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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

New York Times, Friday, August 2, 1991

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 51.6
Peter Gordon has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 109 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,242
Across
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O.T. book : PSA
4
Train track : RAIL
8
Buddy : CHUM
12
Hamlet's big brother : TOWN
13
Senior : ELDER
15
Seine feeder : OISE
16
Hard fat : SUET
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Anagram of STIPULATED : PLATITUDES
19
Kind of schooner : PRAIRIE
21
They give tips at tracks : TOUTERS
22
Nasal tone : TWANG
23
R-V connection : STU
24
Specialty of 55 Down : ESSAY
26
Kimono sash : OBI
29
Nonsense : TRASH
33
Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR
34
Anagram of NECTARINES : TRANSIENCE
36
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
37
Outlook : VISTA
38
Make demands on : TAX
39
Anagram of SUPERSONIC : PERCUSSION
42
Ram, e.g. : MALE
43
Depside is one : ESTER
44
Ritter or Beneke : TEX
45
Beeped a beeper : PAGED
46
Bad newspaper : RAG
48
Overture, for short : INTRO
50
Lockjaw : TETANUS
54
Trig calculations : COSINES
57
Anagram of MARASCHINO : HARMONICAS
59
Aswan Dam site : NILE
60
" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
61
Pool-table material : SLATE
62
Mongolia is here : ASIA
63
Actor Baldwin : ALEC
64
Bornite and cinnabar : ORES
65
R.M.N.'s first V.P. : STA
Down
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Decant : POUR
2
Anagram of SWARTHIEST : SWEATSHIRT
3
Dovelike : ANTIWAR
4
Prepare to sew again : REPIN
5
Anagram of LEGISLATOR : ALLEGORIST
6
Actress Lupino : IDA
7
Latvian : LETT
8
Haute ___ (high fashion) : COUTURE
9
Seek's partner : HIDE
10
Computer operator : USER
11
Army meal : MESS
12
One-sixth of a fl. oz. : TSP
14
Ocho ___, Jamaica : RIOS
18
___-frutti (ice-cream flavor) : TUTTI
20
Music great Charles : RAY
24
Take the honey and run : ELOPE
25
Goaltender's stat : SAVES
27
Memorable pianist from N.J. : BASIE
28
Anagram of EXCITATION : INTOXICATE
30
Anagram of STAGNATION : ANTAGONIST
31
Cartographer's concern : SCALE
32
Put a spell on : HEXED
34
Idiot boxes : TVS
35
Juan or Diego : SAN
40
Made from clay : CERAMIC
41
Heavens: Comb. form : URANO
42
Boat basins : MARINAS
45
A TD is worth six : PTS
47
Butter's alternative : GUNS
49
Proboscises : NOSES
50
Mr. T's "___-Team" : THEA
51
Bowler Anthony : EARL
52
Genealogical chart : TREE
53
Farm structure : SILO
55
Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
56
Yellow, for one : SEA
58
Dave Crabtree's mother, e.g. : CAR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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