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Sawikin
Sawikin

New York Times, Tuesday, February 28, 1984

45-Down : Hall of Famer Lefty

Author:
Sawikin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { K Q X }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 25.9
Sawikin has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,530
Across
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Staffs : MANS
5
Lowest female voice : ALTO
9
Fawned : CREPT
14
Third of a Latin trio : AMAT
15
Go bankrupt : FAIL
16
Prowl hungrily : RAVEN
17
New Delhi peeress : RANI
18
What a fullback hits : LINE
19
Highly skilled : ADEPT
20
Abrahams-Liddell story : CHARIOTSOFFIRE
23
Criticize mercilessly : FLAY
24
Ike's W.W. II post : ETO
25
Queen Anne's lace, e.g. : CARROT
28
A Grant : CARY
30
Bandleader Brown : LES
33
" ... for destruction ___ also great": Frost : ICEIS
34
City on the Danube : BAJA
35
Angelus is one : BELL
36
Olympics sight : THEETERNALFLAME
39
Lewis and Weems : TEDS
40
Contiguous : NEAR
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"The ___ One," Waugh novel : LOVED
42
Madison Ave. products : ADS
43
Small political group : CELL
44
Cringes : COWERS
45
Whalers' get-together : GAM
46
Summer month in Metz : AOUT
47
Languishing : CARRYINGATORCH
54
Creator of Prufrock : ELIOT
55
Ten inside two pumps : TOES
56
Level : RAZE
57
Untangle : SOLVE
58
"___ She Lovely?": Wonder song : ISNT
59
Study intensely : CRAM
60
Ford scion : EDSEL
61
Scenery on Broadway : SETS
62
Towel insignia : HERS
Down
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Type of brandy : MARC
2
Oriental nursemaid : AMAH
3
British nursemaid : NANA
4
Cooks in hot oil : STIRFRIES
5
Like a bobbing cork : AFLOAT
6
Parishioners, to a pastor : LAITY
7
Cans, in Canterbury : TINS
8
Butter's rival : OLEO
9
Vulpine : CRAFTY
10
Kind of wave : RADIO
11
Perpetually : EVER
12
Le Moko of the Casbah : PEPE
13
Filling for shells : TNT
21
"When ___ You," Berlin song : ILOST
22
Savage : FERAL
25
Milano and Napoli : CITTA
26
Yearned : ACHED
27
Orchestra section : REEDS
28
Welland, e.g. : CANAL
29
Unclosed a bit : AJAR
30
Furlough : LEAVE
31
Lewis's Gantry : ELMER
32
Arctic vehicles : SLEDS
34
Belgian composer : BREL
35
Welding instrument : BLOWTORCH
37
Adversary : ENEMY
38
Defy : FLOUT
43
OPEC, e.g. : CARTEL
44
Rides without effort : COASTS
45
Hall of Famer Lefty : GROVE
46
Result producer : AGENT
47
Dunce : CLOD
48
Afflicts : AILS
49
"Yes ___," Beatles song : ITIS
50
Beak : NOSE
51
Far from abundant : RARE
52
Nicholas was the last : CZAR
53
Borders : HEMS
54
Suffix with Stengel : ESE

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

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