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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Friday, April 10, 1987

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 27.4
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,667
Across
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Repose : EASE
5
Assyrian's supreme God : ASHUR
10
Cinema's Clifton : WEBB
14
Rubican bank : RIPA
15
Udon ___, Thai city : THANI
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Zaragoza's river : EBRO
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Castor's slayer : IDAS
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Used a strop : HONED
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Bar order : SOUR
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Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea : EASTWOOD
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Trollope's "The Belton ___" : ESTATE
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Hops heaters : OASTS
25
Emulated Tandy : ACTED
26
Fetch : BRING
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One of the Nereids : ERATO
32
A comforter for David : ROD
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Diaskeuast : EDITOR
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Hals's "Jolly ___" : TRIO
40
Modified : AMENDED
42
London section : WESTEND
44
Exec's note : MEMO
45
Kind, in Angoulême : CLASSE
47
A partner of day : AGE
48
Croupier : RAKER
50
Onomasticon's contents : NAMES
52
Meat pie : PASTY
55
Roles for Marie Wilson et al. : IRMAS
58
Dam constructions : ARCHES
60
Gomez or Spahn : SOUTHPAW
64
Munich's river : ISAR
65
Entire : TOTAL
67
Table in a casa : MESA
68
___ contendere : NOLO
69
Clean off : ERASE
70
Egyptian solar deity : ATEN
71
Crackle : SNAP
72
Converges : MEETS
73
Bandbox : NEAT
Down
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Border water : ERIE
2
Amonasro's daughter : AIDA
3
Evian and Baden-Baden : SPAS
4
City near Bethlehem : EASTON
5
Comte de la Fère : ATHOS
6
Photograph : SHOOT
7
Part of a telephone : HANDSET
8
___ de Mai, famed trotter : UNE
9
First U.S. woman in space : RIDE
10
Author of "David Harum" : WESTCOTT
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Fast threat to British ships : EBOAT
12
Yahoo : BRUTE
13
Afflicted with ennui : BORED
21
Carried on : WAGED
23
Posed : SAT
26
___ Stoker, Dracula's creator : BRAM
27
Kind of apple : ROME
28
Footnote word : IDEM
30
Propels a wherry : ROWS
31
Enyo's companion : ARES
34
Kayo : DECK
35
Pointless : IDLE
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Bevel out : REAM
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"Picnic" playwright : INGE
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Serenatas : ODES
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A chemistry Nobelist: 1946 : NORTHROP
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French legislature : SENAT
46
Grain appendages : ARISTAE
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Affirmative vote : AYE
51
Trash collector : ASHMAN
52
Assiduous care : PAINS
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Hot crime : ARSON
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Milan's La ___ : SCALA
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Ridicule : ROAST
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Hybrid animals : MULES
59
Part of a watch : STEM
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Rozelle or Rose : PETE
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Voyaging : ASEA
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Kind of ad : WANT
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Mesabi product : ORE

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

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