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S. E. Booker
S. E. Booker

New York Times, Saturday, April 13, 1991

Author:
S. E. Booker
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
S. E. Booker has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,131
Across
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Foldaways : COTS
5
Limiting condition : CATCH
10
Ocean liner? : SAND
14
Out of whack : ALOP
15
Allan-___ of old ballads : ADALE
16
"Song of India," e.g. : ARIA
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Actress Bonet : LISA
18
Hindu mendicant : FAKIR
19
It's in the book : TEXT
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"THANKS FOR THE" : LOSSOFMEMORY
23
To be, in Brest : ETRE
24
Unyielding : OBDURATE
28
Civil disobedience : SEDITION
31
"___ Book": E. Burdick : NINAS
32
Settled snugly : ENSCONCED
34
A .45 : COLT
35
Gun owners' gp. : NRA
36
Welty's "The Wide ___" : NET
37
Military asst. : ADC
40
Ring win called by a ref : TKO
41
Alms : DOLE
43
Proprietary right : OWNERSHIP
46
"I'll set ___ of rue ... ": Shak. : ABANK
48
Sanctity : HOLINESS
49
A British breakfast dish : KEDGEREE
52
Consumer : USER
53
VERMONTANA : UNITEDSTATES
57
Intangible barrier for marathoners : WALL
60
French toast : SALUT
61
Metric unit, for short : KILO
62
___ Palme, memorable Swedish statesman : OLOF
63
Lyric poem : EPODE
64
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
65
Lip service? : KISS
66
Allude (to) : REFER
67
English poet-critic: 1893-1968 : READ
Down
1
Halloo : CALL
2
Miscellany : OLIO
3
ALDAS : TOSSEDSALAD
4
Fitful : SPASTIC
5
The quicker picker upper? : CAFFEINE
6
"Giselle" composer : ADAM
7
Sign on a giveaway : TAKEONE
8
Go up : CLIMB
9
King of Judea : HEROD
10
Lascivious : SATYRIC
11
Is multiplied? : ARE
12
No way : NIX
13
"Dese are de conditions ___ prevail": Durante : DAT
21
He wrote "What the Butler Saw" : ORTON
22
Hose woe : RUN
25
"THE TIME TIME MACHINE" : ANOTHERTIME
26
"___ cheap" : TALKIS
27
Impedes, legally : ESTOPS
28
"Where the Wild Things Are" author : SENDAK
29
Dress for the bench : ENROBE
30
VIII : OCTO
33
Linda of "Another World" : DANO
38
Reduce the sheen of yarn : DELUSTER
39
Movie critic Judith : CRIST
42
Swallows up : ENGULFS
44
" ... bound upon a ___ fire ... ": King Lear : WHEELOF
45
Plimsoll : SNEAKER
47
Cognizance : KEN
50
Perron part : RISER
51
Public storehouse : ETAPE
54
Jack-a-dandy : DUDE
55
Lamb cover-up : ELIA
56
Realtor's sign : SOLD
57
Chinese cooking pan : WOK
58
Cousin of Mohammed : ALI
59
Altos or Banos preceder : LOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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