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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Saturday, January 17, 1981

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 35.0
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,393
Across
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Not of the clergy : LAIC
5
___ out (parachutes) : BAILS
10
Works on samplers : SEWS
14
Pet bat in TV's "The Munsters" : IGOR
15
Shoelace tip : AGLET
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Red-cased cheese : EDAM
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Second in a Greek series : BETA
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Climbing plant : LIANA
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Cover the bathroom wall : TILE
20
Golfer/football player : RAYFLOYDLITTLE
23
David and Goliath, e.g. : FOES
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"Light-Horse Harry" : LEE
25
Inclining at sea : ALIST
27
Over five million Egyptians : CAIRENES
32
Insensitive : CRASS
33
Org. for a G.I. : USO
34
Like a draft animal : OXY
35
With end of 20 Across, rock 'n' roll singer/actor : RICHARDBENJAMIN
40
Snack : EAT
41
Whitney or Wallach : ELI
42
Blithen : ELATE
43
Abstruse : ESOTERIC
46
Redeyes of European waters : RUDDS
47
U.N. labor agency : ILO
48
On one's rocker, perhaps : SANE
49
With end of 35 Across, patriot/President : FRANKLINPIERCE
56
Couple : LINK
57
Comedian Nye : LOUIS
58
Skirt style : MAXI
60
Teen-ager's trouble : ACNE
61
Upper crust : ELITE
62
Rarae ___ : AVES
63
Rathskeller quaff : BEER
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Passé : DATED
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Set of similar objects : NEST
Down
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Women's ___ : LIB
2
Antiquing device : AGER
3
Whit : IOTA
4
Lobster's kin : CRAYFISH
5
Nureyev vehicle : BALLET
6
Exchange fees : AGIOS
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"Now ___ me down ... " : ILAY
8
___ an ear (hearken) : LEND
9
Mature male zebra : STALLION
10
Sofa of a sort : SETTEE
11
Emulate Robert Giroux : EDIT
12
Street in Manhattan : WALL
13
Duck : SMEE
21
Body cavity : FOSSA
22
Comparative suffix : IER
25
Former president of Panama : ARIAS
26
Milk: Comb. form : LACTO
27
Kind of foot : CUBIC
28
Chemical suffix : ASE
29
Bedouin or gypsy : NOMAD
30
Egresses : EXITS
31
Word in a New Year's song : SYNE
32
Algonquian tribe : CREE
36
Cast the dice again : REROLLED
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XXIX x XIX : DLI
38
___ fille : JEUNE
39
City official : ALDERMAN
44
Repair clumsily : TINKER
45
Lodge member : ELK
46
Reached on the wireless : RAISED
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Kind of fence : SPITE
49
Reason to exercise : FLAB
50
Fenway Park slugger : RICE
51
Last Stuart ruler : ANNE
52
City in Kansas : IOLA
53
Symphonic poem by Varèse: 1965 : NUIT
54
Spelunker's study : CAVE
55
Zsa Zsa has several : EXES
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Suffix with real or social : IST

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

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