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S. E. Wilkinson
S. E. Wilkinson

New York Times, Friday, August 9, 1985

Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9 Grid has duplicate clues.
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,058
Across
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Brin on a fan : RIB
4
Proverbial equal of a miss : AMILE
9
Class celeb. : BMOC
13
Acronym for a plane's departure : JATO
14
Kind of soil : ZONAL
15
Laughter or rice, in Roma : RISO
16
Trojan War hero : AJAX
17
Had discomfort : AILED
18
What Pandora let loose : ILLS
19
Paradise : VALHALLA
21
Small trading unit : ODDLOT
23
On fire : ABLAZE
24
Trill : WARBLE
26
___ Jazz, N.B.A. team : UTAH
28
U.S. film executive : VALENTI
31
Glove material : LISLE
34
O.T. book : OBAD
36
Memorable couturier : DIOR
37
It precedes la-la : OOH
38
Paradise : CAMELOT
41
Actor Tognazzi : UGO
42
"___ at the pane ... ": Browning : ATAP
44
"Romola" character : TITO
45
Blurbist : ADMAN
47
Conduit entrance : MANHOLE
49
Kind of dive : NOSE
51
Jean-Luc of "new wave" cinema : GODARD
53
Groom's milieu : STABLE
57
Lurch : CAREEN
59
Heavenly place : EMPYREAN
61
Tennis term : ADIN
62
Native of Kazan : TATAR
64
Colorado's Great ___ Dunes : SAND
65
Arias for tenors : SOLI
66
"___ the wrong way today": Behn : IROSE
67
Signs a contract : INKS
68
Mare's nest : HOAX
69
Fumous : SMOKY
70
Rogers or Clark : ROY
Down
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Islamic month : RAJAB
2
Know-___ (smart aleck) : ITALL
3
Veer square-rigger sharply : BOXHAUL
4
Shrub of the heath family : AZALEA
5
Drudge : MOIL
6
Acquired relative : INLAW
7
Ka ___, Hawaiian cape : LAE
8
Paradise for plutocrats : ELDORADO
9
Took offense (at) : BRIDLED
10
Paradisiacal period : MILLENIUM
11
Site of 1952 Winter Olympics : OSLO
12
Part of h.c.l. : COST
13
Beanery drink : JAVA
20
Nahuatl speaker : AZTEC
22
Kind of agt. : DBL
25
Celtic paradise : AVALON
27
More comfortable : HOMIER
29
Augustan attire : TOGA
30
Pressing need : IRON
31
Broccoli brown : LOAM
32
Scintilla : IOTA
33
Hidden paradise : SHANGRILA
35
Lay down : BET
39
Paradise, in Greek legend : ATLANTIS
40
Sapid : TASTY
43
Symbol of immortality : PHOENIX
46
Letter opener : DEARSIR
48
Parabasis : ODE
50
Large diving bird : OSPREY
52
Artoo-___, of "Star Wars" : DETOO
54
Form of bingo : BEANO
55
Spare : LANKY
56
Denouements : ENDS
57
Spondulicks : CASH
58
"I now bid you a welcome ___": Browne : ADOO
60
Domino : MASK
63
Accouter : ARM

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

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