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Fennessy
Fennessy

New York Times, Friday, February 11, 1983

Author:
Fennessy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.6
Fennessy has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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O
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B
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E
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,148
Across
1
Kin of an English horn : OBOE
5
Flock of finches : CHARM
10
Tourist's guide : MAP
13
Gists : NUBS
14
Elephant-herd dropout : ROGUE
15
Lake's Crossing, today : RENO
16
Idle talk : CHATTERING
18
Irish Gaelic : ERSE
19
Conquistadors' quest : ELDORADO
20
Some ant colonies : ARMIES
22
Winged statue : NIKE
23
Bravely : STOUTLY
24
Flocks of geese : SKEINS
27
Great outpouring : FLOOD
28
Waves around biremes : UNDAE
29
Fit for Mr. Ochs : PRINTABLE
33
Small group of whales : POD
34
Bones, in school : CRAMS
35
Assistance : AID
36
Resistance to change : STABILITY
39
Adventure tale : CONTE
41
Former sr. class : ALUMS
42
"Dial M for ___" : MURDER
43
Inform : APPRISE
46
Señor's writing desk : BURO
47
Highest Turkish peak : ARARAT
48
Commerce, in general : BUSINESS
52
Baptism, e.g. : RITE
53
Flocks of larks : EXALTATION
55
Valhalla host : ODIN
56
Grazing ground : RANGE
57
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
58
Platonism predecessor : NEO
59
Dexter, e.g. : STEER
60
Transude : SEEP
Down
1
Erstwhile : ONCE
2
Furniture decoration : BUHL
3
Shortest O.T. book : OBAD
4
Baltic Sea country : ESTONIA
5
Worn-spring noises : CREAKS
6
Swarm of insects : HORDE
7
Conversion fee : AGIO
8
Shoal of salmon : RUN
9
Explosive units : MEGATONS
10
Legion of ___ : MERIT
11
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
12
Chaucer's forte : POESY
15
Relay of remounts : REMUDA
17
Group of three : TRINE
21
What pigs do : ROOT
23
Viscous : SLIMY
24
Dines : SUPS
25
Small group : KNOT
26
Norse poetry collection : EDDA
27
Kin of dorms : FRATS
29
Coach : PRIME
30
Multitude of blue jays : BAND
31
Mineral: Comb. form : LITE
32
West German river : EDER
34
Groups, as of flowers : CLUSTERS
37
Sterile : BARREN
38
Pelvic bones : ILIA
39
Cicero's bailiwick : CURIA
40
River of Lebanon : ORONTES
42
Flock of peacocks : MUSTER
43
Moses' spokesman : AARON
44
Group of lions : PRIDE
45
Courtyard : PATIO
46
Protruding part : BULGE
48
Poison : BANE
49
Where Hyde presided : EIRE
50
Several : SOME
51
Kind of cookie : SNAP
54
Indian memorial pole : XAT

Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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