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Gerald Brooks
Gerald Brooks

New York Times, Thursday, March 5, 1981

Author:
Gerald Brooks
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.8
Gerald Brooks has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,440
Across
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One of three squares : MEAL
5
Gone with the trend : DATED
10
Daze : STUN
14
Wherein Hamlet sees a ghost : ACTI
15
Liszt offering : ETUDE
16
River in Italy : ARNO
17
These are sometimes nutty : CHOCOLATES
19
"And I ___ me down with a will": R.L.S. : LAID
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Site of the Bishop Museum : HONOLULU
21
Turns aside : SHUNTS
23
What a gangster might be taken for : RIDE
24
Zeniths : PEAKS
25
Hardy's returner : NATIVE
28
This is definitely nutty : MARZIPAN
31
Gobel's mate : ALICE
32
Like Eastwood's "Harry" : DIRTY
33
Stepmother of Helle : INO
34
Please a gourmand : SATE
35
Gov. Clements' state : TEXAS
36
Habeas corpus, e.g. : WRIT
37
"___ Blue?": 1929 tune : AMI
38
Adjust the lens : FOCUS
39
Things present : THESE
40
Ship of songdom : LOLLIPOP
42
Some winds : TRADES
43
Like the good earth : LOAMY
44
Symbol of rubicundity : BEET
45
___ Sam (card game) : SHASTA
47
Pecuniary resources : FINANCES
51
Six make an inning : OUTS
52
Craving for candy, cake, etc. : SWEETTOOTH
54
Molding shape : OGEE
55
Voila! : THERE
56
Lug : TOTE
57
Fling : TOSS
58
Pope St. ___: 166–75 : SOTER
59
Vehicle with runners : SLED
Down
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Jet speed unit : MACH
2
Dali's "Nostalgic ___" : ECHO
3
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
4
Confection flavoring : LICORICE
5
Trick : DELUDE
6
Shakespearean hanger : ATALE
7
Attire for Tallchief : TUTU
8
Former London Laborite : EDE
9
Sweets : DESSERTS
10
Dog resembling a greyhound : SALUKI
11
Passed through pores : TRANSPIRED
12
Dyne or erg : UNIT
13
Auction gestures : NODS
18
Oil source : OLIVE
22
Unclear : HAZY
24
Yugoslav coins : PARAS
25
Like hillbilly speech : NASAL
26
Where Crockett died : ALAMO
27
Tickles : TITILLATES
28
Tangle : MIXUP
29
Cordial flavoring : ANISE
30
What Boswell kept : NOTES
32
Wooden duck : DECOY
35
Spars : TOPMASTS
36
Sets of open shelves : WHATNOTS
38
Authorization : FIAT
39
Delicacy : TREAT
41
Deductible items : LOSSES
42
Frame for drying cloth : TENTER
44
Parisian's drink : BIERE
45
Air pollutant : SOOT
46
Literary Victor : HUGO
47
Iambs, spondees, etc. : FEET
48
Nonchalant : COOL
49
Feminine suffix : ETTE
50
Get rid of : SHED
53
The ___, British rock group : WHO

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

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