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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Tuesday, January 24, 1989

51-Across : Dilettante

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,322
Across
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Gershwin folk-opera role : BESS
5
Plant in a color comparison : BEET
9
Crevasse : CHASM
14
Agreeable response : ECHO
15
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
16
Western story writer : HARTE
17
Trammell of baseball : ALAN
18
"___ boy!" : ATTA
19
Presage : AUGUR
20
Shrove Tuesday : MARDIGRAS
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Pebble : STONE
23
Flèche : STEEPLE
24
Pullulate : TEEM
26
Schismatic group : SECT
28
Cookout enticements : AROMAS
32
Type of lyric poem : EPODE
36
Tip : HINT
38
TV science series : NOVA
39
Plucky : GAME
40
Gulf N of the Gallipoli Peninsula : SAROS
41
Take for a ride : DOIN
42
Forbidding : GRIM
43
Collar or college : ETON
44
Waits on : TENDS
45
Swift's forte : SATIRE
47
Train for a bout : SPAR
49
Albacore : TUNA
51
Dilettante : AMATEUR
56
Grandiose tales : SAGAS
59
Side by side, from Latin : PARIPASSU
61
Smashup : CRASH
62
Deplored one's lapse : RUED
63
Receipt of a sort : STUB
64
Flavoring seed : ANISE
65
Discord goddess : ERIS
66
Shade of blue : TEAL
67
Do, re, mi, etc. : NOTES
68
Sinbad or Popeye : SALT
69
First name in mystery novels : ERLE
Down
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Headlights : BEAMS
2
Acclamation : ECLAT
3
Cut : SHARE
4
Rocket used as a probe : SONDE
5
Small hound : BEAGLE
6
Ballet leap : ENTRECHAT
7
Kett of the comics : ETTA
8
Emcee's proposal : TOAST
9
Beer, sometimes : CHASER
10
High society : HAUTMONDE
11
Jason's craft : ARGO
12
Bewilder : STUN
13
Like a widow's mite : MERE
21
___ dixit : IPSE
25
Truck-stop sign : EATS
27
Weather satellite : TIROS
29
Armstrong walked here : MOON
30
Enthusiastic : AVID
31
Without : SANS
32
___ Benedict : EGGS
33
Prefix with chute : PARA
34
Skip : OMIT
35
After-dinner serving : DEMITASSE
37
Peerless : NONPAREIL
40
Beheld : SEEN
44
Fairway hazard : TRAP
46
Hastily printed film shots : RUSHES
48
Surrounded by : AMIDST
50
___-ski : APRES
52
Sample : TASTE
53
Poly follower : ESTER
54
Commonplace : USUAL
55
Moscow money : RUBLE
56
Look over : SCAN
57
Pisa's river : ARNO
58
Dogtrot, e.g. : GAIT
60
Atmosphere or ambience : AURA

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