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Floy Stryker
Floy Stryker

New York Times, Wednesday, January 17, 1979

14-Across : Characteristic of a particular language

Author:
Floy Stryker
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 34.7
Floy Stryker has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,662
Across
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Italian treat : PIZZA
6
Amin : IDI
9
Thespian : ACTOR
14
Characteristic of a particular language : IDIOMATIC
16
Apricot or cherry : DRUPE
17
Ford or Williams : TENNESSEE
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Famous golf course : DORAL
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Poultry seasoning : SAGE
20
Sailing vessel : KETCH
22
Merely : ONLY
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Dirty : SOIL
25
Chances : RISKS
27
Printers' measures : EMS
30
Reduce to a skeleton : UNFLESH
32
"___ ne passeront pas": Petain : ILS
35
In a marathon : RACING
37
Slacking off : EASINGUP
39
Father of Jacob and Esau : ISAAC
40
Whalers' get-together : GAM
41
Use a foil : FENCE
42
Boxed in : CORNERED
44
Reach : ATTAIN
45
Literary collection : ANA
46
Unusually large or heavy : OUTSIZE
48
Youth : LAD
49
Flubs a fly ball : MUFFS
51
Signs of spring : BUDS
53
Jacket or its collar : ETON
55
Film maker's sound-control device : FADER
57
New Mexico resort : TAOS
61
Bear : BRUIN
63
Storage place : WAREHOUSE
65
Right-hand page : RECTO
66
One of Plato's pupils : ARISTOTLE
67
Different : OTHER
68
Affirmative vote : YEA
69
Ghost : SPOOK
Down
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Abysses : PITS
2
Brainstorm : IDEA
3
Get-up-and-go : ZING
4
Areas : ZONES
5
Soul, in Savoie : AME
6
"Thou art the thing ___": King Lear : ITSELF
7
Regimen : DIET
8
Popular food : ICECREAM
9
Tack on : ADD
10
Con man : CROOK
11
Automobile feature : TURNSIGNAL
12
Gem : OPAL
13
Depend : RELY
15
Entreating : ASKING
21
Greeting for the villain : HISS
24
"An ___ prevention ... " : OUNCEOF
26
Changed gears : SHIFTED
27
Rhododendron's relative : ERICA
28
Gardner hero : MASON
29
Rascal, from Italian farce : SCARAMOUCH
31
Prompts : LEADS
33
"Santa ___" : LUCIA
34
Exhaust : SPEND
36
Fleming or Smith : IAN
38
Borg-Connors separator : NET
40
Escapes : GETSAWAY
43
Neck feathers : RUFF
44
Shades of blue : AZURES
47
European peninsula : IBERIA
50
Amalgamate : UNITE
52
Small porch : STOOP
53
Saragossa's river : EBRO
54
Weight allowance for deterioration : TRET
56
Kind of devil : DARE
58
Suburbanite's need : AUTO
59
European capital : OSLO
60
"___ ye the Lord ... ": Isaiah : SEEK
62
Conjunctive : NOR
64
Alts. : HTS

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

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