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Kenneth Haxton
Kenneth Haxton

New York Times, Wednesday, September 18, 1991

45-Down : Wheel strengthener

Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,289
Across
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Turning tool : LATHE
6
"Moonstruck" star : CHER
10
Sot : LUSH
14
Baseball fluff : ERROR
15
Rail rider : HOBO
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Oiseau lifter : AILE
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"Wise Blood" author : FLANNERYOCONNOR
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Actor Berenger : TOM
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French spa : EVIAN
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Marriage and confirmation : RITES
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Coins in Sonora : PESOS
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Comic-strip light bulbs : IDEAS
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Spin a yarn : RELATE
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Rags-to-riches author : ALGER
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Caesar's highway : ITER
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Fla. city : OCALA
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Female rabbit : DOE
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"The Ballad of the Sad Café" author : CARSONMCCULLERS
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Chicago Loop carriers : ELS
40
Polar explorer : PEARY
41
Maine, to Mitterrand : ETAT
42
Miss America topper : TIARA
43
Type of Southern cooking : CREOLE
45
Prop for an opera super : SPEAR
47
Realm : BOURN
48
What Chang and Eng could never be : APART
49
Stage curtain : SCRIM
51
___ Dhabi : ABU
54
"On Boxing" author : JOYCECAROLOATES
57
Valuable African tree : AKEE
58
Sector : AREA
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A river at Lyon : RHONE
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Projectionist's must : REEL
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Even : TIED
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Chalcedony gems : SARDS
Down
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"My ___ Foot" : LEFT
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Woody's son : ARLO
3
Heavy steppers : TRAMPLERS
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Sweetie : HON
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One of the Setons : ERNEST
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She rivaled Martina : CHRIS
7
Georgetown athlete : HOYA
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Black, to Blake : EBON
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Sinbad's transportation : ROC
10
Noted Georgian poet : LANIER
11
Utah mountain range : UINTA
12
Blackthorns : SLOES
13
Towel marking : HERS
18
Bacchante's cry : EVOE
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Difficult time : ORDEAL
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Lugs of jugs : EARS
25
Home to Nanook : IGLU
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Playwright Elmer : RICE
27
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
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Ghanaian capital : ACCRA
29
Like milady's fichu : LACY
31
Actor Sharif : OMAR
32
Bomb device : DETONATOR
33
Spoken : ORAL
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Medici in-law : ESTE
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Narcotic : OPIATE
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Close by : NEAR
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Ogle's cousin : LEER
42
Male hawk : TERCEL
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Wind or twist : COIL
44
Bits of gossip : RUMORS
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Wheel strengthener : SPOKE
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Money recipient : PAYEE
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Extensive : BROAD
48
Not in harmony : AJAR
49
Bihar attire : SARI
50
Amerind of Mont. : CREE
52
Flex : BEND
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Takes advantage of : USES
55
Mehitabel, e.g. : CAT
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Eureka! : AHA

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