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Larry Goldhirsch
Larry Goldhirsch

New York Times, Wednesday, July 26, 1989

62-Across : Watch over

Author:
Larry Goldhirsch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Larry Goldhirsch has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,505
Across
1
Smelting refuse : SLAG
5
Buffalo hockey player : SABRE
10
Churlish child : BRAT
14
Swiss-cheese feature : HOLE
15
Skull part : INION
16
Body of knowledge : LORE
17
Israeli statesman : EBAN
18
Famed trumpeter : MILESDAVIS
20
___ George Gobel : LONESOME
22
___ corpus : HABEAS
23
Hawaiian wind : KONA
24
Slips up : ERRS
25
Scottish landowner : LAIRD
28
Treat wood : STAIN
30
Pallid : WAN
33
Real : ACTUAL
35
Ending for east or west : ERN
36
Fibula or ulna : BONE
37
___ down (resign) : STEP
38
Day's march : ETAPE
40
Entreat : URGE
41
Body of an organism : SOMA
42
"___ longa, vita brevis" : ARS
43
Moved obliquely : SIDLED
45
Printers' measures : ENS
46
"Blue ___," Berlin song : SKIES
48
In a strange manner : ODDLY
49
Oahu garlands : LEIS
50
LL. B. holder : ATTY
52
Singer Farrell : EILEEN
55
Tactic used in some campaigns : SMEARING
59
Memorable bandleader : STANKENTON
61
Concept : IDEA
62
Watch over : TEND
63
Marner of Raveloe : SILAS
64
Muse of history : CLIO
65
Mine finds : ORES
66
He played Judge Hardy : STONE
67
"___ hath no fury ... " : HELL
Down
1
Grammy winner Silverstein : SHEL
2
"Rio ___," Wayne film : LOBO
3
Astronaut Bean : ALAN
4
Memorable drummer : GENEKRUPA
5
Garfunkel's partner, once : SIMON
6
Las ___, Colo. : ANIMAS
7
Choler : BILE
8
Caviar, e.g. : ROE
9
Cherishes : ENSHRINES
10
Spills the beans : BLABS
11
Wander : ROVE
12
Song for Aprile Millo : ARIA
13
Actress Harper : TESS
19
Mend : DARN
21
Kind of cracker or fountain : SODA
24
O.K. Corral figure : EARP
25
Track star Viren : LASSE
26
Lord ___, English historian : ACTON
27
Gossip morsels : ITEMS
29
Ride : TEASE
30
"We Are the ___," 1985 song : WORLD
31
___ Martin, Jim Rockford sidekick : ANGEL
32
Impoverished : NEEDY
34
Sieve quality : LEAKINESS
36
Memorable drummer : BUDDYRICH
39
Speaker of Hubbard, Texas : TRIS
44
Tittle : IOTA
46
Search for : SEEK
47
Tutuila citizen : SAMOAN
49
Gives temporarily : LENDS
51
Pluperfect, for one : TENSE
52
This: Sp. : ESTO
53
Road, to Romulus : ITER
54
Kegler's arena : LANE
55
W.W. II French battle site : STLO
56
Unoccupied : IDLE
57
Diamond or Sedaka : NEIL
58
"The Ballad of Reading ___": Wilde : GAOL
60
Coll. basketball contest : NIT

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

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