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S. E. Wilkinson
S. E. Wilkinson

New York Times, Saturday, November 3, 1984

4-Down : Chess pcs.

Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 330 (avg 1.75)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,779
Across
1
Wilson of baseball fame : HACK
5
National park in Alberta : BANFF
10
Gabon's Bongo : OMAR
14
"How now! ___?": Hamlet : ARAT
15
Valence valediction : ADIEU
16
He painted "The Queen's Party" : DALI
17
Samovars : URNS
18
Symbol of womanly beauty : HELEN
19
Red 1 and Blue 5 : DYES
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___ sequitur : NON
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Hotfoot it : BALLTHEJACK
23
Brace : TWOSOME
25
Tic-tac-toe winner : OOO
26
Jazz singer Simone : NINA
27
Mason's conical weight : PLUMBBOB
32
Aristocratic : NOBLE
34
Yeas, in a way : PROS
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Purpose : SAKE
36
According to : ALA
37
Gallants : SQUIRES
40
Novel by Kathleen Coyle : LIV
41
Angelus, e.g. : BELL
43
___-daisy! : UPSY
44
Like a sieve : HOLEY
46
Verbal violation : SOLECISM
48
Frascati or Orvieto : VINO
49
Nitrous oxide, e.g. : GAS
50
Harmful : MALEFIC
53
Famed comedienne : LUCILLEBALL
58
D.C. agcy. : FDA
59
Mohammed, for one : ARAB
60
One of the Hours : IRENE
61
Shuttlecock : BIRD
62
Cartoonist Lazarus : MELL
63
Forty follower : NINER
64
Angered : IRED
65
Nabors TV role : PYLE
66
Malibu museum : GETTY
67
Moist : DEWY
Down
1
Stay with : HAUNT
2
Directional signal : ARROW
3
Saxophonist Adderley : CANNONBALL
4
Chess pcs. : KTS
5
Grand ___, near Great Abaco : BAHAMA
6
Victor Hugo's wife : ADELE
7
"And, will you, ___ you ... ": Shak. : NILL
8
Means of support : FEET
9
Amusement-park attraction : FUNHOUSE
10
Some tasks : ODDJOBS
11
Author Angelou : MAYA
12
Composer Wilder : ALEC
13
Bell the cat : RISK
21
Rollers for high rollers : BONES
22
Billing time: Abbr. : EOM
24
___ vous plaît : SIL
27
Light refractor : PRISM
28
Brightly colored parrot : LORY
29
Highly energetic person : BALLOFFIRE
30
Migratory worker of the 30's : OKIE
31
Quail quantity : BEVY
32
Seizes : NABS
33
Ersatz butter : OLEO
34
Whelps : PUPS
38
Traitor : QUISLING
39
Pitchman's accomplice : SHILL
42
Unlike a scribble : LEGIBLE
45
Unified : ONE
47
Lone Eagle's monogram : CAL
48
___ Giscard d'Estaing : VALERY
50
He painted "The Fife Player" : MANET
51
"___ my snicker-snee!": Gilbert : IDREW
52
Tea container : CADDY
53
Light shedder : LAMP
54
Nobel chemist in '34 : UREY
55
Telephone : CALL
56
Naval battle site: 1813 : ERIE
57
Bowed : BENT
61
Command : BID

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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