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Eileen Lexau
Eileen Lexau

New York Times, Saturday, February 29, 1992

Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.56, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 302 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 52.8
Eileen Lexau has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,453
Across
1
Eases up : ABATES
7
Hose description : SHEER
12
Cut of beef : BRISKET
13
Band instrument : CORNET
15
Renounce interest in : WASHONESHANDSOF
18
Some matériels, for short : AMMOS
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Remorseful ones : RUERS
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"Sail ___ Ship of State!" : ONO
21
Of ships and tars: Abbr. : NAUT
22
Mr. Atkins : TOMMY
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Half of MCXVIII : DLIX
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River island : AIT
25
Big Ben's sound : CHIME
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Minos's kingdom : CRETE
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Pretense : CHARADE
29
Made an incised mark : RASED
30
Throws out : GETSRIDOF
33
Reads cursorily : SCANS
36
Michael Jordan is one : SHOOTER
39
Golden-calf destroyer : MOSES
40
Ritzy : SWANK
41
Indian rice : AUS
43
Wallet fillers : ONES
44
Sweden, to a Parisian : SUEDE
45
Attention getter : PSST
46
Now and then: Abbr. : OCC
47
Sleeper's breathing problem : APNEA
48
Authority : SAYSO
49
Give up : THROWINTHETOWEL
52
Pump in oxygen : AERATE
53
Flatter : ADULATE
54
Trifled (with) : TOYED
55
" ... ___ achievement is only tomorrow's confusion": Howells : TODAYS
Down
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Early Semitic language : ARAMAIC
2
Metallic element : BISMUTH
3
"___ in the Dark," Sellers film : ASHOT
4
Fight refs' decisions : TKOS
5
Poetic contraction : EEN
6
Sports no-no's : STEROIDS
7
Intrigue : SCHEME
8
Grizzled : HOARY
9
Fulmars' kin : ERNS
10
Objective : END
11
Cobbles : RESOLES
12
Boss, in Africa : BWANA
14
Blaster's explosive : TONITE
16
Type of pepperbush : SUMMERSWEET
17
Outsmarted : FOXED
22
"Goodbye to All ___": R. Graves : THAT
23
Air current : DRAFT
25
Plant of the mustard family : CRESS
26
Bo-peep's rod : CROOK
28
"___ of God," Fonda film : AGNES
31
"___ When I Came In," old Irish song : IHADAHAT
32
Over : DONE
33
___-Hawley Tariff Act : SMOOT
34
Bone in the nose : CONCHA
35
"I've Got ___," TV show : ASECRET
37
Take the ___ out : EASYWAY
38
Certain apples : RUSSETS
40
Basked : SUNNED
42
Ripped off : STOLE
44
Malice : SPITE
45
City in Kan. : PAOLA
47
S. Foster's "___ Down South" : AWAY
48
Collar button : STUD
50
Spanish Main booty : ORO
51
Tokyo, once : EDO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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