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Jeff Herrington
Jeff Herrington

New York Times, Tuesday, July 9, 1991

Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 33.5
Jeff Herrington has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,218
Across
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Oriental cookers : WOKS
5
Italian province : PARMA
10
Pequod skipper : AHAB
14
Brainstorm : IDEA
15
Of the birds : AVIAN
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Motive leader : LOCO
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Fourth largest plus smallest planets : NEPTUNEANDPLUTO
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Fact : DATUM
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Astronaut Gus : GRISSOM
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Wheel-speed meas. : RPM
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Capetown citizen : BOER
25
Hesitation sounds : ERS
26
Condemn : DAMN
29
Orel's river : OKA
31
Corn porridge : SAMP
33
___ Khan : AGA
34
Honolulu's island : OAHU
36
Skoal, e.g. : TOAST
39
Eighth largest plus fifth largest planets : MERCURYANDEARTH
43
Novelist Burroughs : EDGAR
44
Muslim prince : EMIR
45
Kind of dance : TOE
46
Original donor : ADAM
48
Red ___ beet : ASA
49
An O'Neal : RYAN
50
June bug : DOR
52
Strong ales : NOGS
54
Undergarment : BRA
56
Gastronome : EPICURE
58
Swelling of plant parts : EDEMA
62
Sixth largest plus largest planets : VENUSANDJUPITER
66
Mine finds : ORES
67
Local forecasting system : SODAR
68
Military group : UNIT
69
Reo contemporary : NASH
70
Gown material : SATIN
71
Seventh largest planet : MARS
Down
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Bora or chinook : WIND
2
Greek theaters : ODEA
3
Held : KEPT
4
Second largest planet : SATURN
5
Move a movie camera : PAN
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"___ Maria" : AVE
7
Estuary : RIA
8
Tropical fruit : MANGO
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Guitarist Segovia : ANDRES
10
"___ fair in love ... " : ALLS
11
Fraternity shindig : HOUSEPARTY
12
Thespian : ACTOR
13
Sonic noises : BOOMS
18
Strike caller, for short : UMP
19
Freebooter : PIRATE
23
Othello, e.g. : MOOR
24
Nassau's commonwealth : BAHAMAS
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Notre ___ : DAME
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Venerable : AGED
28
Certain spreads : MARGARINES
30
Sammy or Danny : KAYE
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Extinct bird : MOA
35
Les États-___ : UNIS
37
Plato's promenade : STOA
38
At that time : THEN
40
Scoundrel : CAD
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Third largest planet : URANUS
42
Colorless : DRAB
47
Marsh : MORASS
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Curies' find : RADIUM
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English county or cattle : DEVON
51
Gounod's forte : OPERA
53
Ligurian port : GENOA
55
Agt. : REP
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Eldest son of Ham : CUSH
59
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
60
Memorable Israeli leader : MEIR
61
Music, drama, etc. : ARTS
63
Banned insecticide : DDT
64
___ alai : JAI
65
Footed vase : URN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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