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Cohen
Cohen

New York Times, Tuesday, December 27, 1988

42-Across : Slips

Author:
Cohen
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Cohen has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,294
Across
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Priestly garments : ALBS
5
"You may all ___ pot": Goldsmith : GOTO
9
Small potation : DRAM
13
Origin : ROOT
14
Name in cosmetics : ARDEN
15
"Educating ___," 1983 film : RITA
16
City near Cairo : GIZA
17
Sierra ___ : LEONE
18
Elliptical : OVAL
19
American illustrator: 1894-1978 : NORMANROCKWELL
22
Early movie vamp : BARA
23
Strong fiber : ISTLE
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Disgusted : FEDUP
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Remove : DELETE
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Secular : LAIC
32
Figure of speech : SIMILE
33
Barb : JAG
36
Author of "Tobacco Road" : ERSKINECALDWELL
39
Wapiti : ELK
40
Nurses, e.g. : CARERS
41
Precinct : AREA
42
Slips : LAPSES
43
Enjoyed : LIKED
44
Billiard shot : CAROM
47
Word with rash or wave : HEAT
49
Lord Protector of England: 1653-58 : OLIVERCROMWELL
55
Use a dish towel : WIPE
56
Planet suffix : ARIUM
57
Kind of knob, man or nail : DOOR
59
Daredevil Knievel : EVEL
60
Loesser's "Most Happy" one : FELLA
61
Monster : OGRE
62
Disavow : DENY
63
___ off (irate) : TEED
64
Indigency : NEED
Down
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Buenos Aires is its cap. : ARG
2
Cut of meat : LOIN
3
Big, stupid guy : BOZO
4
Ahab's first mate : STARBUCK
5
Rattails of the deep seas : GRENADIERS
6
Repute : ODOR
7
"A ___'clock scholar" : TENO
8
First-floor apartment : ONEC
9
Doze : DROWSE
10
Rosie's need : RIVET
11
In any way : ATALL
12
"Atlantic City" director: 1980 : MALLE
14
Winged : ALAR
20
Cartographer's concern : MAP
21
Soared : KITED
24
Run away : FLEE
25
Actor James ___ Jones : EARL
26
Word processor's need : DISK
28
Dais occupant : EMCEE
29
"A ___ have a good memory" : LIARSHOULD
30
Pipe elbows : ELLS
32
Kind of dragon : SNAP
33
Steve Martin's "The ___" : JERK
34
Opposite of aweather : ALEE
35
Joyous : GLAD
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"___, I saw ... ": Caesar : ICAME
38
Served a dinner : WAITEDON
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Beautiful : LOVELY
43
TV's "L.A. ___" : LAW
44
Daunted : COWED
45
Active : ALIVE
46
Mature : RIPEN
48
Ari Meyer's role on "Kate & Allie" : EMMA
50
Catamaran : RAFT
51
Algonquian Indian : CREE
52
Raise one's hackles : RILE
53
Ogle anagram : LOGE
54
Learning : LORE
58
Buttons or Skelton : RED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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