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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Wednesday, October 10, 1984

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { G J Q X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 39.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,755
Across
1
Isinglass : MICA
5
Adjutant, e.g. : STORK
10
Escape route of a kind : LEAK
14
Sandarac tree : ARAR
15
"The Zoo Story" playwright : ALBEE
16
___ 500 : INDY
17
Glowing : CANDESCENT
19
Dispassionate : COOL
20
Goes in : ENTERS
21
Game imported from Canada : LACROSSE
23
Concert ending : INA
24
Stringed instrument : ZITHER
25
Wowed : SENT
27
Julio's house : CASA
28
Deputy : VICAR
32
Landon : ALF
33
Hooey : BUNK
34
Find : LOCATE
35
Famed mountaineer : HILLARY
37
Left the arms of Morpheus : WAKENED
38
"___ Necessarily So" : ITAINT
39
Freshwater game fish : PIKE
40
Ol' Blue Eyes, to Nancy : DAD
41
Confuse with booze : BESOT
42
Superb : AONE
43
Words of surprise : MYMY
44
Irk : NETTLE
46
Algonquian : SAC
47
Pronounce the h in herb : ASPIRATE
50
Charge a liquid with gas : AERATE
53
Ruth's second husband : BOAZ
54
Celestial pooch : CANISMINOR
56
Parisienne's pronoun : ELLE
57
Toys on strings : KITES
58
Jerk : NERD
59
Schubert song : LIED
60
Kind of drum : SNARE
61
"¿Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
Down
1
Knight's weapon : MACE
2
Middle East hot spot : IRAN
3
Mexican clown-actor : CANTINFLAS
4
Zealous : ARDENT
5
Impertinence : SASS
6
R.N.'s bestow this : TLC
7
Cleopatra's Needle, e.g. : OBELISK
8
Scotto or Tebaldi : RENATA
9
Sailing vessel : KETCH
10
Plant having blue flowers : LICORICE
11
A son of Seth : ENOS
12
Fusses : ADOS
13
Rote of football : KYLE
18
NOW concern : ERA
22
Withdraw, as a permit : REVOKE
24
Merry-andrew : ZANY
25
Amah's master : SAHIB
26
Best : ELITE
27
Brusque : CURT
29
Christmas decorations : CANDYCANES
30
Mr. T's crew : ATEAM
31
Vocalist Helen : REDDY
33
Persiflage : BANTER
34
Veronica or Arthur : LAKE
36
Treated as a celebrity : LIONIZED
37
Bacchus's brew : WINE
39
Cornmeal mush for Mario : POLENTA
42
Reach : ATTAIN
43
Nautical : MARINE
45
Attaches, in a way : TACKS
46
Coll. term : SEM
47
Former labor leader I. W. : ABEL
48
Recital pieces : SOLI
49
Blanch : PALE
50
Caama : ASSE
51
Wrongful act, in law : TORT
52
Earth goddess : ERDA
55
Ending for front or court : IER

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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