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Fraas
Fraas

New York Times, Friday, May 13, 1983

Author:
Fraas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { H J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 86, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 45.2
Fraas has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,239
Across
1
Oriental temple : PAGODA
7
Man has 12 of these : MOLARS
13
Throwback : ATAVIST
15
Site of N.T. events : GALILEE
16
Pleated drapery : VALANCE
17
Windflower : ANEMONE
18
Building wing : ELL
19
Biting insect : GALLINIPPER
21
Cup-to-lip mishap : SLIP
23
Typewriter rollers : PLATENS
24
Contend : VIE
26
Pitcher : EWER
27
Caught : GOT
30
Book of sacred songs : PSALTER
33
Excludes an LL.B. : DISBARS
36
Toughen : ANNEAL
37
Kim Hunter's role in "A Streetcar ... " : STELLA
38
Muscle for a good turn : ROTATOR
40
Mutt, compared to Jeff : SMALLER
41
Coll. degrees : ABS
42
Trapper's trophy : PELT
44
Unite : TIE
45
Do the town : STEPOUT
48
Brontë heroine : EYRE
51
Hodgepodge : GALLIMAUFRY
55
Succeeded : WON
56
Gold-colored alloys : OROIDES
57
Most abysmal, as weather : FOULEST
59
Shirtwaist, for one : GARMENT
60
Mineral-rich area of Europe : SILESIA
61
Harvard, among U.S. colleges : OLDEST
62
"Gentlemen, be ___" : SEATED
Down
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___ the way (facilitates) : PAVES
2
In any way : ATALL
3
Roves : GALLIVANTS
4
Egg cells : OVA
5
Bell sound : DING
6
Music org. : ASCAP
7
Preciosity : MANNERISM
8
Liquid portion of fat : OLEIN
9
Hobbles : LIMPS
10
Hanging over on one side : ALOP
11
Philosopher Descartes : RENE
12
Crystal gazer : SEER
14
Check checker : TELLER
15
Describing trotters or pacers : GAITED
20
Gresham's ___ : LAW
22
Birds' pates : PILEA
25
Coup d'___ : ETAT
27
Into total disorder : GALLEYWEST
28
Heraldic border : ORLE
29
Autocrat : TSAR
30
Money in Belgrade : PARA
31
Smugly superior person : SNOB
32
Runaway trip to a J.P. : ELOPEMENT
34
Stabilizer: Comb. form : STAT
35
Contradict : BELIE
39
Meal : REPAST
40
Surfeits : STUFFS
43
Piniella or Costello : LOU
45
Viscous mud : SLIME
46
Flood and neap : TIDES
47
Ménage à ___ : TROIS
49
W.W. II riveter : ROSIE
50
Inward: Anat. : ENTAD
51
Spirited or aggressive : GOGO
52
Asiatic sea : ARAL
53
Alfred, ___ Tennyson : LORD
54
Christmastide : YULE
58
Pasture : LEA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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