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Janke
Janke

New York Times, Tuesday, May 5, 1981

Author:
Janke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 22.3
Janke has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,501
Across
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Express praise : CLAP
5
Suffix with pay or tax : ABLE
9
"Front porch" material : FLAB
13
What a Mexican whistles : AIRE
14
Stupendous : GREAT
15
Entertainer Falana : LOLA
16
Got even : SQUAREDACCOUNTS
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Famed man from Mo. : HST
20
Iraqi, to an Irani : ENEMY
21
Word after round or flank : STEAK
22
___ Street : MAIN
23
Ibsen character : ASE
24
Math professor's "impossible" command : SQUARETHECIRCLE
32
Fourth-down play : PUNT
33
Patriotic British composer : ARNE
34
Dry ___ (plant disease) : ROT
35
Leaping before looking : RASH
36
Roi's mate : REINE
38
In slanguage, a heavy financial loss : BATH
39
Newscaster Seamans : IKE
40
Outsize incisor : TUSK
41
___-bitty : ITTY
42
Is treated fairly : GETSASQUAREDEAL
47
Theater section : PIT
48
"Get a ___ on!" : MOVE
49
Once more : AGAIN
52
___ Ching (Chinese scripture) : TAOTE
54
First name of "The Arkansas Traveler" : BOB
57
Expression used when a plan goes awry : BACKTOSQUAREONE
60
Author Wiesel : ELIE
61
Goatlike creatures : FAUNS
62
Highest point : NOON
63
Certain small fry : TADS
64
Campus org. : FRAT
65
To be: Fr. : ETRE
Down
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Till contents : CASH
2
Fluids: Abbr. : LIQS
3
In ___ (habituated to dullness) : ARUT
4
Vegetable : PEA
5
Passionate : ARDENT
6
Ray : BEAM
7
Fragile : LACY
8
Apples, oranges, ___ : ETC
9
Tool for making decorative grooves : FLUTER
10
Like a certain Eagle : LONE
11
Ski resort in Utah : ALTA
12
Sit on a sunny shore : BASK
14
Barbara Eden role on TV : GENIE
17
Display fear, as a filly : REAR
18
Davis from Cogdell, Ga. : OSSIE
22
Trig., geom., etc. : MATH
23
Breakout in adolescence : ACNE
24
Shoot : SPRIG
25
Tragic 1980 event in Italy : QUAKE
26
Loose, as a diamond : UNSET
27
Oriental poem : HAIKU
28
Puzzler's bird : ERN
29
Prepare for shipping : CRATE
30
Girl's name (anagram for total) : LOTTA
31
Alcohol base : ETHYL
36
Become oxidized : RUST
37
Abbr., chiefly for lawyers : ESQ
38
Wait : BIDE
40
"___ funny, McGee" : TAINT
43
Large nails : SPIKES
44
Quantity : AMOUNT
45
Lists of persons : ROTAS
46
Always : EVER
49
Assist an arsonist : ABET
50
Party : GALA
51
Tart : ACID
52
Dictator : TSAR
53
___ vitae (brandy) : AQUA
54
Napoleon or Wellington : BOOT
55
___ about (courtroom phrase) : ONOR
56
Part of N.B. : BENE
58
On a holiday : OFF
59
Compass point : ENE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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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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