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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, May 14, 1981

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,510
Across
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Ayres and Gen. Wallace : LEWS
5
Skip over : OMIT
9
Scott Joplin's music : RAG
12
Mt. Ida maiden of myths : OREAD
14
Deadly poison : BANE
15
Skylab astronaut: 1973 : CARR
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Passageway : AISLE
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Brooklyn-Manhattan divider : EASTRIVER
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Bedding : MATTRESS
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Trojan hero : AENEAS
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Gracie Mansion occupant before Koch : BEAME
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United : ONED
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Tease : NEEDLE
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What Blake called "a rich, ugly old maid" : PRUDENCE
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Opposite of lve. : ARR
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Henry VII et al. : TUDORS
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Some marsupials, familiarly : ROOS
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Hull's lowest point : BILGE
36
Common Moslem name : ALI
37
___ Raymond Cobb : TYRUS
38
Depression migrant : OKIE
39
In rapid tempo : PRESTO
41
Prefix with foil : TRE
42
Ireland's baleful wailers : BANSHEES
44
Subjects of 10 amendments : RIGHTS
46
Duds : TOGS
47
U.S.S.R. or Lebanese statesman : MALIK
48
Cornell site : ITHACA
51
Bottle encased in wickerwork : DEMIJOHN
54
Part of the Pacific : SOUTHSEAS
56
Bucketed water wheel : NORIA
57
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
58
"___ the pure all things are pure" : UNTO
59
Simpletons : GEESE
60
Word before West or Largo : KEY
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Observed : SEEN
62
Back talk : SASS
Down
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Brick mixture : LOAM
2
Silkworm : ERIA
3
Part of a divided city : WESTBERLIN
4
___ peanuts : SALTED
5
Needing a diet : OBESE
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He wrote "The Valachi Papers" : MAAS
7
Reagan et al. : INS
8
Lockjaw : TETANUS
9
Type of review : RAVE
10
Space : AREA
11
Shelties' surly sounds : GRRS
13
Adenauer : DERALTE
15
Like a well-used fireplace : CINDERY
18
Donna or Rex : REED
20
Flightless bird : EMEU
23
Oil used in perfumes : ORRIS
24
Big shot : NABOB
25
Violinist Morini : ERIKA
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Vaulting equipment : POLES
27
Pyongyang is its capital : NORTHKOREA
28
Woo : COURT
29
Letters : ESSES
32
Challenges : DARES
35
Conceive and gradually develop : GESTATE
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Peon's lot : TOILING
39
Winged steed : PEGASUS
40
Cable car : TRAM
43
Lofty, in Leipzig : HOCH
45
Doughboys of W.W. II : GIJOES
47
Subatomic particle : MESON
48
Author Dinesen : ISAK
49
Word with bag or board : TOTE
50
One of the Longs : HUEY
51
Oct. 12, 1492, e.g. : DATE
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Derisive sound : HISS
53
Denials in Glasgow : NAES
55
Weathercock indication : ENE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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