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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Thursday, July 2, 1981

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 53, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,559
Across
1
Some Princetonians : COEDS
6
Bartlett's relative : BOSC
10
Miss Le Gallienne : EVA
13
Let in : ADMIT
14
Buffalo's kin : ANOA
15
Cow, in Castilla : VACA
17
American playwright : PAULOSBORN
19
Architects' concerns : ELLS
20
"Jacta ___ est!" : ALEA
21
Squares : EVENSUP
23
Composer Mahler : GUSTAV
26
Hall of Fame goalie : PLANTE
27
Biographer Edwards : ANNE
28
Vane direction : ESE
30
Ecol. or econ. : SCI
31
"Winterset" hero : MIO
32
Same old routine : GRIND
34
Ansel ___, famed photographer : ADAMS
38
Hit play by 17 Across : MORNINGSATSEVEN
41
Singer Susan ___ : ANTON
42
Place for a bust : NICHE
43
Old Tokyo : EDO
44
Approves : OKS
46
Letter for Churchill : VEE
47
Certain cut : CREW
48
Plane part : ENGINE
50
Ranchers' ropes : REATAS
52
Condensed account : EPITOME
54
Anagram for tuna : AUNT
55
City in Bergen Co., N.J. : LODI
56
Legendary giant lumberjack : PAULBUNYAN
61
Look : SEEM
62
Singer James from L.A. : ETTA
63
Like some seasons : RAINY
64
Uno e due : TRE
65
Greek letters : RHOS
66
Character in "Silas Marner" : EPPIE
Down
1
Beret or biretta : CAP
2
Room for Fatima : ODA
3
Rhea's look-alike : EMU
4
Expand : DILATE
5
Roman garment : STOLA
6
Ali ___ : BABA
7
"Sail ___ Ship of State!" : ONO
8
City in Canada : SOREL
9
Feat of Klee : CANVAS
10
Vespers time : EVENTIDE
11
"___ Mélancolique," Liszt composition : VALSE
12
Civil rights org. : ACLU
16
Ophidian : ASP
18
River into Bristol Channel : SEVERN
22
Package : ENCASE
23
___ ray : GAMMA
24
Part of I.T.U. : UNION
25
Stall sound : SNORT
26
Derby winner after Count Fleet : PENSIVE
29
Kind of language : SIGN
32
Ornamental tree of the Orient : GINKGO
33
Freshwater fish : DACE
35
Ward off : AVERT
36
Femme fatale of myths : MEDEA
37
Phoebe and C.P. : SNOWS
39
When whistles blow : NOONTIME
40
" ... ay, there's ___": Hamlet : THERUB
45
Silly, self-conscious smile : SIMPER
47
Sleep lightly : CATNAP
48
Sea duck : EIDER
49
Under, in poesy : NEATH
51
Steel : ENURE
52
City RR's : ELS
53
Pulitzer Prize winner Howard Nemerov, e.g. : POET
54
Word of woe : ALAS
57
___-Aztecan : UTO
58
Kennel sound : YIP
59
Witch bird : ANI
60
Group of pheasants : NYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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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