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Irene Smullyan
Irene Smullyan

New York Times, Thursday, November 13, 1986

Author:
Irene Smullyan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 31.3
Irene Smullyan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,519
Across
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Hebrew prophet : MICAH
6
Branch of the mil. : USAF
10
Prod : SPUR
14
Vacuous : INANE
15
Golfer Wayne : LEVI
16
Precious : CUTE
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Currency i.o.u. : SCRIP
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At hand : NEAR
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Where 21 Down lies : APIA
20
Child's pastime : CATSCRADLE
22
Money drawer : TILL
23
Brew : ALE
24
Gunwale parts : THOLES
26
Opts : ELECTS
30
Like some infections : VIRAL
32
Wild Western felines : PUMAS
33
Cougar or lynx : CATAMOUNT
37
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
38
Starchy foodstuff : SALEP
39
Ashen : GRAY
40
Religious instructions : CATECHISM
42
Londres, e.g. : CIGAR
43
Wiesbaden's river : RHINE
44
Type of inflorescence : RACEME
45
Taipei is its capital : TAIWAN
48
Collegian's prerogative : CUT
49
Venezuelan mining town : AROA
50
Dare : BELLTHECAT
57
Slender or small, in Savoie : MENU
58
Sub in a tub : OLEO
59
Evergreen shrub : ERICA
60
Paint container : PAIL
61
General McAuliffe's rejoinder : NUTS
62
"Star" in a garden : ASTER
63
"Sustineo ___," motto of 6 Across : ALAS
64
Other : ELSE
65
G. Cooper role : DEEDS
Down
1
File abbr. : MISC
2
Cara's conqueror : INCA
3
Haul : CART
4
Flavoring for a Caen cordial : ANIS
5
Jivers : HEPCATS
6
Neighbors of ginglymi : ULNAE
7
Germ : SEED
8
Of grandparents : AVAL
9
Ramshackle tenement : FIRETRAP
10
Describing certain tasteless jokes : SCATOLOGIC
11
Aristotle, to Plato : PUPIL
12
Serviceable : UTILE
13
Former Spanish coins : REALS
21
Literary monogram : RLS
25
CB buff : HAM
26
"Poema del Cid," e.g. : EPIC
27
Russian satellite : LUNA
28
Send forth : EMIT
29
Ululates : CATERWAULS
30
Concert piece : VALSE
31
Piece for a Barrett piece : ITEM
33
Father of Enoch : CAIN
34
Importune : URGE
35
A son of Caleb : NAAM
36
King Hiram's city : TYRE
38
Tibia : SHINBONE
41
Rolled tea : CHA
42
Winch on an oil-well rig : CATHEAD
44
Furrow : RUT
45
Gulf of Mexico port : TAMPA
46
Of a region : AREAL
47
Ancient Greek colony : IONIA
48
Proximal : CLOSE
51
Hebrew month : ELUL
52
Rents : LETS
53
Gaelic : ERSE
54
Quote : CITE
55
Made a hole-in-one : ACED
56
Rackstraw's colleagues : TARS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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