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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Friday, January 3, 1992

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.9
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,396
Across
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Kind of pear : BOSC
5
Surmounting : ATOP
9
Threadbare : USED
13
Exchange premium : AGIO
14
Designer of the modern violin : AMATI
15
Small-scaled trout : CHAR
16
Mountain lake : TARN
17
Guiding principle : MOTTO
18
Israeli circle dance : HORA
19
Hajis have been here : MECCA
21
Conscious : SENTIENT
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Hit terra firma : ALIT
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Performs from a lectern : READS
26
Strawberry trees : MADRONOS
30
Click beetle : ELATER
33
Correct : AMEND
34
Hypothetical particle : QUARK
36
One of a cheerful trio : RAH
37
Riviera resort : NICE
38
Famed nonagenarian : BURNS
39
Japanese flavoring paste : MISO
40
Epinicion, e.g. : ODE
41
Merino's sound : BLEAT
42
Flax fabric : LINEN
43
Marine hanger-on : REMORA
45
Percussion instrument : TRIANGLE
47
Support : BRACE
49
Sailors' saint : ELMO
50
Scatter in drops : SPRINKLE
53
Lithium, e.g. : METAL
56
Mythical pome roller : ERIS
57
Barrel constituent : STAVE
59
Brews : ALES
61
Film producer Hunter : ROSS
62
Red dye : EOSIN
63
Cauchos : ULES
64
___ morgana : FATA
65
Poker fee : ANTE
66
Acclivity : RISE
Down
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Alate mammal : BAT
2
Old Irish script : OGAM
3
Father : SIRE
4
Chili ___ : CONCARNE
5
"Odi et ___": Catullus : AMO
6
Makes lace : TATS
7
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
8
Cooper's "The ___" : PIONEERS
9
Pianist Mitsuko ___ : UCHIDA
10
Kind of operation or catch : SHOESTRING
11
Rate : EARN
12
Mild expletive : DRAT
14
With force : AMAIN
20
Lump of clay : CLOD
22
Palaver : TALK
24
Woman's small hat : TOQUE
26
Landed estate : MANOR
27
Ammonia compound : AMIDE
28
Plotter against Nikolai I : DECEMBRIST
29
City in Gujarat : SURAT
31
A tripod : EASEL
32
Swiss-French river : RHONE
35
Cave, in poesy : ANTRE
38
Euxine : BLACKSEA
39
Monster slain by Theseus : MINOTAUR
41
Wheat chaff : BRAN
42
Claudicant : LAME
44
State of India : ORISSA
46
Lake of Russia : ILMEN
48
Singer John : ELTON
50
Villein : SERF
51
Indonesian craft : PROA
52
Bridge position : EAST
54
Chesterton's "___ Survey" : ALLI
55
Heel taps : LEES
58
Contend : VIE
60
Compass dir. : SSE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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