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Charles E. Gersch
Charles E. Gersch

New York Times, Friday, January 9, 1987

31-Down : Mobutu ___ Seko, Zaire's President

Author:
Charles E. Gersch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 45.2
Charles E. Gersch has 31 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,576
Across
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Young seals : PUPS
5
Nemesis of "that wascally wabbit" : FUDD
9
Matelotes : STEWS
14
W.W. II rations : SPAM
15
Baseball family name : ALOU
16
Actress Shire : TALIA
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Town in Chad : ADRE
18
Pilgrimage site : CANTERBURY
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Hot ___ (overly eager) : TOTROT
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Kind of phobia : ACRO
23
One of Ghent's rivers : LYS
24
Wrestling maneuver : SCISSORSHOLD
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Slide : CHUTE
28
Ai and unau : SLOTHS
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Violinist Kavafian : ANI
34
Part of the eye : UVEA
37
Like a Stephen King work : EERIE
38
Asian shade trees : PAPERMULBERRIES
42
Dieter's loss : BULGE
43
Play tug-of-war : PULL
44
Prefix with fix : PRE
45
Certain stocks : STEELS
47
Motown mistake : EDSEL
50
Mod music fans : ROCKNROLLERS
55
Oft-sighted obj. : UFO
58
TV actress Williams : CARA
59
He takes a gambol : ROMPER
60
Oldest city in Colombia : SANTAMARTA
63
"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
64
A Yugoslav : CROAT
65
Shot the puck too far : ICED
66
Tabula ___ (clean slate) : RASA
67
Overeat : GORGE
68
Matador's quarry : TORO
69
Legislators' votes : AYES
Down
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H.S. juniors' tests : PSATS
2
"What's ___?": Streisand film : UPDOC
3
Verb form : PARTICIPLE
4
James Bond foe : SMERSH
5
Mr. Do-All : FACTOTUM
6
Diminutive suffix : ULA
7
Portuguese ladies : DONAS
8
What not to get in : DUTCH
9
Go-cart : STROLLER
10
What a sport picks up : TAB
11
Month after Ab : ELUL
12
Lean and tough : WIRY
13
"Simon ___," popular game : SAYS
19
Piccadilly statue : EROS
21
Columbus inst. : OSU
25
Gun an engine : REVUP
26
Active one : DOER
29
Diamond thriller : TRIPLEPLAY
30
Day before aujourd'hui : HIER
31
Mobutu ___ Seko, Zaire's President : SESE
32
N.Y.P.D. circulars : APBS
33
Astro or argo follower : NAUT
35
Chosen, in Chartres : ELU
36
More capable : ABLER
39
River in Bavaria : EGER
40
Move elsewhere : RELOCATE
41
Legendary S.A. king : ELDORADO
46
Con game : SCAM
48
Sign near a sch. : SLO
49
Site of Twain's remains : ELMIRA
51
Asian snake : KRAIT
52
Numbness: Comb. form : NARCO
53
Ebbets Field star : REESE
54
Sp. lasses : SRTAS
55
Dept. of Transp. branch : USCG
56
Casino game : FARO
57
___ about (date phrase) : ONOR
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Barrie's "Der ___" : TAG
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Painter Gerard ___ Borch : TER

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

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