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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, September 7, 1983

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 20.8
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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H
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B
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R
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A
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T
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N
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D
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L
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,356
Across
1
Towel inscription : HIS
4
Cheeky child : BRAT
8
Let it ___ (stet) : STAND
13
Transmitted : SENT
14
San ___, Italy : REMO
15
Fifer's drum : TABOR
16
Pinta's sister : NINA
17
Upolu port : APIA
18
Dogie catcher : RIATA
19
Czech river : ODER
20
Lepidopteran trap : NET
21
Payoff of a sort : RANSOM
22
Lady Godiva's "attire" : BIRTHDAYSUIT
25
Charcoal dust : SOOT
26
Smash : HIT
27
Viper : ASP
30
MacDonald-Eddy treats : DUETS
33
Two or more geological eras : EON
34
Prefix with plasm : ECTO
35
Like Michelangelo's "David" : INTHEALTOGETHER
39
Climber in a forest : VINE
40
Lobster eggs : ROE
41
Motif : THEME
42
Plato's "H" : ETA
43
Ruckus : ADO
44
Spots : LOCI
46
Fop or dude : CLOTHESHORSE
51
Merchant : SELLER
54
Windshield wiper's path : ARC
55
Contract of a sort : PACT
56
More frigid : ICIER
57
Diva Moffo : ANNA
58
Anagram for aide : IDEA
59
First word in a Dickens title : GREAT
60
Result getter, often : DOER
61
"It ___ Necessarily So" : AINT
62
Fox-and-hounds meets : HUNTS
63
Affectations : AIRS
64
___ half bad : NOT
Down
1
Spyri heroine : HEIDI
2
Kind of circle : INNER
3
___ ball rolling (begins) : STARTSTHE
4
He took a "Streetcar" to stardom : BRANDO
5
Music sign : REPEAT
6
International friendship : AMITY
7
Done ___ turn : TOA
8
East River, e.g. : STRAIT
9
Infect : TAINT
10
Bedouins' robes : ABAS
11
South: Comb. form : NOTO
12
One-eighth ounce : DRAM
13
Cricketlike game : SNOB
21
Feeling remorse : RUING
23
Argyles : HOSE
24
Scare away : SHOO
27
Yearn : ACHE
28
Point skis inward : STEM
29
Hit the books : PORE
30
Jackknife, for one : DIVE
31
Ohm or ampere : UNIT
32
Vesuvius's cousin : ETNA
33
Août's season : ETE
34
Addis Ababa native : ETHIOPIAN
36
Fervency : ARDOR
37
Bridal-shower "take" : LOOT
38
Imprint : ETCH
43
Gives the high sign to : ALERTS
44
"Camelot" lyricist : LERNER
45
Hammersteins : OSCARS
46
Nonskid aid for lineman : CLEAT
47
City north of Saigon : HANOI
48
Active preceder : RADIO
49
Something in the air : SCENT
50
Coup d'___ : ETAT
51
Piner's emission : SIGH
52
Subdued hue : ECRU
53
Legal right : LIEN
57
___ Louise Huxtable : ADA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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