
47
Taken ___ (disconcerted) : ABACK
49
Sky blue : AZURE
50
Pliant; supple : LITHE
52
Hosiery shades : SANDS
54
Stannum : TIN
55
Moss Hart's story : ACTONE
57
Celtic Neptune : LER
58
Group giving out Emmys : ATAS
59
"The World of Henry Orient" actor : SELLERS
61
Clammer's interest : LOWTIDE
63
The Catwoman's first name : SELINA
64
" ... ___ towers of Ilium": Marlowe : TOPLESS
65
Atomic number 86 : RADON
66
Couple : PAIR
Down
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Places for trophies : MANTELS
2
Church calendar : ORDO
3
Gold, in Genova : ORO
4
Famed contractor? : GOREN
5
___ stick (lapidary item) : DOP
6
Dies ___ : IRAE
7
Ultimate goal : ENDALL
8
Dance for a duo : TANGO
9
Georgian family : STALINS
10
Laconian capital : SPARTA
11
Delivers a haymaker : PASTES
12
"___ It Beautiful ... ": 1930 song : WASNT
14
Female counselor : EGERIA
17
Prepare hyson : STEEP
20
Derisively ridiculing : QUIZZICAL
23
Punta del ___, Uruguay : ESTE
24
Foe of Iran : IRAQ
27
Tax : LEVY
29
Musical work : OPUS
32
Thick slice : SLAB
34
Abdul-___ ibn-Saud : AZIZ
36
"Dear me!" : ALAS
37
Greek letters : ETAS
38
Cartologist's tome : ATLAS
39
Instants : TRICES
40
Stool pigeon : TATTLER
43
More kooky : NUTTIER
44
Groups of three : TRIADS
45
Imports : SENSES
47
Virgil epic : AENEID
48
Showed deference : KNELT
51
Exultant shout : HOLLA
53
Sag : DROOP
56
Conductor Rapee : ERNO
58
Gudrun's king : ATLI
60
___ Remo, Italy : SAN
62
Org. formed in 1935 : WPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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