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Avery
Avery

New York Times, Tuesday, November 6, 1984

54-Across : Candidates: 1904, 1932, etc.

Author:
Avery
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 18.3
Avery has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,782
Across
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What keglers do : BOWL
5
Possessive pronoun : THEIR
10
Mature : GROW
14
Amor's wings : ALAE
15
Rope, in Jalisco : REATA
16
Dancer Montez : LOLA
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Otherwise : ELSE
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Candidate: 1952 and 1956 : EISENHOWER
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Stadium sound : RAH
21
Agile : SPRY
22
Actor Welles : ORSON
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What thinkers produce : IDEAS
25
Hawaiian island : MAUI
27
Tropical tree : BANYAN
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Pens : CORRALS
32
Dudgeon : ANGER
33
"Ars gratia ___" : ARTIS
34
Part of "Tiny Alice" : ACT
36
Realtors' offerings : LOTS
37
Angler's basket : CREEL
38
At a distance : AFAR
39
Declaration to a J.P. : IDO
40
Hospital sign : QUIET
41
Like an eremite : ALONE
42
Lasted : ENDURED
44
Fish dish : SMELTS
45
Yukon river : ROSS
46
What barkers do : SPIEL
47
___-Simon test : BINET
50
Bosc, e.g. : PEAR
51
"Der ___ Konig" : ERL
54
Candidates: 1904, 1932, etc. : ROOSEVELTS
57
Greek porch : STOA
58
Vous ___ : ETES
59
Dialect : IDIOM
60
Victim of Gudrun : ATLI
61
"What's My Line" emcee : DALY
62
Hammer parts : PEENS
63
Document : DEED
Down
1
Columnist Bugs : BAER
2
Oil jar : OLLA
3
Unopposed candidate: 1789 : WASHINGTON
4
Actress Remick : LEE
5
Brain surgeon's instrument : TREPAN
6
Some presumptives : HEIRS
7
Marryat's midshipman : EASY
8
Believer: Suffix : ITE
9
Sought office : RAN
10
Steinem : GLORIA
11
To-dos : ROWS
12
Spread : OLEO
13
Sound the tocsin : WARN
19
"Dance of the ___" : HOURS
21
Prepare a roast : SEAR
24
Uses indigo : DYES
25
Musical piece : MOTET
26
Seed covering : ARIL
27
Pacific isle : BALI
28
Battery part : ANODE
29
Set of tenets : CREED
30
Candidate: 1924 : LAFOLLETTE
31
Slight : SCANT
33
Ram sign : ARIES
35
Pierre's "very" : TRES
37
Mongrels : CURS
38
Away from the wind : ALEE
40
Allude to : QUOTE
41
Moslem prince : AMIR
43
Elaborate : DRESSY
44
Twitches : SPASMS
46
Attack : SETON
47
Raised : BRED
48
Tittle : IOTA
49
Joyous season : NOEL
50
Ballet move : PLIE
52
Willy Loman, e.g. : ROLE
53
Installed, as track : LAID
55
Big wheel : VIP
56
Commune near Arnhem : EDE
57
Like Niobe : SAD

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