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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Monday, February 17, 1992

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 36.9
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,441
Across
1
Entities : ONES
5
Mata ___ : HARI
9
Gape : STARE
14
Grime : DIRT
15
On in years : AGED
16
Down from a duck : EIDER
17
Bhutan's continent : ASIA
18
Ceremony : RITE
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Of a protuberance : NODAL
20
Liberian neighbor : SIERRALEONE
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Kind of cream : ICE
24
Amphora : VASE
25
Discharges : EGESTS
27
Aspects : FACETS
30
African antelope : IMPALA
32
Drs.' org. : AMA
33
Musical sign : SEGNO
35
Qaddafi's country : LIBYA
38
Space gp. : NASA
40
Blip maker : RADAR
42
Impudence : SASS
43
The Gold Coast today : GHANA
45
Softened : MUTED
47
Sometimes it's safe : BET
48
Muddle : BEMUSE
50
Mali's desert : SAHARA
52
Vacillate : FALTER
54
Operatic African slave : AIDA
55
Paraguayan border river : APA
56
Stanley's greeting: "Dr. ___, I presume" : LIVINGSTONE
62
Hawaiian island : LANAI
64
Hibernia : ERIN
65
Mouse, to a cat : PREY
66
Capital of 43 Across : ACCRA
67
Enameled metalware : TOLE
68
Anent : INRE
69
Chairs etc. : SEATS
70
Lulu : ONER
71
Beatty and Sparks : NEDS
Down
1
Rooms in a harem : ODAS
2
___ prius (trial court) : NISI
3
Put-in-Bay's lake : ERIE
4
Lack sustenance : STARVE
5
Molester : HARASSER
6
Nimble : AGILE
7
Neural network : RETE
8
Logic lead-in : IDEO
9
Dakar's country : SENEGAL
10
Pedro's uncle : TIO
11
Capital of Ethiopia : ADDISABABA
12
Do a double-take : REACT
13
Namesakes of a Gardner : ERLES
21
Piper's followers : RATS
22
Fiber knot : NEP
26
Cantabs' rivals : ELIS
27
Canine tooth : FANG
28
Nanjing nanny : AMAH
29
Moroccan site of a classic movie : CASABLANCA
30
Endow with a quality : INDUE
31
Castle trench : MOAT
34
Tars' chats : GAMS
36
North Sea feeder : YSER
37
Dog star : ASTA
39
Dill of the Bible : ANET
41
Quitter of sorts : RESIGNER
44
Earhart et al. : AMELIAS
46
June heroes : DADS
49
Altdorf's canton : URI
51
Chapeau fastener : HATPIN
52
Part songs : FALAS
53
Swiftly : APACE
54
Old-womanish : ANILE
57
Presidential prerogative : VETO
58
A number 5, e.g. : IRON
59
Caen's river : ORNE
60
Bore : NERD
61
Ogles : EYES
63
Rubens's métier : ART

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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