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Donald V. Lee II
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New York Times, Sunday, February 4, 1990
Author:
Donald V. Lee II
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 69, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { A J Q X }, Scrabble score: 564 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 124, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 87, Grid flow: 57.6
1 S | 2 S | 3 S | 4 F | 5 R | 6 S | | 7 W | 8 H | 9 E | 10 R | 11 E | 12 S | | 13 E | 14 P | 15 I | | 16 S | 17 C | 18 P |
19 T | R | P | E | Z | E | | 20 S | E | V | I | L | L | | 21 M | R | L | | 22 T | R | O |
23 T | O | H | V | E | N | 24 D | H | V | E | N | O | T | | 25 B | K | E | | 26 R | E | P |
27 I | N | E | E | | 28 E | R | I | E | S | | 29 P | E | 30 N | T | E | C | 31 O | S | T | L |
32 C | G | E | R | | 33 M | I | N | D | | 34 M | E | D | I | T | E | | 35 P | P | E | R |
| | | | 36 T | O | N | G | | 37 L | E | R | | 38 F | L | T | 39 T | E | N | | |
40 C | 41 O | 42 N | 43 D | E | N | S | T | 44 I | O | N | | 45 P | T | E | | 46 O | R | G | 47 N | 48 S |
49 P | S | T | I | M | E | | 50 O | R | D | I | 51 N | R | Y | | 52 S | T | B | L | E | R |
53 B | S | I | N | S | | 54 C | N | T | E | E | N | S | | 55 S | T | E | L | E | R | S |
56 L | E | O | S | | 57 L | L | I | E | D | | 58 W | E | 59 L | C | O | M | E | D | | |
60 E | T | N | | 61 S | E | M | N | | | | | | 62 R | O | T | S | | 63 B | 64 R | 65 M |
| | 66 L | 67 M | P | P | O | S | 68 T | 69 S | | 70 S | 71 L | E | P | S | | 72 M | N | S | E |
73 D | 74 I | S | S | T | E | R | | 75 M | O | 76 R | T | I | S | E | | 77 P | I | N | E | S |
78 R | E | S | T | I | R | | 79 R | I | V | E | R | M | N | | 80 S | T | M | E | N | S |
81 D | R | O | I | T | | 82 L | U | L | | 83 G | R | N | D | 84 F | T | H | E | R | L | Y |
| | 85 C | C | E | 86 P | T | S | | 87 I | T | S | | 88 P | I | R | S | | | | |
89 S | 90 P | I | T | | 91 R | E | S | 92 E | N | T | | 93 F | E | S | T | | 94 C | 95 R | 96 S | 97 S |
98 C | H | T | E | 99 U | B | R | I | N | D | | 100 M | E | N | C | E | | 101 S | E | T | E |
102 R | O | I | | 103 L | O | L | | 104 C | I | 105 N | E | M | T | O | G | 106 R | P | H | E | R |
107 M | B | O | | 108 N | I | L | | 109 G | R | I | L | L | E | | 110 I | S | R | E | L | I |
111 S | I | N | | 112 E | L | Y | | 113 E | S | T | T | E | S | | 114 C | H | S | T | E | N |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,698
Across
1
Medicinal root bark or S.C. mountain :
SSSFRS7
While on the contrary :
WHERES13
16
Music-industry acronym :
SCP19
20
21
22
23
25
26
27
28
29
32
33
34
Settle by intervention :
MEDITE35
36
South Pacific island group :
TONG37
38
40
45
46
Musical instruments :
ORGNS49
50
52
53
54
55
56
57
___ High Command of W.W. II :
LLIED58
60
61
62
63
66
70
Dried orchid tubers :
SLEPS72
73
75
77
Thomas and Robert :
PINES78
79
80
81
82
Spurious wing of a bird :
LUL83
85
Receives with approval :
CCEPTS87
88
89
Small point of land :
SPIT91
93
94
Tasteless or uncultured :
CRSS98
100
101
102
103
"Cavalleria" temptress :
LOL104
107
Early Christian pulpit :
MBO108
109
110
111
112
113
114
Down
1
Radio interference :
STTIC2
East Indian garment :
SRONG3
Algerian cavalry soldier :
SPHEE4
5
6
7
8
Lifted with effort :
HEVED9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Of the small intestines :
ILEC16
17
18
24
30
Stylish; smart: Slang :
NIFTY31
Fit to be surgically treated :
OPERBLE34
36
37
39
Primitive family symbols :
TOTEMS40
41
Caucasian inhabitant :
OSSET42
43
44
45
Solve grammatically :
PRSE47
48
Ladies of Spain: Abbr. :
SRS51
52
54
Loud and continued noise :
CLMOR55
57
Salmon or frog, e.g. :
LEPER59
61
64
65
67
68
Dravidian language :
TMIL69
70
71
72
73
74
Noun-forming suffix :
IER76
77
79
80
82
84
86
87
Late Hindu leader and namesakes :
INDIRS89
90
92
Confine at the zoo :
ENCGE93
94
Weinberger et al. :
CSPRS95
Put back on the burner :
REHET96
97
European songbird :
SERIN99
100
105
106
Answer summary:
87 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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