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Kevin Boyle
Kevin Boyle

New York Times, Saturday, November 9, 1991

6-Down : Rifle

Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 25, Avg Word Len: 5.88, Missing: { J K X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,341
Across
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Foreshadow : ADUMBRATE
10
A son of Jacob and Zilpah : ASHER
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Monologue : SOLILOQUY
16
Instrument for Nero : PIANO
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Characteristic : ATTRIBUTE
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Hurries : PELTS
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Nostrils : NARES
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Main trunk : AORTA
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Calendar abbr. : FRI
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General, to a Turk : AGA
24
Theater gallery : TIER
26
Mexican politician-historian: 1792-1853 : ALAMAN
28
Sonnet section : SESTET
30
Otolith : EARSTONE
32
German chancellor Willy and family : BRANDTS
34
Aerial bombs : ROCS
35
According ___ (correctly) : TOHOYLE
38
Aromatic teas : TISANES
40
Placid : EVEN
41
Begin, e.g. : ISRAELI
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Banish : RELEGATE
45
Colman of Hollywood : RONALD
49
Gone up : ARISEN
50
Kind of waist : WASP
52
Sun. speech : SER
53
Philippine tree : TUA
54
Emulate Electra : MOURN
56
In roulette, 19-36 : PASSE
58
Killer whales : ORCAS
60
Foreheads : SINCIPITA
62
"___ at the office" : IGAVE
63
Perpetuated : ETERNIZED
64
Site of an oracle of Apollo : DELOS
65
They may create scenes : DESIGNERS
Down
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Yoga postures : ASANAS
2
Excessive fondness : DOTAGE
3
Extremists : ULTRAS
4
Sink in : MIRE
5
Having bubbles, as paint or glass : BLISTERY
6
Rifle : ROB
7
Waters, to pharmacists : AQUAE
8
What Aristotle did for Alexander the Great : TUTORED
9
One with a view? : EYER
10
Chills the blood : APPALS
11
She, in Stuttgart : SIE
12
Hudson vessel : HALFMOON
13
Spellbind : ENTRANCE
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Optimism; cheerfulness : ROSINESS
21
Nocturnal primates : TARSIERS
25
Roman resident : ITALIANO
27
"Take the ___," 1941 song : ATRAIN
29
Beefy entrees : TBONES
31
Leaf-cutting ant : ATTA
33
Fit together : NEST
35
Monsterlike : TERATOID
36
Press excessively : OVERURGE
37
Occurring near the sun : HELIACAL
39
Feeding farm fauna : SLOPPING
42
Edit, in a way : REWRITE
44
Chamois : GEMSES
46
Judicial inquest : ASSIZE
47
Musical Flatt : LESTER
48
Fears : DREADS
51
Shirley and Sexton : ANNES
55
Adhibited : USED
57
"See ___ and pick it up ... " : APIN
59
Money in Macao : AVO
61
Dernier ___ : CRI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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