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Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Maurice J. Teitelbaum

New York Times, Friday, April 11, 1980

Author:
Maurice J. Teitelbaum
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 48.5
Maurice J. Teitelbaum has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,112
Across
1
Maine city or its river : SACO
5
Western film classic : SHANE
10
Lease leader : LEND
14
Consort of Pan : ECHO
15
Eliot's "The Cocktail ___" : PARTY
16
Port near Quemoy : AMOY
17
Reporter's milieu : THEFOURTHESTATE
20
Men and boys : HES
21
Salvation ___ : ARMY
22
Hock or sack : WINE
23
Flans : TARTS
25
Mont or Cape : BLANC
27
Lawrence or Martin : STEVE
29
"I Faw Down an' Go ___" : BOOM
30
Bar rocks : ICE
33
Put on the payroll : HIRED
34
Single-masted boat : SLOOP
35
Jacobs's "The Monkey's ___" : PAW
36
Moslem title : AGA
37
Morning rouser : ALARM
38
Pongid : APE
39
Large parrot : KEA
40
Peltry : SKINS
41
Buttons or Knotts : ACTOR
43
Stray : ERR
44
Rockette's finale : KICK
45
Meat-market merchandise : LOINS
46
Leitmotif : THEME
48
Instrument for Piatigorsky : CELLO
50
Loafer that should be stepped on : SHOE
51
Picasso subject: 1949 : DOVE
52
Dribblers' org. : NBA
55
59
Hares' prominent features : EARS
60
Wonders' number : SEVEN
61
Shipwrecked one's refuge : ISLE
62
Gaelic : ERSE
63
Rips : TEARS
64
Lay in : STOW
Down
1
Fourth man : SETH
2
Relative of a twinge : ACHE
3
First Family: 1881–85 : CHESTERAARTHURS
4
Word of discomfort : OOF
5
Jet : SPURT
6
"In ___ Way," Preminger film : HARMS
7
Tinhorn : ARTY
8
Extreme : NTH
9
Trade-off in a biblical quote : EYE
10
The tongue of Tiberius : LATIN
11
Advocate of freedom for slaves : EMANCIPATIONIST
12
Symbol on a staff : NOTE
13
Eosin or fuchsin : DYE
18
Propelled a wherry : OARED
19
Okefenokee, e.g. : SWAMP
24
Fifth of Man. : AVE
25
Churlish people : BOORS
26
Puritan home fixture : LOOM
27
Fountain order : SHAKE
28
Blake subject : TIGER
29
Like much of Shakespeare's verse : BLANK
31
Gallinaceous entree : CAPON
32
Jugs : EWERS
34
Weekend golfer's problem : SLICE
37
Thespian Tamiroff : AKIM
40
Sport featuring clay disks : SKEET
41
Co-hero at Ticonderoga: 1775 : ALLEN
42
Title held by 41 Down: Abbr. : COL
47
Traveller in Lee's campaign : HORSE
48
Rising star : COMER
49
Bets at roulette : EVENS
50
Emulate an osprey : SOAR
51
She's often in the high-C areas : DIVA
53
Kid Gavilan's punch : BOLO
54
"And I saw ___ heaven": Rev. 21:1 : ANEW
55
Charge : FEE
56
Before D.D.E. : HST
57
Solway Firth feeder : DEE
58
Apt rhyme for miss : SIS

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