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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Saturday, September 10, 1988

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.9
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,186
Across
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Obligation : DEBT
5
Woolen fabric : CASHA
10
Snare : TRAP
14
Operatic feature : ARIA
15
More gifted : ABLER
16
Mystic symbol : RUNE
17
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Donkey : ASS
21
Saul's chief herdsman : DOEG
22
Black-ink item : ASSET
23
Secluded valley : GLEN
24
Religious group : SECT
26
Like Hg? : NEARESTTOTHESUN
33
Took apart : UNDID
34
Curia tribunal : ROTA
35
Spanish gold : ORO
36
Pub missile : DART
37
Fatuous : INANE
39
Author Victor ___ : HUGO
40
Nice hot time : ETE
41
English festivals : ALES
42
Sits : POSES
43
47
Headland : NESS
48
Modernists : NEOS
49
Foreign : ALIEN
52
Satanists, e.g. : CULT
53
Little Red Book author : MAO
56
60
Willow : ITEA
61
Member of the birch family : ALDER
62
Butter substitute : OLEO
63
X-rated : SEXY
64
Like some forest ground : MOSSY
65
Equal : PEER
Down
1
Facts : DATA
2
Notable periods : ERAS
3
Protective cloths : BIBS
4
Greek cross : TAU
5
Indian craft : CANOES
6
Away : ABSENT
7
Plod through mud : SLOG
8
Border : HEM
9
A verb for you : ARE
10
"Valse ___" : TRISTE
11
Regrets : RUES
12
Feed the kitty : ANTE
13
Nuisance : PEST
18
Loafed : IDLED
19
Russian villa : DACHA
23
Spunk : GRIT
24
Presently : SOON
25
Feminine ending : ETTE
26
Less covered : NUDER
27
Maternally akin : ENATE
28
Pertinent : ADREM
29
Rubbish : TRASH
30
The March King : SOUSA
31
Impels : URGES
32
Rustler's comeuppance : NOOSE
37
Seine sights : ILES
38
Clears : NETS
39
Garden tools : HOES
41
Oat genus : AVENA
42
Type preceder : PROTO
44
Street sign : ONEWAY
45
Hardens : ENURES
46
Salad vegetable : CELERY
49
Sale condition : ASIS
50
Minstrel's instrument : LUTE
51
Bouquetin : IBEX
52
Bounders : CADS
53
Breakwater : MOLE
54
Toward shelter, at sea : ALEE
55
Olfactory stimulant : ODOR
57
Sweet potato : YAM
58
Ziegfeld, to his pals : FLO
59
Dandy : FOP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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