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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Thursday, November 5, 1981

23-Across : Salad herb

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 18.5
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Regarding the 30-Down clue, Gambrinus may or may not have been a real monarch. If actual, he definitely didn't invent brewing (which may date to ancient Egypt). In legend, it's said that he learned the craft of brewing from Isis.

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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,685
Across
1
The sun is one : STAR
5
Watch pockets : FOBS
9
Clasp and twist, as hands : WRING
14
Commotion : TODO
15
Not windward : ALEE
16
Capital of Vietnam : HANOI
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Curtain modifier : IRON
18
Allot : METE
19
___ course (at the right time) : INDUE
20
Their waves rarely interfere with each other : FMRADIOSTATIONS
23
Salad herb : FENNEL
24
Hasten : HIE
25
Deluded : MISLED
28
River through Germany : ELBE
32
Certain Georgia Tech grads : EES
35
Prefix with nautical : AERO
36
Passbook holder : SAVER
37
Carson, Cavett and Miss Piggy : TVPERSONALITIES
41
Torso : TRUNK
42
Pa.'s only Great Lakes port : ERIE
43
"Where—where slept thine ___": Keats : IRE
44
Brontë's Jane : EYRE
45
Trade without money : BARTER
47
Old French coin : SOU
48
Small cavern : GROTTO
53
Purveyors of sound investments : LPRECORDDEALERS
59
Martini garnish : OLIVE
60
Previous reference indicator : IDEM
61
Not of the cloth : LAIC
62
Glossy-faced fabric : SATIN
63
Festive : GALA
64
Film terrier : ASTA
65
Lacking spontaneity : STALE
66
Sixteenth Hebrew letter : AYIN
67
Palmist : SEER
Down
1
He makes a waiter a hater : STIFF
2
"The Velvet Fog" : TORME
3
Festoon : ADORN
4
Legendary Irish king : RONAN
5
They have trees : FAMILIES
6
Oil product : OLEO
7
Stakes : BETS
8
Churn in the kettle : SEETHE
9
E. B. or Theodore H. : WHITE
10
Rajah's spouse : RANI
11
___-European languages : INDO
12
Word sometimes in apposition : NOUN
13
Donates, to Burns : GIES
21
Set boundaries : DEMARK
22
Succor : AID
26
Pleased producer's placard : SRO
27
Standoffish one : LONER
28
Break bread : EAT
29
When Nero was 20 : LVII
30
Gambrinus's invention : BEER
31
Old tongue : ERSE
32
Ending for novel : ETTE
33
"Let ___ heart prepare ... ": Watts : EVRY
34
Cowhand's gear : SPUR
36
Saw-toothed range : SIERRA
38
WSW's opposite : ENE
39
Gainsborough's forte : ART
40
Feudal vassal : LIEGEMAN
45
Scornful sound : BOO
46
Charioteer constellation : AURIGA
47
Something not to make in public : SCENE
49
Spanish jars : OLLAS
50
Raise a nap : TEASE
51
Shopworn : TRITE
52
Filmland's golden giveaway : OSCAR
53
Kind of leader : LOSS
54
Braid : PLAT
55
Donizetti opera : RITA
56
Kind of spirit : EVIL
57
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
58
Bagels and lox supplier : DELI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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