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Eli Wesoff
Eli Wesoff

New York Times, Friday, November 14, 1980

Author:
Eli Wesoff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 37.7
Eli Wesoff has 93 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,329
Across
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___ cum laude : MAGNA
6
High mil. office : CINC
10
Nag : CARP
14
Prospero's servant : ARIEL
15
Meat stew : OLIO
16
Spread : OLEO
17
All-pro Jack Ham is one : LINEBACKER
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His ___ (personage) : NIBS
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Office equipment : DESK
21
Mocha, Java, etc. : COFFEES
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Straw-filled tick : PALLET
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Mercy : LENIENCE
27
In the direction of movement : ALEE
28
Season in Calais : ETE
30
One of a quadrillion on Earth : ANT
31
Cribbage item : PEG
32
Sing like Columbo : CROON
34
"___ long way toTipperary, ... " : ITSA
37
Welt producer : CATONINETAILS
40
Word with oven or poke : SLOW
41
Sticker : LABEL
42
Decide : OPT
44
Take tiffin : EAT
46
Arthur's ebony spear : RON
47
Noted French teacher of deaf and dumb children: 18th century : EPEE
48
Like some bricks, raisins, etc. : SUNDRIED
52
Away : ABSENT
54
Busman's door-opening item : TREADLE
55
Name for a señorita : INES
56
Second Israeli ambassador to U.S. : EBAN
57
Leif's father : ERICTHERED
62
Powder ingredient : TALC
63
Jockey : RIDE
64
Flavoring for ouzo : ANISE
65
Snick's partner in bygone days : SNEE
66
Scorch : SEAR
67
Middle East desert region : NEGEB
Down
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___ de mer : MAL
2
Onassis : ARI
3
Type of fizz : GIN
4
Cleopatra's ___, in Central Park : NEEDLE
5
"The Sandbox" playwright : ALBEE
6
Small pile of hay : COCK
7
Kind, unkindly speaking : ILK
8
Amy, to Billy : NIECE
9
Cigar type : CORONA
10
Paper for celebrations : CONFETTI
11
Sci-fi film of 1979 : ALIEN
12
Viol ancestor : REBEC
13
Band playing in a western : POSSE
18
" ... ___ and distant shore": Thayer : ASTERN
22
Lampshade topper : FINIAL
23
Hack's output : PAP
24
Templeton and Guinness : ALECS
25
Kind of tender : LEGAL
26
Lightweight champ: 1917–25 : LEONARD
29
Helot's lot : TOIL
32
"Cavalcade" playwright : COWARD
33
Mountain climbed by Moses : NEBO
35
Spot for a kanone : SLOPE
36
Ditto above : ASPEN
38
Perform like Tallchief : TOEDANCE
39
Landlord's correlative : TENANT
43
Holiday in Hanoi : TET
45
Mosaic workers : TILERS
47
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
48
Proofreaders' marks : STETS
49
___ renewal : URBAN
50
"Jerusalem the Golden" author : NEALE
51
Uncanny : EERIE
53
Literature's "Borstal Boy" : BEHAN
55
Refrigerator : ICER
58
Cantor song : IDA
59
Outfit : RIG
60
Vane direction : ESE
61
Coming-out girl : DEB

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later.

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