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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Thursday, October 29, 1981

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.3
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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L
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,678
Across
1
Blockhead : DOLT
5
Chatter indiscreetly : BLAB
9
Schoolgoer of rhyme : LAMB
13
Having side petals : ALAR
14
"The City in the Sea" poet : EAPOE
16
Slangy suffix with switch : EROO
17
First of the Astaire-Rogers films: 1933 : FLYINGDOWNTORIO
20
Kind of bud : TASTE
21
Gland: Comb. form : ADENO
22
Globe : ORB
23
H, to Hippocrates : ETA
25
Fugitive : RUNAWAY
27
Erica Jong novel: 1973 : FEAROFFLYING
32
Certain means: Abbr. : AVS
33
Stick for señor : PALO
34
Bed of roses : EASE
37
Wedding-cake feature : TIER
39
Part of R.A.F. : ROYAL
42
Places : LOCI
44
Land west of Vietnam : LAOS
46
One of a radio pair : AMOS
48
Gold, to Cortés : ORO
49
TV sitcom: 1967–70 : THEFLYINGNUN
53
Fife's cousin : PICCOLO
56
Inits. of a teaching group : NEA
57
Número ___ : UNO
58
Forward a message : RELAY
61
Clean up after a chalk talk : ERASE
65
Rodents that glide through the air : FLYINGSQUIRRELS
68
Columbo portrayer : FALK
69
Letter closure : YOURS
70
A son of Aphrodite : EROS
71
___ Pea, Popeye's "adoptic infink" : SWEE
72
Possible coll. major : MATH
73
Kind of bag : TOTE
Down
1
Dotty : DAFT
2
Stewing pot : OLLA
3
Ballads : LAYS
4
More commonplace : TRITER
5
Panhandle : BEG
6
Terhune's "___ Dog" : LADA
7
Two peas in ___ : APOD
8
Section of Manhattan : BOWERY
9
Zodiacal sign : LEO
10
Sherwood Forest missile : ARROW
11
Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
12
Kind of trap : BOOBY
15
Boredom : ENNUI
18
Pilgrim greeting to an Indian : NETOP
19
One thousand kilograms : TONNE
24
From a distance : AFAR
26
Arab's headband : AGAL
27
Superfluity : FAT
28
Ominous : EVIL
29
On a cruise : ASEA
30
Polly Holliday TV role : FLO
31
Allegiant : LOYAL
35
Presently : SOON
36
Not quite off-white : ECRU
38
U.S. Army training branch : ROTC
40
Alcott of the links : AMY
41
Kind of cloth : LOIN
43
Charged atom : ION
45
Fleeced : SHORN
47
Scornful expression : SNEER
50
Lamentation : ELEGY
51
Noted N.M. archeological site : FOLSOM
52
Attic : GARRET
53
Inflates : PUFFS
54
Sargent Shriver, to E.M.K. : INLAW
55
Irish novelist Kathleen ___ : COYLE
59
Greenish hue : AQUA
60
Portable tent : YURT
62
Prefix with sol or space : AERO
63
Piggy-bank aperture : SLOT
64
Latin ancestor of "essence" : ESSE
66
Newscaster Pappas : IKE
67
Ending for bull or bear : ISH

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

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