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Alan Arbesfeld
Alan Arbesfeld

New York Times, Thursday, December 27, 1990

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 30.7
Alan Arbesfeld has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 123 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,024
Across
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Makes a decision : OPTS
5
Checks : DAMPS
10
Sale term : ASIS
14
Milne favorite : POOH
15
Like xenon : INERT
16
Table game : POOL
17
His, in Le Havre : ALUI
18
Sub's ears : SONAR
19
Adjust : TUNE
20
Actress's intelligence? : LORETTASWIT
23
Item in the sky? : PIE
24
Bud's partner : LOU
25
Part of A.D. : ANNO
26
Chatter : YAK
27
Pitches Seaver served : SLIDERS
31
Hiatuses : GAPS
33
Is suffering from : HAS
34
Thackeray character's instrument? : BECKYSHARP
39
"That would not lift ___": Yeats : AHAND
42
Finnish author: 1861-1921 : AHO
43
Actress Shire : TALIA
44
Rock singer's flourish? : GRACESLICK
47
Suffix with host : ESS
48
Comedienne Imogene : COCA
49
TV studio apparatus : HEADSET
52
Network letters : CBS
54
Persian poet : OMAR
57
Strange gadget : TEE
58
Balderdash : ROT
59
Actor's fastener? : ROBERTSTACK
64
Govt. branch : EXEC
66
Articulate : VOCAL
67
Equal, to Henri : EGAL
68
A first name in architecture : EERO
69
Love : ADORE
70
Yegg's target : SAFE
71
James Bond adversary : DRNO
72
Descartes and Auberjonois : RENES
73
Trap, in a way : TREE
Down
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Iridescent mineral : OPAL
2
It's sometimes played in water : POLO
3
See the sights : TOUR
4
Protection : SHIELD
5
Trouble : DISTURB
6
Wild ox of puzzledom : ANOA
7
High I.Q. group : MENSA
8
Seafood delicacy : PRAWN
9
Fibrous : STRINGY
10
Inclined : APT
11
Comedian's drinks? : SOUPYSALES
12
District in Asia Minor : IONIA
13
Polished : SLEEK
21
Hammer at an angle : TOE
22
Honor : TOAST
27
Catch flies : SHAG
28
Lion portrayer : LAHR
29
Musician's bird? : ISAACSTERN
30
Assurance : SEAL
32
Govt. home-building org. : PHA
35
"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
36
Mayor Dinkins's predecessor : KOCH
37
Word with sun or moon : RISE
38
History : PAST
40
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
41
Ornamentation : DECOR
45
Type of urn : SAMOVAR
46
Ma and Pa of films : KETTLES
50
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
51
Abhor : DETEST
52
Set of principles : CREED
53
Louis or Ali : BOXER
55
Adobe construction : ABODE
56
Exploratory mission, for short : RECON
60
Thin : RARE
61
Seaweed derivative : AGAR
62
Site for a bite : CAFE
63
"Demon as Pirate" painter : KLEE
65
Dove sound : COO

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

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