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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, January 23, 1987

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 40.6
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,590
Across
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Attention-getters : AHEMS
6
His pad's the pond, at times : TOAD
10
Walker's putdown? : FOOT
14
La. feature : BAYOU
15
Enough, often : ONCE
16
Ray of the screen : ALDO
17
Rink peeper? : CHEEPSKATE
19
Beatty-Keaton film : REDS
20
June celebrity : DAD
21
"Annabel Lee" poet : POE
22
Trophy won seven times by Gretzky : ARTROSS
24
Carter U.N. man : YOUNG
26
Popeye's laugh : ARF
27
Grip tightly : CLASP
29
Milieu : AMBIENCE
34
Coeur d'___, Idaho : ALENE
35
Sci-fi film of '58, with "The" : BLOB
36
Cat's-paw : TOOL
37
Lofty goal : PEAK
38
"Three to get ___" : READY
39
Collinsworth of the grid : CRIS
40
Compos mentis : SANE
41
Hash-house sign : EATS
42
Macbeth title : THANE
43
Double-___ (term of two meanings) : ENTENDRE
45
Author Utley : FREDA
46
School of seals : POD
47
Bitter : ACRID
49
Moderately slow, to Mozart : ANDANTE
53
Hosp. recording : EEG
54
1,101, to Cato : MCI
57
This may be proper : NOUN
58
Trendy sentry? : AVANTGUARD
61
Honky-___ : TONK
62
___ up (confined) : PENT
63
A Lauder : ESTEE
64
Pitch black : INKY
65
Closes : ENDS
66
Price list : RATES
Down
1
Start of a tot's chant : ABCD
2
Music to Skelton's ears : HAHA
3
Observed : EYED
4
Country-western star Bandy : MOE
5
Verb for a hypothesis : SUPPOSE
6
Commuter's coin : TOKEN
7
Stop ___ dime : ONA
8
Meeting minutes : ACTA
9
Advice-giving ruminant? : DEERABBY
10
Jamie got the paper? : FARRFETCHED
11
Sub in a tub : OLEO
12
3 to 1, e.g. : ODDS
13
Hurl : TOSS
18
Winter lunch choice : SOUP
23
Bi-, plus one : TRI
24
Northern escapades? : YANKEEPANKY
25
Pygmalion's statue : GALATEA
27
Immaculate : CLEAN
28
Inclined : LEANT
30
Soho swingers : MODS
31
Air-defense org. : NORAD
32
"To ___ phrase" : COINA
33
Otherwise : ELSE
34
Concha, in architecture : APSE
35
Super Bowl XX athlete : BEAR
38
Foxx holdup? : REDDTAPE
42
Roy Rogers's steed : TRIGGER
44
Pierre's prohibition : NON
45
Guitar part : FRET
48
These once depicted an Indian : CENTS
49
Oppositionist : ANTI
50
Daily palindrome : NOON
51
Easy basket : DUNK
52
Regular : EVEN
54
Houston of TV : MATT
55
Assiniboia native : CREE
56
Fish that are dated? : IDES
59
Furthermore : AND
60
"Birthplace" of songdom : USA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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