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I. Judah Koolyk
New York Times, Saturday, October 8, 1983
Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { B J Q X Z }
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 26.1
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 K | 4 E | 5 D | 6 U | 7 R | 8 I | 9 STAR | 10 S | 11 O | 12 F |
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13 STAR | L | I | K | E | 14 P | E | T | 15 E | 16 STAR | T | U | P |
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17 T | O | N | G | A | 18 STAR | V | E | S | 19 STAR | E | T | S |
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20 E | G | G | 21 F | 22 I | T | S | A | N | 23 D | STAR | T | S | ||
24 R | E | M | 25 S | E | E | R | ||||||||
26 STAR | 27 C | 28 H | I | N | E | 29 S | 30 S | 31 S | W | A | 32 M | 33 P | 34 S |
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35 W | A | A | C | 36 T | H | A | 37 W | 38 S | T | E | R | N |
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39 A | C | T | H | 40 A | I | M | E | 41 D | 42 I | D | I | O |
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43 R | H | E | A | 44 S | 45 P | O | L | E | 46 N | E | A | R |
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47 S | E | D | R | A | 48 S | 49 A | L | L | 50 STAR | G | A | M | E |
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51 D | R | U | 52 G | 53 L | T | S | ||||||||
54 STAR | 55 STAR | STAR | G | E | N | 56 E | 57 R | A | L | 58 A | 59 R | 60 M |
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61 E | R | I | K | 62 R | O | N | A | 63 E | 64 M | C | E | E |
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65 N | E | N | E | 66 S | M | O | G | 67 R | A | N | D | S |
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68 E | D | G | Y | 69 E | W | E | 70 S | E | E | STAR | S |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,387
Across
1
Petitioned : ASKED
6
Geller of Tel Aviv : URI
9
___-Bethlehem (plants) : STARSOF
13
Astral : STARLIKE
14
N.L.'s Rose : PETE
16
Set in motion : STARTUP
17
South Pacific kingdom : TONGA
18
Treats a fever : STARVES
19
Spiritual adviser : STARETS
20
Leghorn's largess : EGG
21
By ___ (intermittently) : FITSANDSTARTS
24
Ad ___ (pertinent) : REM
25
Palmist : SEER
26
Formality : STARCHINESS
31
Dismal and Okefenokee : SWAMPS
35
Servicewoman in Eng. : WAAC
36
Become less reserved : THAW
38
Like a martinet : STERN
39
Protein hormone : ACTH
40
Prepared to fire : AIMED
42
Personal: Prefix : IDIO
43
Ostriches' kin : RHEAS
45
Walesa, for one : POLE
46
Approach : NEAR
47
Portions of the Torah : SEDRAS
49
July sports event : ALLSTARGAME
51
Bhang or cannabis : DRUG
53
NCO's bosses : LTS
54
One of the Army brass : STARSTARSTARGENERAL
58
Radius locale : ARM
61
Ballet's Bruhn : ERIK
62
Columnist Barrett : RONA
63
Roast host : EMCEE
65
Hawaiian goose : NENE
66
Air apparent? : SMOG
67
Shoe strips : RANDS
68
Tense : EDGY
69
Bellwether's mate : EWE
70
Get dazed : SEESTARS
Down
1
A goddess of fertility : ASTARTE
2
Walk heavily : SLOG
3
Alan or Peggy : KING
4
Cardiologist's graph : EKG
5
Cause auricular malfunction : DEAFEN
6
Parvenu : UPSTART
7
Guns a motor : REVS
8
Willow-family members : ITEAS
9
What good movies receive : STARSTARSTARSTARRATINGS
10
Don't dele : STET
11
Inning sextet : OUTS
12
Speed meas. used in film making : FPS
15
Laborers in 1066 : ESNES
22
"___ man with ... " : IMETA
23
Moistens, in a way : DEWS
24
Famed Liverpudlian : RICHARDSTARKEY
26
Box-office smash : STARWARS
27
Hiding place : CACHE
28
Abhorred : HATED
29
Windjammer, for one : SHIP
30
Mead locale : SAMOA
32
Jason's wife : MEDEA
33
Hecuba's husband : PRIAM
34
A 4 A.M. sound : SNORE
37
Gusher : WELL
41
Reese or Street : DELLA
44
Marionette maker : SARG
48
Litigious ones : SUERS
50
They surprise : STARTLERS
52
Hidden-treasure guardian : GNOME
54
Had the lead : STARRED
55
Rubberneck's activity : STARING
56
Sufficient, to FitzGerald : ENOW
57
Craze : RAGE
58
Adolescent's ailment : ACNE
59
Soviet military symbol : REDSTAR
60
Farrago : MESS
61
Compass pt. : ENE
64
Busch or West : MAE
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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