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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Saturday, March 7, 1992

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 10.2
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,460
Across
1
Scold severely : LASH
5
Sporting mules : SHOD
9
Sedan social event : BAL
12
She loved Narcissus : ECHO
13
Panic : SCARE
14
Hibernian's republic : EIRE
15
Quotation from "Hamlet": Part I : WHENSORROWSCOME
18
Abased : DEMEANED
19
Ward healer? : DOCTOR
20
Dos Passos trilogy : USA
21
Overdue items : ARREARS
22
Quotation: Part II : THEYCOMENOT
27
Bobby Thigpen's forte : RELIEF
28
Keystone Studio character : KOP
29
Placid : CALM
33
Moshe of the Knesset : ARENS
34
Place topper : WIN
35
Popularity : VOGUE
36
May honorees : MOMS
37
Juan or Carlos : DON
38
Intimidates : DAUNTS
39
Quotation: Part III : SINGLESPIES
41
Throwback : ATAVIST
45
Loop loopers : ELS
46
Muscatel's relative : MALAGA
47
State Department employees : ATTACHES
52
Quotation: Part IV : BUTINBATTALIONS
54
Ready for a pass : OPEN
55
Pseudologists : LIARS
56
Pace for a certain race : TROT
57
Suffix with law or saw : YER
58
Lammergeier's cousin : ERNE
59
Goes off course : YAWS
Down
1
Salacious : LEWD
2
La grippe symptom : ACHE
3
Noah's eldest : SHEM
4
Whetstone : HONE
5
Funny fellow : SCREAM
6
Unyielding : HARD
7
"___ y plata" : ORO
8
Morning moisture : DEWDROP
9
Part of an ecosystem : BIOTA
10
Mail for a tilt : ARMOR
11
Villainous looks : LEERS
13
Part of S.A.R. : SONSOF
14
Lo, in Latin : ECCE
16
Allemande and espagnole : SAUCES
17
Categorize : SORT
21
Later : ANON
22
Mine wagon : TRAM
23
Hoagie or poor boy : HERO
24
Kind of sch. : ELEM
25
Yangs' counterparts : YINS
26
___ out (supplementing) : EKING
29
Unexpected act : COUP
30
Vedic god of fire : AGNI
31
Oud or theorbo : LUTE
32
Kettle of fish : MESS
34
Habit : WONT
35
Lord's liege : VASSAL
37
Make hors de combat : DISABLE
38
Triangular letters : DELTAS
39
Astrological datum : SIGN
40
___ de cachet : LETTRE
41
Perth ___, N.J. port : AMBOY
42
Brownish gray : TAUPE
43
Change : ALTER
44
Peacockish : VAIN
47
___ impasse (deadlocked) : ATAN
48
Hamlet's big sister : CITY
49
Romanian folk dance : HORA
50
Sufficient, to a bard : ENOW
51
"Maching-birds"? : SSTS
53
Tune : AIR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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