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Gerald Brooks
Gerald Brooks

New York Times, Monday, December 7, 1981

Author:
Gerald Brooks
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 44.7 Grid has duplicate clues.
Gerald Brooks has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,717
Across
1
Word with happy or stick : SLAP
5
See 1 Down : ALECK
10
Some are gas guzzlers : CARS
14
Only : MERE
15
City of northern India : DELHI
16
Woodwind : OBOE
17
Stratford's river : AVON
18
Hoofed mammal of Africa and Asia : DAMAN
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"The ___ Wind," Masefield poem : WEST
20
Dwells : RESIDES
22
Calms : SEDATES
24
Playground favorite : TEETERTOTTER
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U.S.N. officer : ENS
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Caribou's cousin : REINDEER
31
Sow : PLANT
34
___ de León : PONCE
35
Desiccate : DRY
36
Spellbound : RAPT
37
Fads : RAGES
38
Founder of Stoicism : ZENO
39
Full of: Suffix : OSE
40
Recorded, in a way : TAPED
41
U.S. poet: 1898–1943 : BENET
42
Hem in : STRAITEN
44
Crag : TOR
45
Playground favorite : MERRYGOROUND
50
Statistical calendar : ALMANAC
53
Role for a young girl : INGENUE
54
"The ___ Kids," former radio program : QUIZ
55
Victor at Plassey: 1757 : CLIVE
57
Word with arms or show : SIDE
58
Preposition : UNTO
59
Sea duck : EIDER
60
Particular : ITEM
61
Mil. posture : ATTN
62
Ranges : SPANS
63
Promontory : NESS
Down
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With 5 Across, wise guy : SMART
2
Aid in flood control : LEVEE
3
Got up : AROSE
4
Contrite : PENITENT
5
Office machines : ADDERS
6
Minimum : LEAST
7
"Spoon River" poet's monogram : ELM
8
Purified; refined : CHASTENED
9
Dynamics : KINETICS
10
"Present Indicative" is his autobiography : COWARD
11
Encourage a felon : ABET
12
Pete or Billy : ROSE
13
Coteries : SETS
21
Bucky of the Yankees : DENT
23
Low dune, in England : DENE
25
Formation of mountains via disturbances : OROGENY
28
Paradise : EDEN
29
White-tailed eagle : ERNE
30
Hindu peasant : RYOT
31
Nicklaus, Watson et al. : PROS
32
Ultimate : LAST
33
Mimic : APER
34
Office device : PAPERCLIP
37
Mad scrambles: Slang : RATRACES
38
Adjusts aim : ZEROESIN
40
___ Shan, Asian mountain system : TIEN
41
Bjorn of tennis : BORG
43
"King of Waters" : AMAZON
44
Color modifiers : TONERS
46
Kind of name : GIVEN
47
Amalgamate : UNITE
48
Some art : NUDES
49
Considers : DEEMS
50
Bluish green : AQUA
51
Fontanne's partner : LUNT
52
Glove for Carlton Fisk : MITT
56
Highest mountain in Crete : IDA

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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