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Eileen Lexau
Eileen Lexau

New York Times, Tuesday, March 29, 1988

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 20.6
Eileen Lexau has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,021
Across
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Basic things : ABCS
5
British pokey : GAOL
9
Noncom : SGT
12
Actor Calhoun : RORY
13
Roman courts : ATRIA
15
Hun leader : ATLI
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Act to impress the audience : GRANDSTAND
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This may be proper : NOUN
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Income's opposite : OUTGO
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British princess : ANNE
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Angel, in Paris : ANGE
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Be mistaken : ERR
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"Do not go ___ ... ": D. Thomas : GENTLE
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Small untruth : FIB
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Sacred composition : MOTET
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Spats : ROWS
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Black cuckoo : ANI
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___ Vegas : LAS
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Papal envoy : LEGATE
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Small sailing ship : CARAVEL
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Bothered : HASSLED
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Invests : ENDUES
42
___ capita : PER
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Journey unit : LEG
44
Norse poem : EDDA
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About : CIRCA
47
Shakespearean sot : SLY
48
Houston team : OILERS
50
Dress edge : HEM
52
Er ___ (he says): Ger. : SAGT
54
After: Prefix : META
56
Marx Brothers' "A Day at the ___" : RACES
60
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
61
Holds a second job : MOONLIGHTS
63
Told a 26 Across : LIED
64
Metal mixture : ALLOY
65
Castle defense : MOAT
66
Ancient : OLD
67
Anglo-Saxon laborer : ESNE
68
Cobblers' tools : AWLS
Down
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Jason's ship : ARGO
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Brian ___, a king of Ireland : BORU
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Auto, Dixie or demo follower : CRAT
4
Irish playwright : SYNGE
5
Highway sign : GAS
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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"The Love for Three ___": Prokofiev : ORANGES
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Old World songbird : LINNET
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Blocks or stalls intentionally : STONEWALLS
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Gurgle's cousin : GLUG
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Prong : TINE
14
Arabian gulf : ADEN
15
Parallels : ANALOGS
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College bldg. : DORM
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Parts : ROLES
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Very, in Rouen : TRES
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Confront : FACE
27
Silly : INANE
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Watched closely : BIRDDOGGED
30
Soviet chess master : TAL
32
Harden : STEEL
35
Tamarack, e.g. : LARCH
36
On tenterhooks : EDGY
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Checked for fiscal compliance : AUDITED
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Cutlet meat : VEAL
40
"Take ___, She's Mine," 1961 Broadway hit : HER
42
Duelists' choice : PISTOLS
45
La. patois : CREOLE
46
Air: Comb. form : AERI
49
Austen heroine : EMMA
51
Hot stuff in the earth : MAGMA
52
Farm structure : SILO
53
Indigo : ANIL
55
Soon : ANON
57
Army food : CHOW
58
Inclusive abbr. : ETAL
59
Fast planes : SSTS
62
Soap ingredient : LYE

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

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