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R. S. Jones
R. S. Jones

New York Times, Saturday, February 7, 1987

Author:
R. S. Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K X Y }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 56.5
R. S. Jones has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,605
Across
1
Dorothy or Lillian of filmdom : GISH
5
Jack or Clifton : WEBB
9
Blessed woman : BEATA
14
German graybeard : ALTE
15
Surf sound : ROAR
16
Singer John : ELTON
17
"Ode to ___": Collins : FEAR
18
Walking arrangement : INDIANFILE
20
Avant-garde : FAROUT
22
To be, to Béatrice : ETRE
23
Pepe Le ___ of cartoons : PEW
24
Heart of a car : ENGINE
25
Klutzes : OAFS
27
Prospective friends : ACQUAINTANCES
33
Tasseled hat : FEZ
35
Incumbent upon : UPTO
36
Viola's big sister : CELLO
37
" ... ___ in the affairs ... ": Shak. : ATIDE
39
Wonderful feeling? : AWE
41
Half-sized marsh ducks : TEALS
42
Large American moths : LUNAS
43
Play opener : ACTI
45
___ Gabriel, city in Brazil : SAO
46
Safety devices for homes : LIGHTNINGRODS
50
Untrustworthy one : LIAR
51
Smalto, e.g. : ENAMEL
54
Gloomy guy : GUS
57
Intl. cartel : OPEC
59
Plantation, sometimes : ESTATE
60
Variable : INCONSTANT
63
Lay ___ the line : ITON
64
From do to do : SCALE
65
Mountain: Comb. form : OREO
66
Volcano's opening : VENT
67
Carried a knapsack : TOTED
68
Tongue of a Yankee's cart : NEAP
69
He, to Enrico : ESSO
Down
1
Faux pas : GAFFE
2
" ... on thy shoulder will ___": Shak. : ILEAN
3
Activity at Palomar : STARGAZING
4
Type of poem or deed : HEROIC
5
Article : WRITEUP
6
From B.C. to TV : EON
7
Commanded : BADE
8
Cymric Celt, e.g. : BRITON
9
Good deeds : BENEFACTIONS
10
Ouph : ELF
11
Expectant : ATIP
12
Pogo verb : TOLE
13
De novo : ANEW
19
"How now! ___?": Hamlet : ARAT
21
Beyond doubt : UNQUESTIONED
26
Koko's weapon : SNEE
28
Alma-___, U.S.S.R. city : ATA
29
Hawkeye : IOWAN
30
Certain contemporary collegians : CLASSMATES
31
Singer Logan : ELLA
32
Tolerable : SOSO
33
Long tress : FALL
34
The case of the seamstress : ETUI
38
He wrote "The Gremlins" : DAHL
40
Heart specialist's abbr. : ECG
44
Place for a star or a baby : TREETOP
47
Dagwood's small pleasures : NAPS
48
Cromwell's son-in-law : IRETON
49
Grammatical case : DATIVE
52
Caps or collars : ETONS
53
Slow, to Solti : LENTO
54
Essence : GIST
55
"Address to the ___ Guid": Burns : UNCO
56
"Flee, feline!" : SCAT
58
"If I Didn't ___," 1939 song : CARE
61
Huesca huzzah : OLE
62
N.T.A., today : NEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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