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Joe Clonick
Joe Clonick

New York Times, Saturday, December 10, 1983

5-Down : Substance used by dyers

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 33.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,450
Across
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Home of more than 43 million : EGYPT
6
Ancient ruler of 1 Across : CHEOPS
12
Shoulder blade : SCAPULA
14
Sent ahead, as news : RELAYED
16
Loser : ALSORAN
17
Ethiopian province : ERITREA
18
Hockey "trick" : HAT
19
Kind of ear or horn : TIN
20
Bishopric : SEE
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I.R.S. mo. : APR
22
Brother of Hebe : ARES
24
Frisbees, e.g. : DISCS
26
"___ Old Cowhand" : IMAN
27
Dewy : RORIC
29
Cairo-to-Beirut dir. : NNE
30
Verona's river : ADIGE
31
Lou Grant's real-life family : ASNERS
33
Unevenly contested : ONESIDED
35
Trans-Siberian railway stop : IRKUTSK
37
Kern-Hammerstein musical : SHOWBOAT
41
Harsh : SEVERE
46
The fortunate : HAVES
47
Legal thing : RES
49
Uses a dish towel : WIPES
50
Portent : OMEN
51
Joe Miller joke : OLDIE
53
Coconut juice : MILK
54
Sapin : FIR
55
Hand holder : ARM
56
Potent compound : TNT
58
Dogfall, in wrestling : TIE
59
Omni site : ATLANTA
61
One more : ANOTHER
63
Nuclear-plant component : REACTOR
64
Set right : REDRESS
65
Landmark in 1 Across : SPHINX
66
Memorable leader of 1 Across : SADAT
Down
1
Oriental : EASTERN
2
D.C. building : GPO
3
Mongol tent : YURT
4
Tartan design : PLAID
5
Substance used by dyers : TANNIN
6
Symbol on the Turkish flag : CRESCENT
7
"___ Johnny!" : HERES
8
Composer Siegmeister : ELIE
9
Mare's morsel : OAT
10
Landmark in 1 Across : PYRAMID
11
A basement problem : SEEPAGE
12
Desert partly in 1 Across : SAHARA
13
Mild cigars : CLAROS
15
Mended socks : DARNED
23
That Fräulein : SIE
25
Like a tapir or anteater : SNOUTED
26
Dec. 13 in Roma : IDI
28
Plagiarizes : CRIBS
30
Out of line : ASKEW
32
Hit sign : SRO
34
Sigmoid shape : ESS
36
"Das Kapital" author : KARLMARX
37
Ceremonial ram's horn : SHOFAR
38
Some natives of 1 Across : HAMITES
39
Extend beyond and cover part of : OVERLAP
40
Rune equivalent to "w" : WEN
42
Vigor's partner : VIM
43
Descriptive name : EPITHET
44
Depends (on) : RELIES
45
Glacial ridges : ESKERS
48
Hindu instruments : SITARS
51
He wrote "What the Butler Saw" : ORTON
52
Nine: Comb. form : ENNEA
55
Not pro : ANTI
57
Jet QB : TODD
60
Cry in Bonn : ACH
62
Refrain syllable : TRA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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