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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Thursday, February 28, 1991

28-Down : Dunce cap

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,087
Across
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Companion of rave : RANT
5
He wrote "My People" : EBAN
9
One of the Hoggs : IMA
12
Don Ho's hello : ALOHA
14
Tired, in León : LASO
15
Of an age : ERAL
16
Sea or way follower : FARER
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Ratite birds : EMUS
18
Core of an egg : YOLK
19
Situation about to cause disaster : TIMEBOMB
21
A Jackson : TWENTY
23
Water wheel : NORIA
24
Pierce-Arrow contemporary : REO
25
Hindu incantation : MANTRA
28
Trolley payment : CARFARE
32
Rob't ___ of the C.S.A. : ELEE
33
___ contendere : NOLO
36
Memorable Merman : ETHEL
37
Fibber : LIAR
38
Lopez of songdom : TRINI
40
Take notice : HEED
41
Bound is bound to this : EARTH
43
Solar disk : ATEN
44
House overhang : EAVE
45
Endeavored : ESSAYED
47
Ire, colloquially : DANDER
49
Actress Lupino : IDA
50
Bread unit : SLICE
52
Genetic duplicates : CLONES
55
"___ is, is right": Pope : WHATEVER
59
Deck out : ROBE
60
Brainchild : IDEA
62
City in NE Italy : UDINE
63
State as a fact : AVER
64
Former spouses : EXES
65
Spy of a sort : PLANT
66
Turkish title of respect : BEY
67
Moreno or Coolidge : RITA
68
Gr. resistance force : ELAS
Down
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Finn's conveyance : RAFT
2
U.S.S.R. range : ALAI
3
Brew fancier in "Cheers" : NORM
4
Olivier film: 1960 : THEENTERTAINER
5
Oleoresin : ELEMI
6
"La ___," Valens hit : BAMBA
7
Inst. at Tempe : ASU
8
Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
9
Something to pump : IRON
10
Grain for Vassar : MALT
11
Tosspot : ALKY
13
Pergola : ARBOR
15
A Ken Follett best seller : EYEOFTHENEEDLE
20
Praying female figure : ORANT
22
Existed : WERE
25
Brouhaha : MELEE
26
A k a : ALIAS
27
Comes closer : NEARS
28
Dunce cap : CONE
29
In the lead : AHEAD
30
Superman portrayer : REEVE
31
Pliny the ___ : ELDER
34
Toward the mouth : ORAD
35
Kindled : LIT
39
Forster's "A Passage to___" : INDIA
42
Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
46
Less difficult : EASIER
48
Become troublesome : ACTUP
50
Like success's smell : SWEET
51
Sacred city of Lamaism : LHASA
52
Shore-dinner item : CRAB
53
World mover : LOVE
54
Follow orders : OBEY
56
Perfume container : VIAL
57
Sicilian city : ENNA
58
Steeps, as flax : RETS
61
Half of MXXIl : DXI

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

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