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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, November 20, 1992

49-Across : Neophyte

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,718
Across
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React to Emmett Kelly : LAUGH
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Scrape harshly : RASP
10
Be a grouch : CRAB
14
___-Detoo, sci-fi robot : ARTOO
15
Frangipani, e.g. : ODOR
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Helter-skelter pelter : HAIL
17
Inexperienced : GREEN
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Claude Kipnis is one : MIME
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"___ 'n' Janis," comic strip : ARLO
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Where to see Big Bird : SESAMESTREET
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Completed a hop : ALIT
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Unified : ONE
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Overeater's serving? : THIRDS
28
Flee : RUNOFF
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Bills and ___ : COOS
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LXVII, tripled : CCI
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"The ___ Sanction" : EIGER
35
Cleaning need : MOP
38
Landon series on TV : HIGHWAYTOHEAVEN
43
TV's Scooby-___ : DOO
44
Scouting mission, briefly : RECON
45
"Bird ___ Wire," 1990 film : ONA
46
I would make it corny! : MAZE
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Neophyte : NOVICE
51
Puccini's "La ___" : BOHEME
54
Action at Sotheby's : BID
56
Middlemarch? : IDES
57
Harmon-Fairchild TV series : FLAMINGOROAD
60
Actress Eilbacher : LISA
61
Bard baddie : IAGO
62
Sever again : RECUT
66
Rarin' to go : AVID
67
High schooler : TEEN
68
Linen fabric : TOILE
69
An 18th-century wig : TETE
70
"Airplane!" actor : HAYS
71
Robert Devereux : ESSEX
Down
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Barrel stave : LAG
2
Part of E.T.A. : ARR
3
An Amerind : UTE
4
"It just ___ show you!" : GOESTO
5
Use an oilstone : HONE
6
Ovid, e.g. : ROMAN
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Stop on ___ : ADIME
8
Several : SOME
9
Chango preceder : PRESTO
10
Personal asset : CHARISMA
11
Less common : RARER
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Afflicted : AILED
13
Escutcheon spoilers : BLOTS
21
Bulgarian capital : SOFIA
22
However, shortly : THO
23
Foot part : ARCH
24
Clear : LUCID
25
Architect Jones : INIGO
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Not very many : FEW
30
Gator's kin : CROC
33
Carroll verb : GYRE
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It begins in juin : ETE
36
Elliptical : OVOID
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Pound into pieces? : PENCE
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Crafted from scratch : HOMEMADE
40
Wayne role : HONDO
41
Rock producer Brian ___ : ENO
42
Refusals from Scrooge McDuck : NAES
47
Friend for François : AMI
48
Nadir's opposite : ZENITH
50
MTV fare : VIDEOS
51
A sharp : BFLAT
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Salad item : OLIVE
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"Legend ___ that ... " : HASIT
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Blemish on Kite's score card : BOGEY
55
"Swann in Love" actor : IRONS
58
Titans' mother : GAEA
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A Johnson : ARTE
63
U.S.S.R., now : CIS
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Small: Suffix : ULE
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Bandleader Beneke : TEX

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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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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