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Melvin Kenworthy
Melvin Kenworthy

New York Times, Wednesday, May 24, 1989

10-Down : Wood trimmer

Author:
Melvin Kenworthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { B G Q V }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 55, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 24.7
Melvin Kenworthy has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,442
Across
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Parisian milk : LAIT
5
Sault ___ Marie : STE
8
At a distance : AFAR
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To live, to Livy : ESSE
13
Bridge coups : SLAMS
15
Protuberance : NODE
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
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Thick soup : PUREE
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Catch forty winks : DOZE
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Barely making it : HANDTOMOUTH
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Bandleader Weems : TED
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"___, a mouse!" : EEK
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Asian weight unit : TAEL
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Needle's partner : THREAD
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Joy's antonym : SORROW
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Notre Dame's Parseghian : ARA
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Slow mover : SNAIL
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A Minor Prophet : MICAH
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Submerged : SANK
38
Kett and singer James : ETTAS
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Aspen gear : SKIS
41
Serpent killed by Hercules : HYDRA
43
Devoured : EATEN
45
Salamander : EFT
46
Put on a happy face : SMILED
48
Uses elbow grease : SCOURS
50
"It's ___ to tell ... " : ASIN
51
Table scrap : ORT
52
Faulkner's "___ Lay Dying" : ASI
54
Blundering situation : FOOTINMOUTH
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Worn-out horse : JADE
63
Offspring : CHILD
64
Malayan outrigger : PROA
65
Karras or Haley : ALEX
66
Yokels : HICKS
67
Domingo, to opera buffs : IDOL
68
Descartes : RENE
69
Explorer Johnson : OSA
70
Hatchback, e.g. : AUTO
Down
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A wife of Jacob : LEAH
2
Movie dog : ASTA
3
"This one ___ me" : ISON
4
Sore : TENDER
5
City eyesore : SLUM
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Poi source : TARO
7
Nonflying bird : EMEU
8
Connective : AND
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G.I.'s trunk : FOOTLOCKER
10
Wood trimmer : ADZE
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Pearl Buck's "The Living ___" : REED
13
Site of Gonzaga University : SPOKANE
14
Bout : SETTO
20
Items in Trevino's pocket : TEES
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Damage : HARM
25
Mythical troublemaker : ERIS
26
Cafeteria items : TRAYS
27
Female servant : HANDMAIDEN
28
Old-fashioned : DATED
29
Bed items : SLATS
30
Homeless children : WAIFS
31
Bat wood : ASH
33
City in Paraguay : ITA
35
Between F.D.R. and D.D.E. : HST
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Actor Kristofferson : KRIS
39
Boxers' aides : SECONDS
42
First Arabic letter : ALIF
44
"Cheers" character : NORM
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A grandson of Adam : ENOCH
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Ideal state : UTOPIA
52
Not closed fully : AJAR
53
White or fire chaser : SALE
55
Sandusky's state : OHIO
56
Spasmodic contractions : TICS
57
Actress-writer Chase : ILKA
58
Indic language : URDU
59
Train whistle : TOOT
60
Nimbus : HALO
62
English Channel feeder : EXE

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

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