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Don Groat
New York Times, Tuesday, December 6, 1988
31-Across : Army truant
Author:
Don Groat
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 17.7
Don Groat has 12 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 L | 3 A | 4 M | 5 S | 6 O | 7 D | 8 I | 9 N | 10 B | 11 A | 12 T |
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13 M | A | N | E | T | 14 R | O | L | E | 15 T | I | L | E |
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16 E | C | O | L | E | 17 B | R | I | G | 18 A | L | D | A |
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19 W | E | A | V | E | 20 R | 21 M | A | L | 22 I | N | G | E | R |
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23 I | R | I | 24 S | 25 D | I | C | K | E | N | S |
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26 F | 27 A | 28 L | L | S | A | L | 29 E | 30 G | A | S | ||||
31 A | W | O | L | 32 A | R | 33 I | E | L | 34 D | 35 S | 36 O |
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37 C | E | D | E | 38 R | I | N | S | E | 39 F | A | I | R |
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40 E | D | E | 41 M | E | N | E | S | 42 L | U | L | L |
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43 T | I | C | 44 S | U | 45 I | 46 T | A | B | L | Y |
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47 T | 48 O | 49 L | S | T | O | 50 Y | 51 E | C | R | U | ||||
52 A | V | I | A | T | I | O | 53 N | 54 H | U | B | 55 E | 56 R | 57 T |
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58 L | E | A | R | 59 L | U | I | 60 S | 61 M | E | R | O | E |
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62 U | R | N | S | 63 E | T | N | A | 64 P | R | I | M | A |
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65 S | T | A | 66 D | H | O | W | 67 S | T | E | A | K |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,273
Across
1
Clouts : SLAMS
6
Asgard's ruler : ODIN
10
Night creature : BAT
13
Impressionist Edouard : MANET
14
Thespian's goal : ROLE
15
Mah-jongg piece : TILE
16
Nice school : ECOLE
17
Gob's jail : BRIG
18
Hawkeye of "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
19
Arachne was one : WEAVER
21
Goldbrick : MALINGER
23
Rainbow : IRIS
25
Creator of Barnaby Rudge : DICKENS
26
Dept.-store ad : FALLSALE
30
Xenon, e.g. : GAS
31
Army truant : AWOL
32
Prospero's sprightly servant : ARIEL
34
Brit. medal : DSO
37
Give up : CEDE
38
Hair treatment : RINSE
39
Dispassionate; equable : FAIR
40
Dutch city : EDE
41
First king of Egypt : MENES
42
Conversational gap : LULL
43
Twitch : TIC
44
With fitness : SUITABLY
47
Anna Karenina's creator : TOLSTOY
51
Beige : ECRU
52
Art of flying : AVIATION
54
Loser to Richard: 1968 : HUBERT
58
Shakespearean king : LEAR
59
San ___ Obispo : LUIS
61
Ancient Ethiopian capital : MEROE
62
Samovars : URNS
63
Sicilian tourist attraction : ETNA
64
___ facie evidence : PRIMA
65
Dep. : STA
66
Indian Ocean vessel : DHOW
67
Chateaubriand, e.g. : STEAK
Down
1
Merganser : SMEW
2
Intertwine : LACE
3
Celebes ox : ANOA
4
He wrote "Typee" : MELVILLE
5
Takes the helm : STEERS
6
Globe : ORB
7
College bldg. : DORM
8
Partner of the "Odyssey" : ILIAD
9
Dressing gown : NEGLIGEE
10
Hogwash : BILGE
11
Pilgrim John : ALDEN
12
Lacerates : TEARS
15
Panzer-division units : TANKS
20
Inlet : RIA
22
Suffix for poet : ICAL
24
Done in : SLAIN
26
Confront : FACE
27
Fearful and reverential : AWED
28
Kind of star or stone : LODE
29
Homophone for 62 Across : ERNES
33
Politician's topic : ISSUE
34
Paint unskillfully : DAUB
35
Spot for a house plant : SILL
36
Air France milieu : ORLY
38
Shrank back : RECOILED
39
Madame Bovary's creator : FLAUBERT
41
Glove for Gary Carter : MITT
43
Nicholas and others : TSARS
45
"___ dien," motto of the Prince of Wales : ICH
46
Plays a powerful card : TRUMPS
47
Anklebone : TALUS
48
Apparent : OVERT
49
Tropical climbing vine : LIANA
50
Period of life : YOUTH
53
Barcelona boy : NINO
55
Iroquoian Indian : ERIE
56
Caesar's urbs : ROMA
57
Elegant wood : TEAK
60
Adage : SAW
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.