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Johnson
Johnson

New York Times, Thursday, February 8, 1979

Author:
Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Johnson has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,684
Across
1
Kindergarten cutup : BRAT
5
Surrendered : CEDED
10
Sabot sound : CLOP
14
He said: "Who steals my purse steals trash" : IAGO
15
Bigwig in Oman : AMEER
16
The whip is one : RIDE
17
Words from an old song : THEBANDPLAYEDON
20
Intrinsic properties : ESSENCES
21
Explores highways and byways : MOTORS
22
Follower of fancy or dapper : DAN
23
Potential squire to a knight : PAGE
24
Kind of ticket : RETURN
28
Claudia ___ Taylor Johnson : ALTA
29
Ginger : PEP
32
Devotion, in Firenze : AMORE
33
French pronoun : LUI
34
Seagoing author : DANA
35
Words from an old song : DOWNWENTMCGINTY
39
Natives of: Suffix : ITES
40
Masefield's love : SEA
41
Where to find St.-Etienne : LOIRE
42
Finished, to poets : OER
43
Betelgeuse is one : STAR
44
Kind of landing or march : FORCED
45
Sulky : CART
46
Where to make merry in Kerry : PUB
47
Big dry spot : SAHARA
50
Images of household gods : TERAPHIM
55
Words from an old song : THEGANGSALLHERE
57
Pierce, as with horns : GORE
58
Preprandial prayer : GRACE
59
Caliph's title : IMAM
60
"Mine ___ have seen ... " : EYES
61
Made a boo-boo : ERRED
62
Typesetting machine, for short : LINO
Down
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Orthodontist's concern : BITE
2
Collegiate sounds : RAHS
3
"Milton, a name to resound for ___": Tennyson : AGES
4
Soliloquy start : TOBE
5
Moulin Rouge dance : CANCAN
6
Ems River port : EMDEN
7
Sheriff's aides: Abbr. : DEPS
8
Fish lacking pelvic fins : EEL
9
Like Chayefsky's works : DRAMATIC
10
Largest Greek island : CRETE
11
Resort beach in Italy : LIDO
12
What carbon monoxide lacks : ODOR
13
Enclosures : PENS
18
Jackson or Johnson : ANDREW
19
System of exercises : YOGA
23
Horner's prize : PLUM
24
Kind of beam or wave : RADIO
25
Tear a passion to tatters : EMOTE
26
Beefeater's milieu, in London : TOWER
27
Vessels for ferns : URNS
28
Hitching locale : ALTAR
29
Lose one's head : PANIC
30
Word with pot or sol : ENTRE
31
___ out, as a rope : PAYED
34
Fashion name : DIOR
36
Alienate : ESTRANGE
37
" ... ___, and trimly dress'd": Shak. : NEAT
38
All-inclusive : GLOBAL
43
Teasdale : SARA
44
Rolled up, as a jib : FURLED
45
Bingo devices : CAGES
46
Earth's constant need : PEACE
47
Kind of battery: Abbr. : STGE
48
Salty call : AHOY
49
Partner of there or now : HERE
50
Autocrat : TSAR
51
Rizzuto : PHIL
52
Half: Prefix : HEMI
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One of earth's troubled spots : IRAN
54
Chore for a steno : MEMO
56
Boxer's warning : GRR

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

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