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William Baxley
William Baxley

New York Times, Friday, March 9, 1990

43-Down : Snakebird

Author:
William Baxley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 62.2 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
William Baxley has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,731
Across
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Viral disease, for short : FLU
4
Prow of a ship : STEM
8
White water : RAPIDS
14
Author Yutang : LIN
15
"Rosamond" composer : ARNE
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Indulged in cabotinage : EMOTED
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Jennings and Koppel work here : ABC
18
Indian weight unit : TOLA
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Venomous reptiles : VIPERS
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Site of famed Copacabana Beach : RIODEJANEIRO
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Lou Grant's wife : EDIE
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Accented syllable in poetry : ARSIS
25
Prehistoric implement : CELT
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Danish community near Santa Ynez, Calif. : SOLVANG
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Finery : REGALIA
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___ dixit : IPSE
34
Bulldog, e.g. : EDITION
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Organic compounds : ENOLS
38
Inclines : LEANS
39
Tenants : LESSEES
42
Lobster's sensory appendage : PALP
44
Singer Manchester : MELISSA
45
Entomologists' subjects : INSECTS
49
Hit-show signs : SROS
50
Fidelity, old style : TROTH
52
Faithful : TRUE
53
Philadelphia locale of a U.S. Navy Yard : LEAGUEISLAND
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Warhol's forte : POPART
59
Ruined : GONE
60
New Zealand parrot : KEA
61
Hue at Syracuse U. : ORANGE
62
Titanic : HUGE
63
White-tailed sea eagle : ERN
64
Some apartments, for short : CONDOS
65
Tyrant of yore : TSAR
66
Mil. induction agency : SSS
Down
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Emergency signals : FLARES
2
Psychic energy : LIBIDO
3
Release, as a certain spring : UNCOIL
4
"Pig out" : SATE
5
Hector and Paris : TROJANS
6
Elaborate, with "upon" : ENLARGE
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Wherewithal : MEANS
8
Amended : REVISED
9
Arabic commander : AMIR
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Famed Mexican hot spot? : POPOCATEPETL
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Adherent: Suffix : ITE
12
German article : DER
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Student org. active in the 1960's : SDS
21
Where Dreyfus was imprisoned : DEVILSISLAND
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Irish Free State : EIRE
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Lamb of "Pork" fame : ELIA
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Columbia's mascot : LION
28
Absorbs solar emissions : TANS
30
Projections on a cathedral : APSES
32
Liquid measures : GILLS
35
End of an O'Neill title : ELMS
36
___-do-well : NEER
37
Nobel Institute locale : OSLO
40
Sights at Beverly Hills : ESTATES
41
Noted puppeteer : SARG
42
Arousing compassion : PITEOUS
43
Snakebird : ANHINGA
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Long-legged rails : CRAKES
47
Radio dials : TUNERS
48
Portable chairs : SEDANS
51
___ to (should) : OUGHT
54
Therefore : ERGO
55
Oracle : SEER
56
A cruise stop: Abbr. : POC
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Coronado's quest : ORO
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Criticize severely : PAN

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

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