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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Saturday, March 16, 1991

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 45.4
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,103
Across
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First name of 47 Down : BORIS
6
Strong Tahitian drinks : AVAS
10
"___ along, little dogie" : GIT
13
A heavy in "The Maltese Falcon" : GREENSTREET
15
Plaintiff in a 1970 case : ROE
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Revolutionary War general : NATHANAELGREENE
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Slow one : SNAIL
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Hindu goddess : KALI
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Mother lode : VEIN
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Confirmation, e.g. : RITE
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Insistence : URGENCY
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Waiting area for TV guests et al. : GREENROOM
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Early Dadaist : ARP
30
Schisgal play : LUV
31
Long, long times : EONS
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Fall bloomers : ASTERS
35
Salt Lake City team : UTES
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Hounds' sounds : YELPS
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Writer Bellow : SAUL
40
Pulsates : THROBS
42
"Cubic" Rubik : ERNO
44
Half of a dance : CHA
45
J. Jones heroes : GIS
46
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank : GREENBERG
48
Tell a story : NARRATE
51
Kilmer subject : TREE
52
Dueling sword : EPEE
53
Virgil opener : ARMA
55
High points : ACMES
59
V. Lombardi's team: 1959-68 : GREENBAYPACKERS
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Author Kovic : RON
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"Bonanza" actor : LORNEGREENE
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Switch positions : ONS
65
Chaser in a bar : SODA
66
Pomme de ___ (potato) : TERRE
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Fiber source : BRAN
2
Greek mountain chain : OETA
3
Take back a hand : REHIRE
4
Arow : INALINE
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Important digits on an I.R.S. form : SSN
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Type of code : AREA
7
Calfskin parchment : VELLUM
8
Norse sea god : AEGIR
9
Riv. boat : STR
10
Environmentalist group : GREENPEACE
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Architectural style : IONIC
12
Type of bopper : TEENY
13
R.E.L., D.D.E. et al. : GNS
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Sign on a giveaway : TAKEONE
17
Turns inside out : EVERTS
22
Cities in Mich., N.Y. and Ohio : TROYS
24
Highway sign : GAS
25
Overabundance : GLUT
26
Biblical book : RUTH
27
Ocotes, sapins, etc. : EVERGREENS
28
Famed Canadian physician : OSLER
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Lou Grant portrayer : ASNER
33
Essen's area : RUHR
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Cinder : SLAG
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Evening affair : SOIREE
38
Record beforehand : PRETAPE
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Beard's org. : BSA
43
What 160 square rods add up to : ONEACRE
46
Poet ___ Manley Hopkins : GERARD
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A three-time Wimbledon champ : BECKER
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Amazon feeder : NEGRO
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Front part of a stage : APRON
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No-no : TABOO
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Talking bird : MYNA
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Dutch painter Jan van der ___ : MEER
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Irish lake : ERNE
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Dublin-to-Madrid dir. : SSE
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Certain telegrams of yesteryear: Abbr. : NLS
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H'wd. ten-percenter : AGT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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