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Kenneth Haxton
Kenneth Haxton

New York Times, Tuesday, April 1, 1986

Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.06, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.9 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,293
Across
1
Mizzen and lateen : SAILS
6
Motet man : BACH
10
Kettle and Bell : MAS
13
Forearm : CUBIT
14
Light tan : ECRU
15
Nightingale symbol : LAMP
17
Auriculate seal : OTARY
18
Warp and weft locale : LOOM
19
Martian: Comb. form : AREO
20
Puzzle direction, horizontally : HINDPARTBEFORE
23
Like the Rock of Ages : CLEFT
24
Copland ballet : RODEO
25
Puzzle direction, horizontally : WITHERSHINS
30
Netman Nastase : ILIE
31
Like Miss America : SHAPELY
36
Halo : AUREOLE
40
Crayons user : COLORER
41
Tapped for the service : DRAFTED
42
Say confidently : AVER
43
Puzzle direction, horizontally : BACKTOFRONT
48
Expunge : ERASE
52
Show carried in a box : RAREE
53
Puzzle direction, horizontally : WRONGWAYAROUND
58
Run causer : SNAG
59
Arab prince : EMIR
60
Actor Williams : TREAT
62
To be, in France : ETRE
63
Huit predecessor : SEPT
64
Beauty-parlor specialty : RINSE
65
Carrie or Louis : NYE
66
Oak or elm : TREE
67
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
Down
1
Porcine pen : STY
2
Wherewithal in Roma : LIRE
3
Construction rod : IBAR
4
Motorist's anathema : AUTOTHIEF
5
Pooh-poohs : SCOFFS
6
Meek : HUMBLE
7
Square on a billiard table : CROTCH
8
Acidity, to an M.D. : ACOR
9
Bartók : BELA
10
English potter: 1754–1827 : SPODE
11
Improve : AMEND
12
"Tosca" hero : MARIO
16
Bert of stage and screen : LAHR
21
Shelley's always : EER
22
Might : POWER
25
Spore : SEED
26
White or Blue : NILE
27
Seine sight : ILOT
28
Odin's bellicose son : TYR
29
___ de France : ILE
32
Menu item : PORKROAST
33
A Waugh : ALEC
34
Malagasy native : HOVA
35
Picket target : SCAB
37
Assessor : RATER
38
Samovar : URN
39
Brouhaha : ADO
44
Finishing tool : REAMER
45
Least's cousin : FEWEST
46
P.T.A. or B.S.A. : ORG
47
Some of René's kin : TANTES
48
Rim : EDGE
49
Trap : SNARE
50
Family member, affectionately : AUNTY
51
Pianist Charles : ROSEN
54
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
55
Cry of dismay : YIPE
56
Rockfish : RENA
57
Habeas corpus, for one : WRIT
61
Three, to Mastroianni : TRE

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

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