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June A. Boggs
June A. Boggs

New York Times, Thursday, December 14, 1989

Author:
June A. Boggs
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { G X }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 26.9
June A. Boggs has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,646
Across
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Junk and punt : BOATS
6
"The ___ Predicament": Fouad Ajami : ARAB
10
Fix : JAM
13
Richly scented flower : LILAC
14
Kind of play, in golf : MEDAL
16
Goodbye, to Galba : AVE
17
A way to wed : ELOPE
18
Numbers game : BEANO
19
Investigate thoroughly : VET
20
First line of verse to a solver : USEINKIFYOUDARE
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Vivid display : RIOT
24
Prefix for hero : ANTI
25
Rest-cure facility : SPA
28
Walker from Hartford, Ill. : CLINT
30
Fetters : IRONS
34
Rakehells : CADS
36
Bronx cheer : BOO
37
Part of a primrose : SEPAL
38
Second line of verse : ANDTHENWITHCARE
42
Bull: Comb. form : TAURO
43
McDowall role: 1968 : APE
44
Family follower : TREE
45
Mis!is*ippi has two : TYPOS
46
British radials : TYRES
48
Tut's cousin : TSK
49
Mendacious one : LIAR
51
Part of N.A. or S.A. : AMER
53
End of verse : FILLEVERYSQUARE
60
"Born in the ___" : USA
61
Metal pin : RIVET
62
Everyday : USUAL
63
___ Buddhist : ZEN
64
Weak drink : SLOSH
65
Met basso-baritone : ESTES
66
Last of a sequence : ZEE
67
Johnson from Benton Harbor, Mich. : ARTE
68
Like cash, at times : LOOSE
Down
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Cordon ___ (top chef) : BLEU
2
Alipterion essentials : OILS
3
Emollient ingredient : ALOE
4
S.A. ungulate : TAPIR
5
Type of railway : SCENIC
6
Macbeth's tragic flaw : AMBITION
7
Mine vein : REEF
8
"___ the Races," Marx Brothers film : ADAYAT
9
Provençal goat cheese : BANON
10
Coffee, informally : JAVA
11
Affirm : AVER
12
Boundary : METE
15
Uncouth : LOUTISH
21
Noted German sculptor: 1877-1947 : KOLBE
22
Emulate Woody Allen : DIRECT
25
Orkney Islands tax : SCATT
26
Philippine island : PANAY
27
Tot : ADDUP
29
"___, José!" : NOWAY
31
Abstract painting style : OPART
32
Rhinological cavities : NARES
33
Glossy : SLEEK
35
Paseo : STROLL
39
Denier is their concern : HOSIERS
40
"___ Lord my soul ... " : IPRAYTHE
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Swarms : TEEMS
46
Actor Howard : TREVOR
47
"Rocky II," e.g. : SEQUEL
50
___ Camacho, former Mexican president : AVILA
52
___-Japanese War : RUSSO
53
Copper : FUZZ
54
Palmist's words : ISEE
55
Byway : LANE
56
Quiescence : REST
57
Graphic beginning : AUTO
58
Actress Charlotte and family : RAES
59
"___ would a maiden blush ... ": Shak. : ELSE

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

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