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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Tuesday, June 2, 1992

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The 63-Across answer is erroneous, as the "Sudden Impact" actress's name is Audrie Neenan.

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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,547
Across
1
Layers : COATS
6
Profs' concoctions : EXAMS
11
Wager : BET
14
Pre-empt : USURP
15
Third wife of Augustus Caesar : LIVIA
16
Shoshonean Indian : UTE
17
Secretary of State's Calif. meadow? : BAKERSFIELD
19
Mongrel : CUR
20
Grazing land : LEA
21
Washington athlete : REDSKIN
23
Wired : CABLED
26
It went past the old mill : STREAM
27
Jai ___ : ALAI
28
Hors d'oeuvres : DIPS
30
Brads or spads : NAILS
33
Impediments : BARS
34
Mauna ___ : LOA
35
Bandleader of the 1930's : BERNIE
36
Sum total: Abbr. : AMT
37
Canopied four-poster : TENTBED
39
An NCO : SGT
40
Lariats' loops : NOOSES
42
Fleming, the author : IAN
43
E.r.a. or r.b.i. : STAT
44
Former S.A.G. president : ASNER
45
Aviary term : CAGE
46
Large mackerel : PETO
47
Spoken : VERBAL
49
Venerates : ADORES
51
Fauna : ANIMALS
53
Pedro's uncle : TIO
54
Bro. or dau. : REL
55
Town on Chesapeake Bay : CAPECHARLES
61
Nothing : NIL
62
Kuwaiti bigwig : EMEER
63
Actress in "Sudden Impact" : NEENA
64
Music to a torero's ears : OLE
65
Town west of Johnstown, Pa. : DERRY
66
Eve ___, memorable Miss Brooks : ARDEN
Down
1
Chicago athlete : CUB
2
Explorer Johnson : OSA
3
Black-and-white diving bird : AUK
4
Support for rambler roses : TRELLIS
5
Binge : SPREE
6
Sprite : ELF
7
Cato's dozen : XII
8
Prevents : AVERTS
9
Sebastian Coe, for one : MILER
10
Made depressed : SADDENED
11
Architect-designer Fuller : BUCKMINSTER
12
Sewing case : ETUI
13
Aquatic bird : TERN
18
"Empty ___," 1936 song : SADDLES
22
River into the Mosel : SAAR
23
Beach structure : CABANA
24
Cottonwoods : ALAMOS
25
Clara's Ill. town? : BARTONVILLE
26
Of an astronaut's environment : SPATIAL
29
Charged atom : ION
31
Tie, as in surgery : LIGATE
32
Brief fights : SETTOS
35
Under : BENEATH
37
Like Rhine vineyards : TERRACED
38
Kind of lady : BAG
41
Appear : SEEM
43
Foxhound, for one : SPOORER
45
Golf's U.S. Open champ: 1959 : CASPER
48
Censure : BLAME
50
Artemis, to Cato : DIANA
51
River to the Ligurian Sea : ARNO
52
Armstrong or Diamond : NEIL
56
Always, in poesy : EER
57
Bawl : CRY
58
Conducted : LED
59
Suffix with ethyl : ENE
60
___ Mateo, Calif. : SAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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