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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Monday, November 1, 1982

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 27.6
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,046
Across
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G.I.'s lead : AMMO
5
Touch, kitten-to-mouse style : PAWAT
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Against : ANTI
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Emulsifier : SOAP
15
Mountain spinach : ORACH
16
Globule of gloom : TEAR
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R.N.'s milieu : HOSP
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Strike : SMITE
19
Falana : LOLA
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What Macbeth didn't have after Banquo's murder : GHOSTOFACHANCE
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Close by : NEAR
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Towel pronoun : HIS
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Morning fare : CEREAL
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All in : BEAT
30
Little, to a lassie : SMA
33
"___ we all?" : ARENT
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Title, for short : MAAM
35
E. D. Biggers sleuth : CHAN
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Cheer up at the bar? : LIFTONESSPIRITS
39
Frozen treats : ICES
40
Redact : EDIT
41
Spanish direction : NORTE
42
Distant : FAR
43
Quaker pronoun : THEE
44
Loser at Little Bighorn : CUSTER
45
Mad., for one : AVE
46
Father of Romulus : MARS
47
Super Bowl spook? : BIGGAMEHAUNTER
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Solitary : LONE
55
Items "in the fire" : IRONS
56
Qum's land : IRAN
58
___ impasse : ATAN
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Year: Fr. : ANNEE
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Merit : EARN
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Mil. unit : BATT
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Listens to : HEEDS
63
Irish ___ : STEW
Down
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Havana residue : ASH
2
Synthesizer : MOOG
3
TV series : MASH
4
Adversaries : OPPONENTS
5
___ card : POSTAL
6
Mail : ARMOR
7
Homeless child : WAIF
8
Recorded proceedings : ACTA
9
Beery-Cooper film: 1931 : THECHAMP
10
World supporter : ATLAS
11
Light that's a real gas : NEON
12
Dusting powder : TALC
13
Dies ___ : IRAE
21
Former treaty org. : SEATO
22
Success : HIT
25
Where five baseball teams play: Abbr. : CALIF
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Author Jong : ERICA
27
Allude (to) : REFER
28
Count of the keyboard : BASIE
29
Bridge player : EAST
30
Wagered garment : SHIRT
31
Dull finish : MATTE
32
Goose genus : ANSER
34
Ancient Persian's neighbor : MEDE
35
Track connectors : CROSSTIES
37
Book following Ezra : NEHEMIAH
38
Entomb : INURN
43
Wilson Dam org. : TVA
44
Makes happen : CAUSES
45
Ten-percenter : AGENT
46
Like Leo's neck : MANED
47
Leak a secret : BLAB
48
Kappa preceder : IOTA
49
Pesky creature : GNAT
50
Sea flier : ERNE
51
Use a whetstone : HONE
52
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Steakhouse adjective : RARE
57
Compass pt. : NNW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later.

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