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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Monday, December 21, 1987

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.7
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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T
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P
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M
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L
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A
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C
H
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O
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A
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B
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S
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N
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S
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C
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L
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M
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S
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G
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R
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B
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C
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P
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I
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H
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S
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D
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T
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G
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D
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A
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O
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N
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K
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D
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,922
Across
1
Record : TAPE
5
Recurring theme : MOTIF
10
Battle site: 1944 : STLO
14
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
15
"Gesundheit" getter : ACHOO
16
Pequod's captain : AHAB
17
Worms or squids : BAIT
18
Violinist Isaac ___ : STERN
19
TV staple : NEWS
20
Samovar : URN
21
Norse king : OLAV
22
British bye-byes : TATAS
24
Cato's 156 : CLVI
26
Galsworthy's "___ Devon" : AMANOF
28
Director Spielberg : STEVEN
30
Horse's motion : GAIT
31
Wooden mortar beater : RAB
34
Singing group : CHOIR
35
"Common Sense" author : PAINE
36
Hawaiian baking pit : IMU
37
A sound of music : HIFI
38
Costly fur : SABLE
39
Skin blemish : SCAR
40
Finish : END
41
Poi sources : TAROS
42
Blame bearers : GOATS
43
Scottish river : DEE
44
South Yemen's capital : ADEN
45
Muse of astronomy : URANIA
46
Dozed off : NODDED
48
M–R connection : NOPQ
49
Divert : AMUSE
50
Scot's wear : KILT
52
Springsteen's "Born in the ___" : USA
55
North African port : ORAN
56
Din : NOISE
58
North Sea feeder : TEES
59
Geometric fig. : CIRC
60
Sea eagles : ERNES
61
Lease : RENT
62
Capture : TAKE
63
Venetian V.I.P.'s : DOGES
64
___-European : INDO
Down
1
Forbidden : TABU
2
Seaweed product : AGAR
3
Hamlet's title : PRINCEOFDENMARK
4
Consume : EAT
5
Type of British bread : MASLIN
6
Prefix with chord : OCTA
7
Friml title : THEVAGABONDKING
8
Comparative suffix : IOR
9
A Joan of films : FONTAINE
10
___ Domingo : SANTO
11
Bogart-Hepburn title : THEAFRICANQUEEN
12
Statutes : LAWS
13
Dictionary abbr. : OBS
21
Finished : OVER
23
Sweeten the pot : ANTE
25
Cato's 57 : LVII
27
Posts : MAILS
28
Itin. : SCHED
29
Biblically yours : THINE
32
Violin for a virtuoso : AMATI
33
Anatomical sac : BURSA
35
Gay ___ : PAREE
38
Cast down : SADDENED
39
It comes in cakes : SOAP
41
Youngsters : TADS
42
Poetic cave : GROT
45
Except : UNLESS
47
Sixteenth of a pound : OUNCE
49
"Cara nome," for one : ARIA
51
Words of comprehension : ISEE
53
Transmit : SEND
54
In re : ASTO
55
Sept. chaser : OCT
57
Spanish gold : ORO
58
Prefix with corn or color : TRI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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