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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Tuesday, October 26, 1993

32-Down : Gets the lead out

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 64.2
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,058
Across
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"___ Were a Rich Man" : IFI
4
Government supporter: Comb. form : CRAT
8
Brow beads : SWEAT
13
Subjects for Matisse and Ingres : ODAS
14
Grist for the operagoer : RERI
15
Mascara holders : CILIA
16
Aircraft-engine intakes : AIRSCOOPS
18
Lendl and Boesky : IVANS
19
Twins suckled by a she-wolf : ROMULUSANDREMUS
21
Dickens's hateful clerk : HEEP
22
Sam and Miltie, in Toledo : TIOS
23
Decision for Bowe : TKO
25
"Gorillas in the ___," 1988 film : MIST
28
Misbehave : ACTUP
31
Debt certificates? : IOUS
33
Foil's cousin : EPEE
35
Portage burden : CANOE
37
Twins who sailed on the Argo : CASTORANDPOLLUX
40
"...an azure-lidded ___": Keats : SLEEP
41
Change the décor : REDO
42
River at Chartres : EURE
43
Forest trembler : ASPEN
45
No. 1 on the Mohs' scale : TALC
47
Trig. function : CSC
48
Snicker follower : SNEE
50
Scarcity : LACK
52
Inseparable friends of legend : DAMONANDPYTHIAS
59
Silly : INANE
60
Most soporific : DROWSIEST
61
Naysayers : ANTIS
62
A Saarinen : EERO
63
Sale condition : ASIS
64
Lamb and mutton : MEATS
65
Bat or dong starter : DING
66
He hit 511 home runs : OTT
Down
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Personal: Comb. form : IDIO
2
Rural abodes : FARMHOUSES
3
Offspring : ISSUE
4
Raker of a kind : CROUPIER
5
Classic cars : REOS
6
Strumento at La Scala : ARPA
7
Cousin of 't aint : TISNT
8
Hot, dusty wind from N. Africa : SCIROCCO
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Old ___ (superstition) : WIVESTALE
10
Kingdom E of Babylonia : ELAM
11
Japanese aborigine : AINU
12
Soviet news agency : TASS
13
Scull : OAR
17
Skelton's Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
20
This makes Pedro's day : DIA
23
Short spasms : TICS
24
Eucalyptus-leaf eater : KOALA
26
Boom : SPAR
27
Principle : TENET
29
Least fortunate : UNLUCKIEST
30
Decants : POURS
32
Gets the lead out : STEPSONIT
34
Old Norse poetry collection : EDDA
36
Company V.I.P. : EXEC
38
Candor : OPENNESS
39
Tadpole : POLLYWOG
44
Teachers' org. : NEA
46
Webber musical : CATS
49
Over : ENDED
51
Chinese unit of currency : CHIAO
52
Rad. x 2 : DIAM
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One of two of Henry's six wives : ANNE
54
___ Hari : MATA
55
Eins, zwei, ___ : DREI
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Target of an X rating : PORN
57
___ were (so to speak) : ASIT
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42d and Wall : STS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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