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Clavan
Clavan

New York Times, Wednesday, July 4, 1984

40-Down : Thin, coated sheet of iron

Author:
Clavan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 29.5
Clavan has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,657
Across
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Pierce : STAB
5
Blue dye : WOAD
9
Von Sternberg film: 1952 : MACAO
14
Take on : HIRE
15
___-European : INDO
16
Entomb : INURN
17
Wyoming, to Jacques : ETAT
18
Road sign : SLOW
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Big : LARGE
20
July 4 symbol : LIBERTYBELL
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___ Alamos : LOS
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Crooner of the 20's : VALLEE
25
Queen of fiction : ELLERY
27
Philadelphia-to-Boston dir. : ENE
28
Southern constellation : ARA
30
A Celtic language : BRETON
33
Saint-Exupéry's "Le Petit ___" : PRINCE
36
Han or Napoleon : SOLO
37
Flag figures : STARSANDSTRIPES
42
Former European leader : TITO
43
Gaelic hero : OSSIAN
44
Fascination : ALLURE
47
P.O. item : ENV
48
Type of pub. : MAG
51
Worships : ADORES
54
Currency of Ghana : PESEWA
56
Sothern or Sheridan : ANN
58
July 14 in France : BASTILLEDAY
60
Keno cousin : LOTTO
62
Trillion: Prefix : TERA
63
Freshwater fish : PIKE
64
Hitch : STINT
65
Step ___ (accelerate) : ONIT
66
Dice throw : ACES
67
Kilns : OASTS
68
Do some modeling : POSE
69
Fuzz : LINT
Down
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Set aside : SHELVE
2
Painter Tiziano Vecellio : TITIAN
3
Fit for cultivation : ARABLE
4
Nut or palm : BETEL
5
Flowering vine : WISTERIA
6
Sole : ONLY
7
Dry-climate dwelling : ADOBE
8
Peg : DOWEL
9
Worker on the Floss : MILLER
10
Collection of short tales : ANA
11
Shirley Temple film: 1935 : CURLYTOP
12
Jason's ship : ARGO
13
Singles : ONES
21
Raises : REARS
22
Law deg. : LLB
26
Copal or amber : RESIN
29
___ Domini : ANNO
31
Cry of approval : OLE
32
Refusals : NOS
33
Like Mr. Darcy : PROUD
34
Areas of certain reps. : CDS
35
To be, to Cato : ESSE
37
RR stop : STA
38
Sesame : TIL
39
Lost island : ATLANTIS
40
Thin, coated sheet of iron : TINPLATE
41
Fray : RAVEL
45
Androids, e.g. : ROBOTS
46
Period : ERA
48
Renaissance family of Florence : MEDICI
49
Stir : AWAKEN
50
Most cheerful : GAYEST
52
Prevent, in court : ESTOP
53
Office employee, for short : STENO
55
Calyx segment : SEPAL
56
Besides : ALSO
57
___ bene : NOTA
59
The eyes have it : IRIS
61
Explosive : TNT

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