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Petschke
Petschke

New York Times, Thursday, July 22, 1982

56-Down : Word with head or line

Author:
Petschke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.9
Petschke has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,944
Across
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Quickly : APACE
6
Aural : OTIC
10
White with age : HOAR
14
Ship's "ears" : LORAN
15
Whittle : PARE
16
A Borgia's husband : ESTE
17
N.Y.C. symbol of milling crowds : GRANDCENTRALSTA
20
"___ Christie," 1930 film : ANNA
21
Cuttlefish's camouflage : INK
22
High turf : UPLAND
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Dahs' partners : DITS
25
Too : ALSO
26
Fret : REPINE
29
Robt. ___ : ELEE
30
___ the shot : PUT
33
Sect or Unit follower : ARIAN
34
___ breve : ALLA
35
Stack : PILE
36
"___-5000," Glenn Miller hit : PENNSYLVANIASIX
39
Aug. 13, e.g. : IDES
40
Composer Speaks : OLEY
41
Praying figure : ORANT
42
___ Moines : DES
43
Sorry one : RUER
44
Kennedy comers and goers : PLANES
45
Kind of swallow : BARN
46
Contemptible one : TOAD
47
Colorless gas : ETHANE
50
Sea soarer : ERN
51
Neighbor of Turkey : IRAN
55
He thought he could, and he did! : THELITTLEENGINE
58
A certain Father : TIME
59
Cutting tools : HOBS
60
Chew the scenery : EMOTE
61
Les Etats-___ : UNIS
62
Group in a flock : EWES
63
Out of bed : ASTIR
Down
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Seaweed : ALGA
2
Smut, for short : PORN
3
Galway Bay's ___ Islands : ARAN
4
Celebrators of Remembrance Day : CANADIANS
5
Finis : END
6
Cuts the ribbon : OPENS
7
One of a panzer unit : TANK
8
N.Y.C. subway : IRT
9
Blue : CERULEAN
10
Greeting : HELLO
11
Peak in Thessaly : OSSA
12
Envelope wd. : ATTN
13
Conquer a primer : READ
18
Quote : CITE
19
Recess near a chancel : APSE
24
Wayside and Tabard : INNS
25
Pacify : ALLAY
26
Part of 8 Down : RAPID
27
Noted conductor from Genoa : EREDE
28
Aches : PINES
29
Callow conger : ELVER
30
Florentine's neighbor : PISAN
31
___ Arena in Washington, D.C. : ULINE
32
Sermon topics : TEXTS
34
Fred or Ethan : ALLEN
35
Models : PARADIGMS
37
"___ Top," Cole Porter hit : YOURETHE
38
City in Kansas : IOLA
43
Indian princess : RANI
44
Dixie dish : PONE
45
Cotton units : BALES
46
Lock : TRESS
47
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
48
Slight : THIN
49
Half: Prefix : HEMI
50
Dresden's river : ELBE
52
Kind of squad : RIOT
53
Oppositionist : ANTI
54
At no time, to Tennyson : NEER
56
Word with head or line : TOW
57
Teachers' org. : NEA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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