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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Friday, March 26, 1982

48-Across : "The Donkey ___," Allan Jones hit

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,826
Across
1
Rialto turkey : BOMB
5
Civil War general : BRAGG
10
Org. in "Trinity" : IRA
13
Purim month : ADAR
14
Purple : REGAL
15
Liberated Ibsen heroine : NORA
17
"Wow!" : HOLYTOLEDO
19
Author Ludwig : EMIL
20
___ and Tobago, republic since 1976 : TRINIDAD
21
Viceroy of India: 1943-47 : WAVELL
23
A year in Nero's reign : LIX
24
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
25
Wheedle; coax : CAJOLE
29
Citadel : FORTRESS
32
Gather : AMASS
33
Formal mall : ALLEE
34
Auto-club insignia : AAA
35
French resort : NICE
36
Worked at : PLIED
37
Emulate Ray Guy : PUNT
38
India ___ : INK
39
These were all about Eve : TREES
40
A Bloomer who took a Ford : BETTY
41
"Three ___," Dos Passos novel : SOLDIERS
43
Casino patron : PLAYER
44
Hockey's Kindrachuk : OREST
45
New Guinea port : LAE
46
Foursquare : HONEST
48
"The Donkey ___," Allan Jones hit : SERENADE
53
He's Hawkeye on TV : ALDA
54
Cole Porter song: 1953 : ILOVEPARIS
56
Biblical land : EDOM
57
Famed Greek physician-philosopher : GALEN
58
Faction : SIDE
59
Curved plank : SNY
60
Put forth, as an effort : EXERT
61
"___ of Ohio," McKinley epithet : IDOL
Down
1
Coin of Thailand : BAHT
2
Aroma : ODOR
3
Bamako is its capital : MALI
4
___ Mawr : BRYN
5
Steve or Miss Jean : BRODIE
6
Unwind : RELAX
7
Geriatrician's patients : AGED
8
Wander aimlessly : GAD
9
Stared angrily : GLOWERED
10
"In a world ___ made": Housman : INEVER
11
Apple variety : ROMEBEAUTY
12
Integument : ARIL
16
"The works" : ALL
18
Cash drawers : TILLS
22
Buy a hand : ANTE
24
V.I.P.'s in Kansas and Hawaii : DOLES
25
___ Major : CANIS
26
___ acids : AMINO
27
"White Fang" author : JACKLONDON
28
Simple sugar : OSE
29
What time does : FLIES
30
"A votre ___!" : SANTE
31
Type of butterfly : SATYR
33
On the qui vive : ALERT
36
Distinction : PRESTIGE
37
Edible seed : PEA
39
Deadlocks : TIES
40
Censor something said on TV : BLEEP
42
Impractical : DREAMY
43
Progenitor : PARENT
45
Device for Archimedes : LEVER
46
"Scots wha ___ ... ": Burns : HAE
47
He gave his name to the Reo : OLDS
48
Flatfish : SOLE
49
Nose: Comb. form : NASI
50
Like the Gobi : ARID
51
Princess of Tyre : DIDO
52
Bonn beast : ESEL
55
Negligent : LAX

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

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