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Emory H. Cain
Emory H. Cain

New York Times, Saturday, November 20, 1982

Author:
Emory H. Cain
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { G J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 17.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Emory H. Cain has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,065
Across
1
Make the ___ (arrive) : SCENE
6
Annual world traveler : CLAUS
11
Town-square sight : STATUE
12
Argue : HASSLE
14
Drama by Shaw : HEARTBREAKHOUSE
17
Roman police chiefs : EDILES
18
Skipper's command : ALEE
19
105th-meridian time, for short : MST
20
Hullabaloos : DINS
21
Metric unit : ARE
22
Noted pollster : ROPER
24
Sight in the Seine : ILE
25
Wading birds : STILTS
28
Hilo honker : NENE
29
Buntline : NED
30
Boots a grounder : ERRS
31
Avoids adroitly : ELUDES
33
Sandpipers : REES
34
Salts' milieus : SEAS
35
Arrangements : SETUPS
38
Oklahoma city : ENID
39
Vane reading : SSE
42
Solway Firth feeder : EDEN
43
Gymnastic feats : SPLITS
45
Glaswegian's topper : TAM
46
Schisms : RENTS
48
Fabric for foulards : REP
49
Subdue : TAME
50
"___ Dreamer ... " : IMA
51
Abound : TEEM
53
Rip or Rod : TAYLOR
55
Drama by Shaw : FANNYSFIRSTPLAY
58
Tee-off position : STANCE
59
Glossy fabric : SATEEN
60
Bum ___ (bad info) : STEER
61
Made perfect : TRUED
Down
1
Like cathedral glass : STAINED
2
Reiner and Bernstein : CARLS
3
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
4
Lumps : NUBS
5
Poetic contraction : EER
6
Swiss herdsman's hut : CHALET
7
Constance or Louise : LAKE
8
Tribe of Israelites : ASHER
9
G.I. hangout : USO
10
Declined abruptly, as stocks : SLUMPED
11
V.I.P.'s church seat : SEDILE
13
Dead Sea ascetic : ESSENE
14
Gobi explorer : HEDIN
15
Ranks above viscounts : EARLS
16
Creatures, to René : ETRES
21
Pretensions : AIRS
23
Obligation : ONUS
25
Amphibious jeep : SEEP
26
Flexible shoot : TRESS
27
Murrow's "___ Now" : SEEIT
32
Boys : LADS
33
Poor poker hand : RUNT
34
Upstart : SNIP
35
Letter stroke : SERIF
36
Swellings of plant organs : EDEMAS
37
Occupies land : TENANTS
38
Fragrant oleoresin : ELEMI
39
Gained time by trickery : STALLED
40
Aunuu native : SAMOAN
41
Variety of corundum : EMERY
44
Choose : PREFER
47
Cahn collaborator : STYNE
49
Melville book : TYPEE
52
Suffix for inceptive verbs : ESCE
53
Monstrous monarch : TSAR
54
Rugged Aleutian island : ATTU
56
Actor Pendleton: 1899–1967 : NAT
57
OPQ followers : RST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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