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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1992

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,589
Across
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Luxuriant : LUSH
5
"Per aspera ad ___" : ASTRA
10
Bugler's "good night" : TAPS
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Arrow poison : INEE
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Auto metal : STEEL
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Prognostication : OMEN
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Stag or cob : MALE
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Tooth adjunct : CANAL
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___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
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French followers : BULLDOGDRESSING
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Location : SITE
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Hood's rod : GAT
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Desserts served at the Bastille's fall? : BOMBES
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Maxims : PRECEPTS
33
Bakers' helpers : ICERS
34
Stadium sound : ROAR
35
Neither masc. nor fem. : NEUT
36
Former : LATE
37
Low-cut shoes : PUMPS
38
American author-voyager: 19th century : DANA
39
Ancient Italian town : ELEA
40
Assist an arsonist : ABET
41
Any Edmonton hockey player : OILER
42
Pilchards : SARDINES
44
Refer (to) : ADVERT
45
Brother's title : FRA
46
Pochard : SMEE
47
French companions : DOORSCHOPPASTRY
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Dugout, in Dijon : ABRI
56
Weird : EERIE
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Pa. port : ERIE
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Surf sound : ROTE
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Betulaceous tree : ALDER
60
Tante translation : AUNT
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Headland : NESS
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English potter : SPODE
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Middle: Comb. form : MEDI
Down
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Arm or leg : LIMB
2
A sloth : UNAU
3
Vend : SELL
4
French suites : HEELSBREADFRIES
5
Ties : ASCOTS
6
Wild West transport, for short : STAGE
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Look after : TEND
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Rise high : REAR
9
People making statements : ALLEGERS
10
French connections : TOASTENDIVESEAM
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Both: Prefix : AMBI
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Drudge : PEON
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Warmly comfortable : SNUG
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Expires : DIES
22
Bursa : SAC
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Ill tempers : BILES
26
Fla. city : OCALA
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Longfellow concern : METER
28
Quinces, e.g. : POMES
29
Absorbed : RAPT
30
Washington's portraitist : PEALE
31
Radio-receiver part : TUNER
32
Origin : START
34
Hayseed : RUBE
37
Cure-alls : PANACEAS
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Music halls : ODEA
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It thrives on Apr. showers of Form 1040 : IRS
44
French physicist : AMPERE
46
Emulated Hari : SPIED
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Mend with thread : DARN
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A woodwind : OBOE
49
Fragments for Fido : ORTS
50
Employee : HELP
51
Church calendar : ORDO
52
Align : TRUE
53
Cheese covering : RIND
54
Himalayan mystery monster : YETI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 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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