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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 1993

60-Across : Myopic Mr. of cartoons

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 20.6
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,765
Across
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How's that again? : WHAT
5
Barnstorming action : SPIN
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Most worthless part : DREGS
14
Artful dodge : RUSE
15
Elmer's was popular in the 40's : TUNE
16
Autry flick, e.g. : OATER
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Jack of TV's "Easy Street" : ELAM
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Bedouin, e.g. : ARAB
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For all, in music : TUTTI
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Sleepy reptiles? : NAPPINGTURTLES
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As soon as : ONCE
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Word with over or out : LAY
25
Kevin McKenzie's gp. : ABT
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Instructive example : LESSON
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Etonians, for some : LADS
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They hang high at Yuletide : GEESE
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Stick close to : HUG
37
TV newswoman Magnus : EDIE
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Volunteer work? : ELECTIVESERVICE
42
Placido, once : NINO
43
Mold of a kind : DIE
44
Meant : AIMED
45
Dry run : TEST
46
Roving : ERRANT
49
Absent letter at 20, 38 and 53 Across : ESS
50
"It" figures in this game : TAG
51
Seasonal song : NOEL
53
Nursery-school hazard? : TUMBLINGBLOCKS
60
Myopic Mr. of cartoons : MAGOO
61
Steelers' ex-coach : NOLL
62
Decrease : WANE
63
Synthetic fiber : ORLON
64
"The African Queen" scriptwriter : AGEE
65
It used to be enough : ENOW
66
"Home, Sweet Home" man : PAYNE
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Fan's disappointment : LOSS
68
"Oh, heck!" : RATS
Down
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Br. navy member : WREN
2
One of the Bowls : HULA
3
Speedily, speedily : ASAP
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Pace : TEMPO
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Peete's posture : STANCE
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Rids : PURGES
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___ the finish : INAT
8
Vague : NEBULOUS
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Addlepated : DOTTY
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Julia of "The Addams Family" : RAUL
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It makes a sermon shorter : ETTE
12
Understands : GETS
13
Hindu "Mr." : SRI
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Channel : INLET
22
Extent : RANGE
25
G-man, e.g. : AGENT
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Prove false : BELIE
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A stage of man : TEENS
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Absolute : SHEER
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A Strauss : LEVI
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Stop on ___ : ADIME
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Cuts up finely : DICES
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Gardener's purchase : SEEDS
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Connery, for one : SCOT
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Utopian : IDEAL
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Table-top harpsichord : VIRGINAL
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Honey badger : RATEL
47
Viewpoints : ANGLES
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Peers : NOBLES
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Type of steak : TBONE
52
Let down : LOWER
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Famous bit of unreal estate : TARA
54
Unsightly : UGLY
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Queen of the Night : MOON
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Describing a bad project : NOGO
57
New Testament Galilean village : CANA
58
Entangle : KNOT
59
Uses Howe's machine : SEWS
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Do a floor chore : MOP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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