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Fennessy
Fennessy

New York Times, Thursday, March 31, 1983

42-Down : Union general's kin

Author:
Fennessy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 308 (avg 1.63)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 10.4
Fennessy has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,196
Across
1
Large-mouthed one : BASS
5
Food for a bambino : PAPPA
10
Dwindles : EBBS
14
VIII : OCTO
15
Early epic : ILIAD
16
Musical twosome : LALA
17
Overindulgence : CRAPULENCE
19
Churlish child : BRAT
20
Small tun : KEG
21
Bag man : SANTA
22
Hard stuff : BOOZE
23
Speed : RATE
24
Chug-a-lugged : DOWNED
25
Thick soup : POTAGE
28
Pulsate : THROB
30
Declaim : ORATE
31
It makes one goggle : EYEOPENER
35
Addition after "after" : MATH
36
Belt : STRAP
37
Cyrano's cynosure : NOSE
38
Squiffed : PLASTERED
40
Elicit : EDUCE
41
Proverbially high ones : KITES
42
Dionysus devotee : MAENAD
43
Tosspots : TOPERS
46
Münster mister : HERR
47
Disney's Monstro, e.g. : WHALE
48
Prosit's relative : SKOAL
50
Jerry's mate : TOM
53
Nobleman : EARL
54
Cocktail : BLOODYMARY
56
Gael's tongue : ERSE
57
About 4% of a fifth : OUNCE
58
Encourage : ABET
59
Wapiti's kin : DEER
60
O.K.'s : YEAHS
61
Verdant : LUSH
Down
1
Spring beer : BOCK
2
160 square rods : ACRE
3
Kind of party or line : STAG
4
Bribe : SOP
5
Pontius ___ : PILATE
6
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
7
Pub order : PINT
8
S.A. rodent : PACA
9
Soft drink : ADE
10
Barfly : ELBOWBENDER
11
Cut of beef : BARON
12
Pioneer : BLAZE
13
Full : SATED
18
Fowler's concern : USAGE
22
Betty of comics : BOOP
23
Basement bar in Bonn : RATHSKELLER
24
Jigger unit : DROP
25
Vainglory : POMP
26
Kind of exam : ORAL
27
Soho so long : TATA
28
They're under a bonnet or boot : TYRES
29
Pilsener topper : HEAD
31
L'___ suprême (God) : ETRE
32
Part of speech : NOUN
33
Grapevine disease : ESCA
34
Oboe element : REED
36
Sound stages : SETS
39
___-bouchon (corkscrew) : TIRE
40
Betimes : EARLY
42
Union general's kin : MEADES
43
Nast's target : TWEED
44
Kennedy's Chicago cousin : OHARE
45
Latin-test word : PARSE
46
Moonshine : HOOCH
48
Twist or veer : SLUE
49
Hawaiian storm : KONA
50
Verboten : TABU
51
Cinnabar and galena : ORES
52
Literary genre : MYTH
54
Jane's son in Tarzan books : BOY
55
" ... qui ___ y pense" : MAL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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