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Evelyn Benshoof
Evelyn Benshoof

New York Times, Monday, February 12, 1990

Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,706
Across
1
Deep-bodied herring : SHAD
5
Soviet news service : TASS
9
College org. : FRAT
13
Auriculate : EARED
15
Check texts : EDIT
16
Erudition : LORE
17
W. Indian dance : LIMBO
18
Poet Millay : EDNA
19
Western Indian : YUMA
20
Nemesis of dipterous insects : FLYSWATTER
22
Part of an inventory : ITEM
23
Reverberate : ECHO
24
Ivy-covered : VINED
26
Breakfast item : WAFFLE
30
Peteman : YEGG
31
Seed covering : ARIL
32
Obtuse one : DODO
35
Repeatedly : OFTEN
39
Ravels : FRAYS
41
Cut a ___ (dance) : RUG
42
Lariat : RIATA
43
Type of engine : TURBO
44
Direct : LEAD
46
Bandy words : SPAR
47
Lock name : YALE
49
Not reserved, as a table : UNHELD
51
Rigid : TENSE
53
Qualified : ABLE
55
"La Bohème" character : MIMI
56
Beat it! : GOFLYAKITE
62
Excited : AGOG
63
Nice friend : AMIE
64
Wine grape : PINOT
65
Adam's third son : SETH
66
"G.W.T.W." home : TARA
67
Shot of liquor : SNORT
68
Weight allowance : TRET
69
Lulu : ONER
70
A joint : KNEE
Down
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Ego : SELF
2
Acclaim : HAIL
3
Multitude : ARMY
4
Some Jr. Leaguers : DEBS
5
Incisors : TEETH
6
Embellish : ADDTO
7
Math function : SINE
8
Suffer a certain deprivation : STARVE
9
The constellation Volans : FLYINGFISH
10
Customary passage : ROUTE
11
Fortified : ARMED
12
Seattle Seahawks, e.g. : TEAM
14
Carpentry pin : DOWEL
21
Served perfectly at Wimbledon : ACED
25
Plane designer Sikorsky : IGOR
26
Float through the air : WAFT
27
Indonesia's ___ Islands : ARRU
28
Price: Scot. : FIAR
29
Brief; unreliable : FLYBYNIGHT
30
School of Hindu philosophy : YOGA
33
Heraldic border : ORLE
34
Two, in Torino : DUE
36
___ measure : TAPE
37
Latin catchall abbr. : ETAL
38
Aromatic ointment : NARD
40
With the purpose : SOAS
45
Fittingly : DULY
48
Smooth, musically : LEGATO
50
Some tides : NEAPS
51
Inspiration for Blake : TIGER
52
Act with passion : EMOTE
53
Burning : AFIRE
54
Dim : BLEAR
55
Food for hogs : MAST
57
Arabian Sea gulf : OMAN
58
Eccentricity : KINK
59
Privy to : INON
60
Split : TORE
61
Cigar ending : ETTE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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