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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

New York Times, Saturday, December 19, 1981

48-Down : Did an inside job

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,729
Across
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Fellies : RIMS
5
Vehicle for thought? : TRAIN
10
Picked the players : CAST
14
Vouch : AVOW
15
John Wayne film: 1953 : HONDO
16
D'amore or da caccia : OBOE
17
Freeman of the cinema : MONA
18
Like a cereal grass : OATEN
19
Administer : RULE
20
Decrees : PRONUNCIAMENTOS
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"And waft a ___ from Indus to the Pole": Pope : SIGH
24
Blende, e.g. : ORE
25
Lamias : DEMONS
28
Cockaigne, perhaps : PARADISE
33
As regards : ANENT
34
Ancient Canaanite seaport : DORA
35
Dowel : NOG
36
Unorthodox debate stoppage : KANGAROOCLOSURE
40
Indulged prandially : ATE
41
Wings : ELLS
42
Amphorae : VASES
43
Comes to a determination : RESOLVES
46
Most lucid : SANEST
47
Future sturgeons : ROE
48
Native of Liepaja : LETT
49
D.C. decrees : LEGISLATIVEACTS
57
Like a ship at the Tate : IDLE
58
Witless : INANE
59
Actor Mowbray : ALAN
60
Solway Firth feeder : EDEN
61
Chilean export : NITER
62
Singer Bayes: 1880-1928 : NORA
63
Red refusal : NYET
64
Clearing : GLADE
65
Like tots on Dec. 24 : AGOG
Down
1
Wild leek : RAMP
2
Novello : IVOR
3
Precursor of stereo : MONO
4
Antithesis of a debut : SWANSONG
5
Snowshoe straps : THONGS
6
Freshwater fish : ROACH
7
Con : ANTI
8
Impression : IDEA
9
Not in the sphere of ethics : NONMORAL
10
Pickled : CORNED
11
Anagram for tuba : ABUT
12
Type of performance : SOLO
13
North Sea feeder : TEES
21
Rocky Mountain range : UINTA
22
Notable period : ERA
25
Capital of Senegal : DAKAR
26
Mother's kinsman : ENATE
27
First king of Egypt : MENES
28
Places in a common fund : POOLS
29
Bows : ARCS
30
Functioning : INUSE
31
Tender parts : SORES
32
Discharge : EGEST
34
Presidential running mate: 1976 : DOLE
37
Dec. 31 activity : REVELING
38
Elliptical : OVATE
39
Hot, dusty California wind : SANTAANA
44
Adjust to surroundings : ORIENT
45
___ Alamos : LOS
46
Austere : SEVERE
48
Did an inside job : LINED
49
Incumbrance : LIEN
50
Vortex : EDDY
51
Kind of club : GLEE
52
West Indian shrub : ANIL
53
Cheerio! : TATA
54
Heavy-shoe dance : CLOG
55
Poi ingredient : TARO
56
Stumbling block : SNAG

Answer summary:
2 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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