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Treusch
Treusch

New York Times, Saturday, December 4, 1982

18-Across : Crested

Author:
Treusch
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 27, Avg Word Len: 5.50, Missing: { F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Treusch has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,079
Across
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Silent salesmen : POSTERS
8
Pith : ESSENCE
15
Receive a title : INHERIT
16
G.B.S. admirer : SHAVIAN
17
Infant : NEONATE
18
Crested : PILEATE
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Nandu's look-alike : EMU
20
Substance for a leaky radiator : SEALANT
22
Beaut : GEM
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Adds up : TOTS
25
Advice to a sourpuss : SMILE
26
Madras garment : SARI
27
Asian palm : ARECA
29
Capuchin monkey : SAI
30
Start of a B. Smith title : ATREE
31
Kitchen invader : REDANT
33
Recycled retirees : RETREADS
35
___ del Rio, in SW Spain : LORA
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Gain a return : REAP
38
Mañana : SOMETIME
42
Occupy completely : ABSORB
46
Lift : CRANE
47
Abbreviated ranges : MTS
49
Ancient Euphrates region : SUMER
50
Male Indian elephant : HINE
51
Blue ___ (signal flag) : PETER
53
M. le Moko : PEPE
54
Easter token : EGG
55
Clique : COTERIE
57
Chi., Mont., etc. : NLE
58
Kind of cat or dog : MALTESE
60
Boasted : VAUNTED
62
Publishing-house employee : EMENDER
63
Neither here nor there : ENROUTE
64
The Muses, e.g. : SISTERS
65
Santa Anna, at the Alamo : STORMER
Down
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Versatile resin : PINETAR
2
Another : ONEMORE
3
Was vociferant : SHOUTED
4
Minimal minyan : TEN
5
It was, to Cicero : ERAS
6
Bar and bas mitzvah : RITES
7
Vapors : STEAMS
8
Trellis : ESPALIER
9
Radiance : SHINE
10
No-no in some diets : SALT
11
Notable night : EVE
12
Shade of green : NIAGARA
13
Indulged whims : CATERED
14
Hostiles : ENEMIES
21
Mendacious person : LIAR
24
Oblique, as a cone : SCALENE
26
Escalates : STEPSUP
28
Swinburne's "___ on Charlotte Brontë" : ANOTE
30
Scheherazade's people : ARABS
32
Prefix with chord or color : TRI
34
Russians call it "chai" : TEA
36
Electrical instruments : AMMETERS
38
What marplots mar : SCHEMES
39
Paper work, Japanese style : ORIGAMI
40
Pressing machines : MANGLES
41
Diminutive suffix : ETTE
43
Peritoneal fold : OMENTUM
44
Gorged : REPLETE
45
Cattleman, e.g. : BREEDER
48
Ping-Pong strokes : SERVES
51
Tiegs is one : POSER
52
Gay : RIANT
55
Surrender : CEDE
56
Wallaroo : EURO
59
Big-bang letters : TNT
61
Scand. land : NOR

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.

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