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Joe Clonick
New York Times, Tuesday, July 10, 1990
Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.1
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 G | 3 L | 4 E | 5 T | 6 P | 7 A | 8 S | 9 T | 10 M | 11 O | 12 O | 13 R |
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14 B | R | A | V | O | 15 A | S | C | I | 16 E | R | T | E |
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17 C | A | V | I | L | 18 R | O | A | N | 19 D | A | I | S |
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20 S | M | A | L | L | 21 W | O | R | L | D | 22 I | N | C | H |
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23 S | A | C | 24 P | E | 25 R | U | ||||||||
26 C | 27 O | 28 G | 29 S | H | 30 E | 31 R | E | M | 32 I | 33 S | 34 S |
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35 H | A | I | R | 36 S | H | I | R | 37 T | 38 A | R | O | L | L |
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39 I | N | L | A | W | 40 A | N | E | 41 D | A | N | I | A |
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42 S | I | E | N | A | 43 L | I | N | 44 G | E | R | I | N | G |
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45 S | O | R | D | I | 46 D | 47 E | D | O | 48 E | C | G | |||
49 S | N | A | 50 P | 51 I | L | 52 L | ||||||||
53 F | 54 L | 55 I | T | 56 B | Y | 57 A | N | D | L | 58 A | 59 R | 60 G | 61 E |
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62 L | Y | R | A | 63 B | R | I | G | 64 A | L | I | A | S |
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65 A | L | A | N | 66 L | E | N | T | 67 M | A | M | I | E |
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68 B | E | N | D | 69 E | S | T | O | 70 A | R | E | A | L |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,854
Across
1
Shoelace tip : AGLET
6
Over : PAST
10
Heath : MOOR
14
Shout at La Scala : BRAVO
15
Spore sacs : ASCI
16
Famed Art Deco designer : ERTE
17
Carp : CAVIL
18
Horse of a different color? : ROAN
19
Speaker's platform : DAIS
20
Song from "Gypsy" : SMALLWORLD
22
Foot part : INCH
23
Algonquian tribe : SAC
24
Ill. or Ind. city : PERU
26
Type of railway : COG
29
That woman : SHE
31
Negligent : REMISS
35
Penitent's garb : HAIRSHIRT
38
On ___ (experiencing continued success) : AROLL
39
Relative by marriage : INLAW
40
"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANE
41
Fla. city : DANIA
42
Tuscan city : SIENA
43
Like a stubborn cold : LINGERING
45
Squalid; depraved : SORDID
47
Tokyo, once : EDO
48
Heart test: Abbr. : ECG
49
Breeze; pushover : SNAP
51
One kind of wind : ILL
53
Dart; flutter : FLIT
56
In the main : BYANDLARGE
62
Vega's constellation : LYRA
63
Navy guardhouse : BRIG
64
Assumed name : ALIAS
65
Bean or Shepard : ALAN
66
Fast period : LENT
67
Ike's wife : MAMIE
68
Flex : BEND
69
"___ Perpetua" (Idaho motto) : ESTO
70
Of a region : AREAL
Down
1
First lessons : ABCS
2
About 15 grains : GRAM
3
Flow from Pelée : LAVA
4
Satanic : EVIL
5
Donne's bell does this : TOLLS
6
Of narrow scope : PAROCHIAL
7
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
8
Sell tickets illegally : SCALP
9
Highly flammable wood : TINDER
10
Steak order : MEDIUMRARE
11
Algerian port : ORAN
12
Of the ear : OTIC
13
Hebrew letter : RESH
21
Use a lavabo : WASH
25
Aptly named English author : READE
26
Caruso role in "I Pagliacci" : CANIO
27
Houston athlete : OILER
28
Play to the crowd : GRANDSTAND
30
Banks or Pyle : ERNIE
32
Of a classical Greek order : IONIC
33
Throw, as hash : SLING
34
Scoria : SLAG
35
Vocalize like a viper : HISS
36
Lover : SWAIN
37
"Thoughts ___ ambition ... ": Shak. : TENDINGTO
44
It's not all that glisters : GOLD
46
What dilettantes do : DABBLE
50
Combustible piles : PYRES
52
Andean beast : LLAMA
53
Spare-tire constituent? : FLAB
54
Author of "The Bronx Zoo" : LYLE
55
Former Peacock Throne site : IRAN
57
"___ She Sweet?" : AINT
58
Banned apple spray : ALAR
59
Hoarfrost : RIME
60
Earth goddess: Var. : GAIA
61
Dresden donkey : ESEL
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.
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