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Darrell J. Carter
Darrell J. Carter

New York Times, Saturday, January 9, 1982

31-Across : Flint creation

Author:
Darrell J. Carter
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Darrell J. Carter has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,750
Across
1
Bullfighter's cloak : CAPA
5
Irvin S. and Lee J. : COBBS
10
Pace : STEP
14
Heating chamber : OVEN
15
Swedish seaport : LULEA
16
User's fee : TOLL
17
Scroll at the end of a handrail : MONKEYTAIL
19
Tear apart : RIVE
20
Present : ONHAND
21
S.A. capital : BRASILIA
23
Caviar : ROE
24
European capital : BUDAPEST
25
East Indian leafless vines : SOMAS
28
Kind of set : JET
29
Acquire : GET
30
Malay isthmus : KRA
31
Flint creation : CAR
32
Excluded : BARRED
35
Its capital is Quito : ECUADOR
38
Sam is one : MISSILE
39
European capital : WARSAW
40
Ungentlemanly fellow : CAD
41
Decline : EBB
42
Regulatory agcy. : ICC
43
Gr. tense : AOR
44
Fundamental principles : BASES
46
One affecting elegant expression : ATTICIST
49
___ Juan, capital of Puerto Rico : SAN
50
Not hard to understand, as writing : READABLE
51
Juneau is its capital : ALASKA
55
Hindu princess : RANI
56
Associations or brotherhoods : SODALITIES
58
Late Jordanian queen : ALIA
59
Pindaric finale : EPODE
60
Czech river : ODRA
61
Actor Connery : SEAN
62
A tyrant and a Wolfe : NEROS
63
Word with lease : LEND
Down
1
Where Mussolini was executed : COMO
2
English river : AVON
3
Asian capital Phnom ___ : PENH
4
Eurasian capital : ANKARA
5
Bonnie's partner : CLYDE
6
Away : OUT
7
Tattletale : BLABBER
8
Asian capital : BEIRUT
9
Greens : SALAD
10
Naval officers, colloquially : STRIPERS
11
Soap, lotion, cologne, etc. : TOILETRIES
12
Memorable name in rock : ELVIS
13
Garment fold : PLEAT
18
A son of Seth : ENOS
22
Heroic tales : SAGAS
25
Swerve : SKEW
26
Killer whale : ORCA
27
Nouakchott is its capital : MAURITANIA
28
Container for dills : JAR
31
Intimidate : COW
32
Make an offer : BID
33
German river : ELBE
34
American Socialist : DEBS
36
Sea squirt : ASCIDIAN
37
Asian capital : DACCA
38
Damage : MAR
40
Dijon is its capital : COTEDOR
43
Slanted : ASLOPE
44
Indonesian island : BALI
45
Schnitzler play : ANATOL
46
Capital of Pas-de-Calais : ARRAS
47
Naturalist Edwin Way ___ : TEALE
48
Norwegian dramatist : IBSEN
49
Soupy from N.C. : SALES
52
East or West in N.Y.C. : SIDE
53
"Roberta" composer : KERN
54
Author of "The Road to Mecca" : ASAD
57
Commotion : ADO

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

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