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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, April 14, 1982

4-Down : Follower of Lao-tse

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { G J V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 27.3
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,845
Across
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H.S.T.'s successor : DDE
4
Pentateuch : TORAH
9
Rembrandt's "Lady with ___" : AFAN
13
Scintilla : IOTA
15
Battery part : ANODE
16
Grimace : MOUE
17
Bedstead : FOURPOSTER
19
Batter's ploy : BUNT
20
Horseshoeing shops : SMITHIES
21
Utter suddenly : BLURT
23
It is, to Seneca : EST
24
Dog walker's gear : LEASH
25
Crib occupant : INFANT
29
Start of a nursery rhyme : MARYHADA
32
Romberg's "The New ___" : MOON
33
Wears well : LASTS
34
Felt tip's forerunner : NIB
35
Like many champagnes : BRUT
36
Conductor's arithmetic : FARES
37
"An apple ___ ... " : ADAY
38
Egypt's erstwhile initials : UAR
39
Western : OATER
40
Zoom, e.g. : LENS
41
Extracts : ESSENCES
43
Early Minnesotans : SWEDES
45
Odd : QUEER
46
Health resort : SPA
47
Pack animal : BURRO
48
More exuberant or quarrelsome : FEISTIER
53
Ear lobes, e.g. : ALAE
54
Glove segment : FOURCHETTE
56
Ottoman's descendant : TURK
57
Progeny : ISSUE
58
Computer fodder : DATA
59
Sun Belt, e.g. : AREA
60
Pours : TEEMS
61
Emulated Ozawa : LED
Down
1
Disparities, for short : DIFS
2
Ruin : DOOM
3
Embroiderer's case : ETUI
4
Follower of Lao-tse : TAOIST
5
Commencement : ONSET
6
Plant diseases : ROTS
7
Uncarbonated soft drink : ADE
8
Poet George and composer Victor : HERBERTS
9
Trap : AMBUSH
10
Like euchre and bridge : FOURHANDED
11
Sawyer's Polly : AUNT
12
Trampoline : NET
14
Buchwald : ART
18
Like benzene: Comb. form : PHEN
22
___ in (stores) : LAYS
24
Kind of beam : LASER
25
Pervade : IMBUE
26
Ibsen and Hammett heroines : NORAS
27
Candid : FOURSQUARE
28
Picnic crasher : ANT
29
___-nest (delusion) : MARES
30
Photographer Arbus : DIANE
31
Unfathomable chasm : ABYSS
33
Procrastinator's word : LATER
36
On the ___ (apparently) : FACEOFIT
37
Maugham's "Cakes and ___" : ALE
39
Humdinger : ONER
42
NW Calif. city : EUREKA
43
Ginger and mace : SPICES
44
Light tint : WASH
46
Immunizing fluid : SERUM
47
Becloud : BLUR
48
Electric-circuit protector : FUSE
49
Knight or Turner : TED
50
Type style, for short : ITAL
51
Ending for wagon or leather : ETTE
52
Comprehend, in a way : READ
53
___ loss (perplexed) : ATA
55
Carbohydrate suffix : OSE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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