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Joel D. Lafargue
New York Times, Thursday, December 18, 1986
Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Grid flow: 33.7
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 H | 4 A | 5 R | 6 A | 7 C | 8 A | 9 M | 10 E | 11 L | ||||
12 C | A | B | A | R | E | T | 13 P | O | P | U | L | A | 14 R |
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15 A | L | A | B | A | M | A | 16 E | T | A | G | E | R | E |
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17 B | A | L | 18 B | I | B | 19 L | E | R | 20 M | A | W |
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21 A | Z | O | 22 V | 23 T | A | 24 R | A | S | 25 S | E | M | I |
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26 L | A | N | A | 27 S | 28 L | U | G | 29 R | A | N | I | N |
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30 A | R | E | N | A | 31 S | 32 B | I | 33 S | E | C | T | E | D |
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34 L | O | 35 G | I | C | A | L | ||||||||
36 C | 37 L | 38 I | 39 M | A | T | I | C | 40 D | I | 41 R | 42 E | 43 C | 44 T |
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45 R | A | P | I | D | 46 G | O | 47 R | 48 C | A | R | R | E |
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49 A | T | A | N | 50 A | G | N | E | 51 W | 52 D | U | O | S |
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53 V | I | N | 54 F | U | L | 55 P | A | 56 S | 57 D | O | T |
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58 A | N | E | 59 M | O | N | E | 60 E | T | A | 61 M | I | N | E |
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62 T | O | M | C | A | T | S | 63 N | E | G | A | T | E | D |
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64 S | A | I | L | S | 65 T | R | A | C | E | D |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,554
Across
1
Desert bordering the Red Sea : SAHARA
7
Sight at 1 Across : CAMEL
12
Grey-Minnelli classic : CABARET
13
Well-liked : POPULAR
15
C. & W. group : ALABAMA
16
Whatnot : ETAGERE
17
Cornwall mine : BAL
18
Tucker's "best" partner : BIB
19
Neptune, Celtic style : LER
20
Mother, in the Ozarks : MAW
21
Black Sea neighbor : AZOV
23
Gogol's "___ Bulba" : TARAS
25
Highway sight : SEMI
26
Cantrell and Turner : LANAS
28
Saddle loop : LUG
29
Arrested : RANIN
30
Sports spots : ARENAS
32
Halved : BISECTED
34
Clearly reasonable : LOGICAL
36
Weather-related : CLIMATIC
40
Emulate Lumet : DIRECT
45
Feller called ___ Robert : RAPID
46
Indus tribesman : GOR
48
"Vieux ___," T. Williams play : CARRE
49
___ impasse : ATAN
50
Vice President before Ford : AGNEW
52
Musical pieces : DUOS
53
Sportscaster Scully : VIN
54
Suffix with cup or spoon : FUL
55
___ de deux : PAS
57
The i's have it : DOT
58
Its flowers lack petals : ANEMONE
60
Loose-woven fabric : ETAMINE
62
Male mousers : TOMCATS
63
Canceled out : NEGATED
64
Takes the QE2 : SAILS
65
Used transparent paper : TRACED
Down
1
Alberto who won in the long run: N.Y.C., 1981–82 : SALAZAR
2
Large snail : ABALONE
3
O.T. book : HAB
4
Hussein, for one : ARAB
5
Respond to dunning : REMIT
6
Moorish instrument : ATABAL
7
Sheep shelters : COTES
8
On ___ with (equal to) : APAR
9
Kisser : MUG
10
Periodic-table item : ELEMENT
11
North Platte feeder : LARAMIE
12
Occultism : CABALA
13
Living in the open sea : PELAGIC
14
Tape-deck button : REWIND
22
Pianist ___ Cliburn : VAN
24
Gaul-Italy separator : RUBICON
25
It holds a squid's "ink" : SAC
27
Dieter's dish : SALAD
29
Museum piece : RELIC
31
Barfly : SOT
33
Down in the dumps : SAD
35
Silly laughs : GIGGLES
36
Neckpiece : CRAVAT
37
Some South Americans : LATINOS
38
"The Girl from ___," 1963 song : IPANEMA
39
Part of an hr. : MIN
41
Atomic-energy unit : RAD
42
Ineligible for a dunce cap : ERUDITE
43
Aped Der Bingle : CROONED
44
Did lab work : TESTED
47
Reformer's exhortation : REPENT
50
Em et al. : AUNTS
51
Irrigate : WATER
54
Stable youngster : FOAL
56
Lagerlöf's "Gösta Berlings ___" : SAGA
59
Start of the 12th century : MCI
61
Bub : MAC
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