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Robert H. Wolfe
New York Times, Friday, March 22, 1991
1-Down : Plant fiber
Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { C J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 I | 4 B | 5 E | 6 L | 7 A | 8 M | 9 P | 10 S | 11 M | 12 A | 13 T |
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14 A | U | R | A | S | 15 O | R | A | L | E | 16 Y | E | S |
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17 S | T | A | R | K | 18 N | I | N | E | R | 19 F | R | A |
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20 T | H | E | K | I | 21 N | G | A | N | D | I | 22 A | I | R |
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23 E | M | U | S | 24 G | E | 25 N | I | E | S |
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26 P | 27 A | 28 R | R | O | T | 29 R | 30 A | I | S | E | R | |||
31 A | L | O | S | S | 32 F | E | R | N | 33 E | L | 34 S | 35 E |
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36 L | A | G | 37 S | L | A | N | G | 38 A | T | A |
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39 O | N | E | 40 R | 41 T | I | D | E | 42 F | 43 A | D | E | D |
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44 R | E | 45 M | O | T | E | 46 P | O | L | Y | P | S |
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47 A | 48 V | A | T | A | R | 49 E | A | R | L | |||||
50 B | A | N | 51 M | Y | 52 B | 53 O | D | Y | G | U | 54 A | 55 R | 56 D |
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57 O | L | D | 58 B | O | I | S | E | 59 O | R | D | E | R |
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60 D | O | M | 61 O | F | T | E | N | 62 N | E | E | D | Y |
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63 E | R | E | 64 S | A | T | E | S | 65 E | S | S | E | S |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,109
Across
1
Buy off : BRIBE
6
Headlights : LAMPS
11
Tangled mass : MAT
14
Penumbras : AURAS
15
Fanon : ORALE
16
Last word of "Ulysses" : YES
17
Sheer; utter : STARK
18
Forty-___ : NINER
19
Brother : FRA
20
Wallis Simpson's film? : THEKINGANDI
22
Deportment : AIR
23
Ostriches' cousins : EMUS
24
Spirits : GENIES
26
Copycat : PARROT
29
Bumper, in poker : RAISER
31
Inge's "___ Roses" : ALOSS
32
Flowerless plant : FERN
33
Otherwise : ELSE
36
Barrel stave : LAG
37
Argot : SLANG
38
Alma-___, U.S.S.R. city : ATA
39
Rare bird : ONER
41
Ocean motion : TIDE
42
Became dim : FADED
44
Outlying : REMOTE
46
Sea anemones : POLYPS
47
Incarnation of a god : AVATAR
49
Weaver of baseball : EARL
50
Interdiction : BAN
51
Bush's Secret Service film? : MYBODYGUARD
57
Antediluvian : OLD
58
Idaho's capital : BOISE
59
Elks, e.g. : ORDER
60
Bro of Joltin' Joe : DOM
61
Repeatedly : OFTEN
62
Poor : NEEDY
63
Poet's previous to : ERE
64
An anagram for asset : SATES
65
Shapes of ogees : ESSES
Down
1
Plant fiber : BAST
2
Mother of Obed : RUTH
3
Of wrath: Lat. : IRAE
4
Carnival orators : BARKERS
5
Inuits : ESKIMOS
6
Thirsts : LONGS
7
Diva's solo : ARIA
8
"Doktor Faustus" author : MANN
9
Rush activity on campus : PLEDGING
10
Sequences : SERIES
11
Tramp's film? : MYFAIRLADY
12
Place for a new kite : AERIE
13
Peter and Paul : TSARS
21
Betel, e.g. : NUT
25
Announcement word : NEE
26
___ Alto : PALO
27
Author Paton : ALAN
28
Gene Siskel's film? : ROGERANDME
29
Peg Woffington's creator : READE
30
"Rosamond" composer : ARNE
32
Dart : FLIT
34
Kind of son : STEP
35
Noted engineer : EADS
37
"___ Woman," 1970 film : STORYOFA
40
Steep : RET
42
Renounced : FORGONE
43
Tempts : ALLURES
45
Cuban dances : MAMBOS
46
Indemnify : PAY
47
Habitation : ABODE
48
Heroism : VALOR
49
Anthony and Clarissa : EDENS
52
Deck post : BITT
53
Hosea in the Douay Bible : OSEE
54
Fruit punches : ADES
55
Advice, to Shakespeare : REDE
56
Prohibitionists : DRYS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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