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Russell
Russell

New York Times, Friday, June 22, 1979

Author:
Russell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 28.1
Russell has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,818
Across
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Hoofbeat on cobblestones : CLOP
5
Crucial : ACUTE
10
Exclamation in Dublin : ARRA
14
Israeli folk dance : HORA
15
Sniffed : NOSED
16
Nobelist in Chemistry: 1944 : HAHN
17
Officially approved, as a college : ACCREDITED
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Chief Norse god : ODIN
20
Vincent Price chiller: 1963 : DIARYOFAMADMAN
22
Ineloquent pauses : ERS
23
Architect Saarinen : EERO
24
Regard with repugnance : ABHOR
28
Street urchin : WAIF
31
A two-master: Abbr. : SCH
33
Gang : CREW
34
Zombielike state of mind : TRANCE
36
Letter : CEE
37
Vincent Price hair-raiser: 1963 : COMEDYOFTERRORS
40
Saint Louis was one : ROI
41
Set of nine : ENNEAD
42
Heroic poetry : EPOS
43
Wee hrs. : AMS
44
Kingly role : LEAR
45
Silly ones : GEESE
46
Tiff : SPAT
48
Spy guys : CIA
50
Vincent Price thriller: 1973 : THEATREOFBLOOD
58
Section of the Met : TIER
59
Sound, practical judgment: Colloq. : HORSESENSE
60
Prefix with phobia : ACRO
61
Make joyful : ELATE
62
"___ Eruditorum," Roman journal : ACTA
63
Kin of "geetars" : UKES
64
Gold or silver : METAL
65
"A ___ of dreadful note": Shak. : DEED
Down
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Actor Everett : CHAD
2
Places, in legal phrases : LOCI
3
Killer whale : ORCA
4
Catherine ___, last wife of Henry VIII : PARR
5
Communicative catchall : ANDOR
6
Styles the hair : COIFS
7
Harness racing org. : USTA
8
Rain cats and dogs : TEEM
9
Icelandic epic : EDDA
10
Adler's "A House Is Not ___" : AHOME
11
Viewing screen used at airports : RADARSCOPE
12
Ionesco play : RHINOCEROS
13
Actress Blyth : ANN
18
One who ogles : EYER
21
Yield : DEFER
24
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
25
Vehicle for Endora? : BROOMSTICK
26
Realm; province : HEMISPHERE
27
"The little I know, I ___ to my ignorance": Guitry : OWE
28
Thin cake : WAFER
29
Theater org. : ANTA
30
Frosted : ICED
32
Hermann ___, German novelist : HESSE
34
Northumberland river : TYNE
35
Columnist Barrett : RONA
38
Word with ray or wing : DELTA
39
Arikara : REE
45
Has a bull session : GABS
47
Planes, for short : AEROS
48
___ Mesa, L.A. suburb : COSTA
49
"___ a Song Coming On" : IFEEL
51
Horror film of 1954 : THEM
52
Work for Mr. Price : ROLE
53
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
54
Top job for Vincent : LEAD
55
Fairy tale's first word : ONCE
56
Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
57
"The Walking ___," 1936 horror film : DEAD
58
St. Anthony's cross : TAU

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

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