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Eileen Lexau
Eileen Lexau

New York Times, Saturday, August 8, 1992

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 38.0
Eileen Lexau has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,614
Across
1
Sri Lankan grasslands : PATANAS
8
Catkins : AMENTS
14
Discharged matter : EXUDATE
15
Phil of TV : DONAHUE
17
Kern musical: 1933 : ROBERTA
18
Neon, e.g. : ELEMENT
19
Eisenhut is one : ALP
20
Be a dilettante : DABBLE
22
Comment by Cratchit's boss : BAH
23
Half a North African dish : COUS
25
"On a ___ Day" : CLEAR
26
Nucha : NAPE
27
"___ girl!" : ITSA
28
Ancient Hebrew measure : KOR
29
One who lessens : ABATER
31
Caesar's 554 : DLIV
32
Elliott, to Franklin D. : SON
33
French aunts : TANTES
34
Greek letters : XIS
36
Winter time in Helena : MST
38
Turn right : GEE
39
Children : MINORS
42
Arab word for hill : TEL
44
Very, to Pierre : TRES
47
Greek markets : AGORAE
48
Guido's high note : ELA
49
Actress Daly : TYNE
50
Incipient alums. : SNRS
51
German city : TRIER
53
Storm-hunting satellite : ESSA
54
Fireplace projection : HOB
55
Unexpected gains: Br. slang : BUNCES
57
Opacate : DIM
58
Of Palaearctic deserts, etc. : EREMIAN
61
Novelist France : ANATOLE
63
Burst, as a seed pod : DEHISCE
64
Lawn seeder, e.g. : STREWER
65
Thick stems : STALKS
66
Fragments : TAGENDS
Down
1
Chemist's inorganic compound : PERACID
2
A salamander : AXOLOTL
3
With 12 Down, lines from "New York, New York" : TUBPUSIXNORBEHT
4
"Fables in Slang" author : ADE
5
Kind of ointment : NARD
6
Has at : ATTACKS
7
Blue-green alga : SEABLOOM
8
Poet Nicolson : ADELA
9
Kind of rodent : MOLERAT
10
Nantes-to-Angers dir. : ENE
11
Place of service for some vets : NAM
12
See 3 Down : THEBATTERYSDOWN
13
New England trout : SUNAPEE
16
Anesthetics : ETHERS
21
He wrote the music for "New York, New York" : BERNSTEIN
24
Redeemers : SAVIORS
26
"No, No, ___": 1925 musical : NANETTE
30
Sack : BAG
35
Madrid Mrs. : SRA
37
"Jeopardy!" is one : TELECAST
39
Kind of potatoes : MASHED
40
Pays no attention to : IGNORES
41
Reverse : SETBACK
43
Designer de ___ : LARENTA
45
Stored green fodder : ENSILED
46
Garment workers : SEAMERS
52
Ancient cryptic signs : RUNES
56
Tony of puppetry : SARG
59
Actress Farrow : MIA
60
Icel., e.g. : ISL
62
Strange device : TEE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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