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Kay Sullivan
Kay Sullivan

New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1981

23-Down : "Neither can you crack ___": Emerson

Author:
Kay Sullivan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.6
Kay Sullivan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,476
Across
1
Unruly child : BRAT
5
Greek letters : BETAS
10
Humdinger : LULU
14
Where Diamond Head is : OAHU
15
"The Sheik of ___," 1921 song : ARABY
16
Kind of type: Abbr. : ITAL
17
"All ___," Albee play : OVER
18
Plot : CABAL
19
Part of a church : NAVE
20
Town in Mali, near the Niger : TIMBUKTU
22
Shaping machine : LATHE
24
Northern Italian lake : ISEO
25
Dwindle : WANE
26
Gold digger, e.g. : MINER
28
Condense; summarize : TABULATE
32
Money in Prague : HALER
33
Bed cover of a sort : QUILT
34
Word with transit : SIC
35
Robin's-___ blue : EGG
36
Rigoletto's concern : CURSE
37
Three-time Burmese prime minister : UNU
38
Brawl : ROW
39
One of the Dionnes : QUINT
40
Redacts : EDITS
42
"Bathers," "Clowns" and other paintings : ROUAULTS
44
Lures : BAITS
45
Spin : RIDE
46
Middling : SOSO
47
Cite : QUOTE
49
Sign carried by a picket : ONSTRIKE
53
Teacher, especially in India : GURU
54
Marner : SILAS
56
Art school subj. : ANAT
57
Buys at auction : BIDS
58
"___ for the Tsar," Glinka opera : ALIFE
59
Lemon balm, for one : MINT
60
Eject : SPUE
61
Obscure : CLOUD
62
U.S. island near U.S.S.R. : ATTU
Down
1
A Wellington or Napoleon : BOOT
2
Shankar, the musician : RAVI
3
Throat sound : AHEM
4
Rotary engine : TURBINE
5
Angel : BACKER
6
Muse or dryad : ERATO
7
Forbidden : TABU
8
Arabian garment : ABA
9
Word part : SYLLABLE
10
Door beam : LINTEL
11
A Mountain State : UTAH
12
Bathe : LAVE
13
Rubber tree : ULE
21
Consumer : USER
23
"Neither can you crack ___": Emerson : ANUT
25
Place for a girdle : WAIST
26
Myopic cartoon character : MAGOO
27
Clothing makers' org. : ILGWU
28
Rolls over : TURNS
29
" ... for I'll have ___ of sables": Hamlet : ASUIT
30
Shades : TINTS
31
Old French coins : ECUS
32
Gentleman of Bonn : HERR
33
Altogether : QUITE
36
Dead end : CULDESAC
39
Give up : QUIT
40
Orient : EAST
41
Miniature scene : DIORAMA
43
Wake : AROUSE
44
Ruled the roost : BOSSED
46
Mixed up, G.I. style : SNAFU
47
Gibe or jest : QUIP
48
A language of India : URDU
49
Miscellany : OLIO
50
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
51
Immanuel ___: 1724–1804 : KANT
52
Famous last words : ETTU
53
Literary monogram : GBS
55
"___ Be Seeing You," 1938 song : ILL

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

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