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 Meisler
Meisler

New York Times, Friday, October 21, 1977

32-Across : Premonition

Author:
Meisler
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F K Q X }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Meisler has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,296
Across
1
Scoriaceous lava : SLAG
5
Jackanapes : BRAT
9
Faria in "The Count of Monte Cristo" : ABBE
13
Skylab astronaut of 1973 : CARR
14
Louis from Louisiana : PRIMA
15
Word with man or mat : DOOR
16
Gov. Rhodes's state : OHIO
17
Nibble away : EATAT
18
Suit size : LONG
19
Surveyor's line : TRAVERSE
21
"Things ___ bump in the night" : THATGO
23
"Vittles" : EATS
24
LXXVI doubled : CLII
25
Sully : SMIRCH
28
Plays a part : PRETENDS
32
Premonition : HUNCH
33
Mythomaniac : LIAR
34
"___ labour's bath," Macbeth's phrase for sleep : SORE
35
Viva voce : ORAL
36
Setbacks : JOLTS
37
Cruise, e.g. : TRIP
38
Part of "H.O.M.E.S." : ERIE
39
Asian evergreen : ATLE
40
"Jenny kissed me when ___": Hunt : WEMET
41
Downstairs group on TV : SERVANTS
43
Snowfall, in Spain : NEVADA
44
Met basso Flagello : EZIO
45
Bowling alley : LANE
46
Democratic method : BALLOT
49
Terpsichorean duo : PARTNERS
53
Largest continent : ASIA
54
___ branch (peace offering) : OLIVE
56
Bellow : SAUL
57
Jaworski : LEON
58
Subject of a Foster song : RACES
59
Greek peak : OSSA
60
"This is my own, my native ___!": Scott : LAND
61
Jack yard : SPAR
62
Molotov's turndown : NYET
Down
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Assess for tax : SCOT
2
He played in "Waiting for Godot" : LAHR
3
Relative of a cavatina : ARIA
4
"Sage of Princeton" : GROVERCLEVELAND
5
Word with hat or band : BRASS
6
Extreme unction, for one : RITE
7
Eucharistic wine cup : AMA
8
Stool pigeons : TATTLERS
9
Vice President under 4 Down : ADLAIESTEVENSON
10
Marine recruit : BOOT
11
Big Ben's sound : BONG
12
Therefore : ERGO
14
Capital of W. Australia : PERTH
20
Word before other : EACH
22
Texas leaguer, for one : HIT
24
Shipping-room item : CRATE
25
Penny-loafers : SHOES
26
Northern diving bird : MURRE
27
Suspended : INAIR
28
Kin of droops and twerps : PILLS
29
Marilyn, before stardom : NORMA
30
Like raisins : DRIED
31
Partitions : SEPTA
33
Cards-and-numbers game : LOTTO
36
They make a cleanup regularly : JANITORS
40
Left : WENT
42
Kind of dye : AZO
43
Nostrils : NARES
45
Tennis star : LAVER
46
What Tom Watson drives : BALL
47
In Poseidon's domain : ASEA
48
He gets the best share : LION
49
Type type : PICA
50
"Duck soup" : EASY
51
Stratagem : RUSE
52
Louver board : SLAT
55
Baby's perch : LAP

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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