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Russell
Russell

New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1978

37-Down : Like cenobites of the second century

Author:
Russell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.8
Russell has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

This constructor could be D.K. Russell, whose byline appeared in a Maleska-edited crossword book from 1981.

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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,633
Across
1
Regions : AREAS
6
Late anthropologist : MEAD
10
Good earth : SOIL
14
Psychologist May : ROLLO
15
Exciting experience : ADVENTURE
17
Shirley MacLaine vehicle : TWOFORTHESEESAW
19
Upper House : SENATE
20
Pollen producer : RAGWEED
21
Encore : BIS
24
Choler : IRE
25
Friend of Pompey : CATO
29
Japanese salad green : UDO
30
Familiar Latin phrase : IDEST
34
"The bird ___ the Wing" : ISON
35
Black-footed weasel : FERRET
38
Actress Meriwether : LEE
39
Joanne Woodward vehicle, with "The" : THREEFACESOFEVE
42
Dawn goddess : EOS
43
Valuables : ASSETS
44
Augury : OMEN
45
Relative of 35 Across : STOAT
47
Meadow barley : RIE
48
Like evergreen forests : PINY
49
"Quiet, please" : SSH
51
Kyoto currency : YEN
52
Adorn : FESTOON
56
Kravchenko's "___ Freedom" : ICHOSE
62
Jason Robards vehicle : ATHOUSANDCLOWNS
65
Site of Vulcan's forge : MOUNTETNA
66
Exhausted : ALLIN
67
Nine: Comb. form : ENNE
68
Swallow : DOWN
69
Villa ___, at Tivoli : DESTE
Down
1
"The ___ babblative and scribblative": Southey : ARTS
2
English dramatist Nicholas ___ : ROWE
3
College in N.C. : ELON
4
Code word for A : ALFA
5
Problem for Santa : SOOT
6
Tangle : MAT
7
Old English letter : EDH
8
Say with conviction : AVER
9
New Delhi V.I.P. : DESAI
10
Plastered : STEWED
11
Yorkshire river : OUSE
12
Dies ___ : IRAE
13
Lascivious : LEWD
16
Dwarfish native of the Philippines : NEGRITO
18
Snubs : REBUFFS
22
Images : IDEAS
23
Voodoo : SORCERY
25
Summons to court : CITES
26
"___ in the Dark": Sellers movie : ASHOT
27
Human trunk : TORSO
28
"___ Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" : ONE
31
Varnish resin : ELEMI
32
"___ Days In May" : SEVEN
33
Wee : TEENY
36
Knot again : RETIE
37
Like cenobites of the second century : ESSENIC
40
Dines at a restaurant : EATSOUT
41
Macaroni : FOP
46
"___ for Danny Fisher": Robbins : ASTONE
50
Watered the lawn : HOSED
52
Renown : FAME
53
Jacket or collar : ETON
54
" ... and ___/The frumious Bandersnatch!": Carroll : SHUN
55
Defense pact : NATO
57
Attired : CLAD
58
Darner's target : HOLE
59
Temple's team : OWLS
60
Angry fit : SNIT
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Drudge, in medieval days : ESNE
63
Dir. from Paris to Calais : NNW
64
Newscaster Rather : DAN

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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