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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Wednesday, May 13, 1981

28-Down : Portends

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 35.2
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,509
Across
1
Thick slice : SLAB
5
Word before dash or happy : SLAP
9
Give the highlights : RECAP
14
Naples coin : LIRA
15
Chaucer's "The Miller's ___" : TALE
16
A resin : ELEMI
17
"___ in the Life" (Beatles song) : ADAY
18
Mine finds : ORES
19
Noel : CAROL
20
Grenade of sorts : MOLOTOVCOCKTAIL
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California wine valley : NAPA
24
Caviar, e.g. : ROE
25
Swerves : SHEERS
28
Most insipid : BLANDEST
33
Mackinaws and chesterfields : COATS
34
Kringle's anathema : SOOT
35
Bravo or Negro : RIO
36
Garnish similar to Thousand Island : RUSSIANDRESSING
40
"People ___ Funny," of radio fame : ARE
41
Mortgage : LIEN
42
Alpha's antithesis : OMEGA
43
Between stem and stern : MIDSHIPS
46
Turning points : CRISES
47
R.P.I. room : LAB
48
Sonny's ex : CHER
49
Sled pullers : SIBERIANHUSKIES
57
___ up (took refuge) : HOLED
58
Rondelet or roundel : POEM
59
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
60
Public warehouse : ETAPE
61
It comes in cakes : SOAP
62
College sports org. : NCAA
63
Lascivious one : SATYR
64
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
65
Rambles : GADS
Down
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Bridge bonanza : SLAM
2
Italian island : LIDO
3
Soviet sea : ARAL
4
Musket adjuncts : BAYONETS
5
Urban ballplayers' targets : STOOPS
6
Caterpillar's category : LARVA
7
Guinness : ALEC
8
Colombian coin : PESO
9
Calculate : RECKON
10
High, in a way : ELATED
11
Wax, in prescriptions : CERA
12
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
13
Troche or bolus : PILL
21
Anklebones : TARSI
22
Orange box : CRATE
25
Skedaddle : SCRAM
26
Moslem nymph in Paradise : HOURI
27
Mitigated : EASED
28
Portends : BODES
29
Abandoned : LORN
30
Iroquoians : ERIES
31
Scorch : SINGE
32
Caligula's cloaks : TOGAS
34
Scissors stroke : SNIP
37
Suspect's defense : ALIBI
38
Lesions : SORES
39
Simpering : SMIRKING
44
Irving's ___ Hollow : SLEEPY
45
Less lenient : HARDER
46
Dupes : CHUMPS
48
Dupe : CHEAT
49
"___ more to be pitied ... " : SHES
50
Theta follower : IOTA
51
Calf's cry : BLAT
52
Westminster Abbey area : APSE
53
Moment of truth in a G. Cooper classic : NOON
54
Former Machu Picchu resident : INCA
55
Archaic expletive : EGAD
56
Poseidon's septet : SEAS

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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