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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Saturday, January 7, 1984

66-Across : Dermal breakouts

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,478
Across
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Health-club feature : SAUNA
6
Quebec university : LAVAL
11
Part of a boxing ring : APRON
12
Haunt : ABODE
13
Darby or Hunter : KIM
16
First name of 63 Across : GRETA
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One of three emissaries in 61 Across : BULJANOFF
19
Verdi heroine : AIDA
20
City SE of Firenze : ROMA
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Describing certain stocks : NOPAR
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Dribble : SLOBBER
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Drumbeats : RATTATS
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Cream-cheese companion : LOX
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Psyche : SOUL
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Personnel manager : HIRER
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Hawaiian city : HILO
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Orly-Dulles commuters : SSTS
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Chit : IOU
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Second emissary : IRANOFF
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Actress Stark : KOO
42
A Hart : MOSS
44
Verve : ELAN
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Dronelike : APIAN
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Small bribes : SOPS
49
Indian chief : MIR
50
Mimic : IMITATE
53
Kneepan : PATELLA
57
Derrings-do : FEATS
58
Punt propeller : POLE
60
Quantity in hand, sartorially : FOUR
61
Lubitsch film: 1939 : NINOTCHKA
63
Star of 61 Across : GARBO
64
U.S. collection agcy. : IRS
65
Helm direction : APORT
66
Dermal breakouts : ACNES
67
Mubarak's predecessor : SADAT
68
Hector : TEASE
Down
1
Heroic tales : SAGAS
2
Its 13th was Jefferson's birthday : APRIL
3
Plant rust : UREDO
4
Newsworthy : NOTABLE
5
Memorabilia : ANA
6
Donovan's department : LABOR
7
"Hallelujah, I'm ___" : ABUM
8
Of palm or sole : VOLAR
9
Gen.'s aide : ADJ
10
Jerry-built shelter : LEANTO
13
Third emissary : KOPALSKI
14
"___ first you don't ... " : IFAT
15
Mdse. producers : MFRS
18
The south wind : NOTUS
20
Mardi Gras V.I.P. : REX
23
Soprano Lucrezia : BORI
25
Date-setting phrase : ASOF
28
"A Hymn to ___," from "My Fair Lady" : HIM
29
___ to 1 (long shot) : IOO
30
Most of the people in 61 Across : RUSSIANS
31
Holbrook : HAL
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___ jiffy : INA
33
Chaney : LON
35
"___ Skylark" : TOA
36
Nero, to Agrippina : SON
39
Musical notation : REST
40
___ accompli : FAIT
43
___ voce (privately) : SOTTO
46
Prolegomenon : PREFACE
48
Ditalini and cappelletti : PASTAS
49
West : MAE
50
Former Spanish enclave in Morocco : IFNI
51
Golda : MEIR
52
High priest's vestment : EPHOD
53
One-time N.Y. political boss : PLATT
54
Blackmore's Doone : LORNA
55
Service-sta. jobs : LUBES
56
Cropped up : AROSE
59
A soup basis : OKRA
62
Figs. expert : CPA
63
Hood's heater : GAT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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