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Eileen Lexau
Eileen Lexau

New York Times, Saturday, April 9, 1988

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 52.1
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. 14,032
Across
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Lighthouse : PHAROS
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Sandbank : SHOAL
12
Obliteration : RASURE
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Old chap : CODGER
15
She wrote "Angel of Light" : JOYCECAROLOATES
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"___ a penny ... " : INFOR
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Planter : SOWER
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Do a buck-and-wing : TAP
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Booty : LOOT
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Early railroad tycoon : GOULD
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Trick : RUSE
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Düsseldorf door : TUR
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Chair parts : RUNGS
26
Writer Francis or Roger : BACON
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First prime minister of Ghana : NKRUMAH
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Happening : EVENT
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Involve unfavorably : IMPLICATE
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Part of a door frame : STILE
36
Aircraft-engine enclosure : NACELLE
39
Color modifier : TONER
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Eyes amorously : OGLES
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Likely : APT
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Fish often seen in pools : ORFS
44
School dances : PROMS
45
Eastern bigwig : EMIR
46
Suffix with provident : IAL
47
Wernher von ___, rocket engineer : BRAUN
48
Originate : ARISE
49
She wrote "Villette": 1853 : CHARLOTTEBRONTE
52
Stow in a ship's hold : STEEVE
53
Huarache : SANDAL
54
___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
55
He wrote "The Crisis": 1714 : STEELE
Down
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Him or her : PRONOUN
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Farm tool : HAYFORK
3
Race place : ASCOT
4
Remorseful one : RUER
5
Killer whale : ORC
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A part-time employee : SEASONAL
7
Frowns : SCOWLS
8
___ out (sank a putt) : HOLED
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Yerby's "An ___ of Sanctity" : ODOR
10
Begum's spouse : AGA
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Cos, e.g. : LETTUCE
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Sanity : REASON
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Leave at the church : JILT
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Shaping in a preliminary way : ROUGHINGOUT
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Tired : SPENT
22
An Andy of the comics : GUMP
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"Myrrha" composer : RAVEL
25
Author Godden : RUMER
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French brutes : BETES
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Irritates : RILES
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Serenity : CALMNESS
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"Bullets" in poker : ACES
33
Impassive : STOIC
34
Hebrew scrolls : TORAHS
35
Expand, in a way : INFLATE
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Of layers : LAMINAL
38
Didactic letter : EPISTLE
40
Emulates Pericles : ORATES
42
Sapota or senecio : TREE
44
Demonstrate as true : PROVE
45
Trade center in India : ERODE
47
Fruit decay : BLET
48
Book by Bjornson : ARNE
50
Legal thing : RES
51
Vespertilio : BAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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