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Joel D. Lafargue
New York Times, Saturday, December 22, 1990
Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9, Grid flow: 36.7
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 R | 2 E | 3 A | 4 L | 5 M | 6 S | 7 P | 8 U | 9 R | 10 M | 11 A | 12 P |
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13 A | N | G | I | E | 14 W | I | G | A | 15 N | 16 O | L | A |
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17 Y | O | U | S | L | 18 E | I | G | H | M | E | 19 D | U | G |
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20 S | S | E | 21 T | A | T | S | 22 P | A | 23 M | E | L | A |
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24 M | I | S | E | 25 B | A | T | E | M | A | N |
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26 S | 27 I | 28 L | E | N | T | K | 29 N | I | G | H | T | |||
30 A | S | O | N | G | 31 O | N | E | 32 O | 33 W | 34 E | 35 D |
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36 I | N | C | H | 37 N | 38 E | R | D | S | 39 N | O | D | E |
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40 S | T | O | A | 41 O | R | T | 42 E | Y | R | I | E |
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43 D | 44 O | N | N | E | 45 R | 46 S | U | M | M | E | R |
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47 F | 48 R | 49 E | E | B | E | E | 50 E | E | R | Y | ||||
51 R | A | I | N | E | S | 52 P | U | R | A | 53 G | 54 E | 55 N |
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56 E | N | D | 57 Y | U | 58 L | E | B | E | S | 59 O | R | R | Y |
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60 S | E | E | 61 S | C | A | R | E | 62 I | R | E | N | E |
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63 H | E | R | 64 H | Y | M | N | 65 A | R | G | O | T |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,019
Across
1
Kingdom : REALM
6
Wrangler's boot item : SPUR
10
Kisser : MAP
13
Donna Pescow show : ANGIE
14
Fabric used for interlining : WIGAN
16
Pay or plug finisher : OLA
17
Rudolph's reaction to Santa's jokes? : YOUSLEIGHME
19
"Like, understood, man!" : DUG
20
Mariner's abbr. : SSE
21
Makes lace : TATS
22
"Dallas" role : PAMELA
24
___ en scène : MISE
25
"The Hogan Family" actor : BATEMAN
26
Carol from Camelot? : SILENTKNIGHT
30
"I Let ___ Go ... " : ASONG
31
Person : ONE
32
Had bills : OWED
36
Rainfall measure : INCH
37
Wimps' cousins : NERDS
39
Protuberance : NODE
40
Where Zeno sowed wild oats? : STOA
41
Scrappy little thing? : ORT
42
Home on high : EYRIE
43
Director-turned-disco singer? : DONNERSUMMER
47
Liberated drone? : FREEBEE
50
Eldritch : EERY
51
Ella of films : RAINES
52
Aqua ___ (untainted water) : PURA
53
D.D.E. was one : GEN
56
Cessation : END
57
Holiday warning? : YULEBESORRY
60
Envision : SEE
61
Alarm : SCARE
62
Actress Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : IRENE
63
"___ Alibi," Selleck film : HER
64
Opposite of 63 Across? : HYMN
65
Local dialect : ARGOT
Down
1
Tanner's catch : RAYS
2
Roscoe Coltrane's deputy : ENOS
3
Chills and fever : AGUE
4
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
5
Frosty's fear : MELTING
6
"Miami Vice" role : SWITEK
7
___ out (overeats) : PIGS
8
Cry of disgust : UGH
9
Stampedes : RAMPAGES
10
Computer device : MODEM
11
Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-___" : ALULA
12
Heathen : PAGAN
15
Under, in poesy : NEATH
18
Orient : EAST
23
Kin of synecdoche : METONYMY
24
Silver-scaled swimmer : MENHADEN
25
Dilemma : BIND
26
Je ne ___ quoi : SAIS
27
"Say It ___ So" : ISNT
28
Plumb crazy : LOCO
29
Bridge player from Madrid? : NORTE
33
He might get hooked : WORM
34
Kovacs's widow : EDIE
35
Bambi, for one : DEER
37
Unrivaled : NONESUCH
38
Irish lake : ERNE
42
Continental merger? : EURASIA
44
Minds : OBEYS
45
Deli-cacy : REUBEN
46
Withered : SERE
47
Brand new : FRESH
48
Sari sporter : RANEE
49
Down source : EIDER
52
Short wave : PERM
53
Diver Louganis : GREG
54
Mr. Rubik : ERNO
55
Refusenik's answer? : NYET
58
Place down : LAY
59
No. 4 on the icy floor : ORR
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.