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Hal R. Hollinger
Hal R. Hollinger

New York Times, Wednesday, December 5, 1984

33-Down : Tears

Author:
Hal R. Hollinger
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 23.8
Hal R. Hollinger has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,811
Across
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Sign for Sondheim : CLEF
5
Wading bird : EGRET
10
Art Deco designer : ERTE
14
Bessie of the silents : LOVE
15
Lie in ambush : COUCH
16
Like gossamer : AIRY
17
Author-film critic: 1909–55 : AGEE
18
Jabber at a joust : LANCE
19
Procyon is one : STAR
20
Austen's "___ Abbey" : NORTHANGER
22
Record : TAPE
23
Third-world need : AID
24
Avril follower : MAI
26
Comeback : ANSWER
30
Skimmers in the stacks : BROWSERS
35
Better this than never : LATE
36
___-in (sure bet) : SHOO
38
Geneva's lake : LEMAN
39
Bellow from Bligh : AVAST
41
D.C. agency : IRS
42
Co-defendant with Vanzetti : SACCO
43
" ... ___ match my mountains": Foss : MENTO
44
Bound : LEAP
46
Tarot interpreter : SEER
47
Roots for many : OLDWORLD
49
Testify : ATTEST
51
Lager's cousin : ALE
52
___ Anne de Beaupré : STE
53
Culture medium : AGAR
56
Capote or Faulkner : SOUTHERNER
63
Western chum : PARD
64
Direction indicator : ARROW
65
Mire : OOZE
66
Prurience : ITCH
67
Bulwer-Lytton novel : LEILA
68
Being, in Brest : ETRE
69
Part of Manhattan : SOHO
70
De Quincey product : ESSAY
71
Sign of approval : SEAL
Down
1
Brotherhood : CLAN
2
Golden Arches, e.g. : LOGO
3
Companion of anon : EVER
4
Trilbies : FEET
5
Caloric delights : ECLAIRS
6
"___ sin no more": John 8:11 : GOAND
7
Degree : RUNG
8
___ homo : ECCE
9
Heat: Comb. form : THERMO
10
Kipling phrase : EASTISEAST
11
Donizetti heroine : RITA
12
Clay-pigeon launcher : TRAP
13
Charlotte's Jane : EYRE
21
Possess, to Burns : HAE
25
Beltmakers' tools : AWLS
26
Texas shrine : ALAMO
27
Central point : NAVEL
28
Lose a lap : STAND
29
Kingsley book : WESTWARDHO
30
World-weary : BORED
31
Soprano Ponselle : ROSA
32
Bert Parks, at times : EMCEE
33
Tears : RACES
34
Straight shot : SNORT
37
Blueberry or Bunker : HILL
40
Means to an end : TOOL
45
Course : PATHWAY
48
Used-car vendition : RESALE
50
Gadget for Palmer : TEE
52
Robe for Calpurnia : STOLA
53
Sacred bull of Egypt : APIS
54
Pet in a casa : GATO
55
Prefix for angel or fiend : ARCH
57
Pyrite and galena : ORES
58
Author of "The Haj" : URIS
59
Female ruminants : ROES
60
Observe : NOTE
61
Benson or Pound : EZRA
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Virginia ___ : REEL

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