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Michael A. Rampino
New York Times, Wednesday, April 19, 1989
10-Down : Goatsucker
Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 21.8
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 E | S | A | U | 15 T | E | P | E | E | 16 I | D | E | A |
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17 C | H | I | C | 18 K | A | D | E | E | S | 19 G | L | U | T |
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20 S | E | T | T | E | R | S | 21 S | A | 22 C | H | E | M | S |
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25 M | 26 A | 27 B | 28 S | I | 29 D | E | 30 S | H | 31 O | 32 V | 33 E |
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34 E | R | I | 35 S | 36 N | O | D | 37 E | 38 T | A | P | I | S |
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39 L | I | N | E | 40 A | G | E | 41 G | 42 N | A | W | E | R | S |
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43 D | E | G | A | S | 44 R | 45 A | G | E | 46 K | N | E | E |
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47 S | L | E | P | T | 48 I | S | E | 49 R | 50 S | O | X |
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56 S | 57 P | 58 U | R | R | E | R | 59 E | L | A | P | 60 S | 61 E | 62 S |
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63 P | A | R | R | 64 H | O | 65 R | N | E | D | O | W | L | S |
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66 A | G | I | O | 67 A | S | T | O | R | 68 C | A | S | T |
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69 N | E | S | T | 70 R | E | E | L | S | 71 A | N | A | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,407
Across
1
___ eagle : BALD
5
Group of bees : SWARM
10
Pheasant brood : NIDE
14
Birthright seller : ESAU
15
Conical shelter : TEPEE
16
Notion : IDEA
17
Black-capped birds : CHICKADEES
19
Surfeit : GLUT
20
Bird dogs : SETTERS
21
Indian chiefs : SACHEMS
23
Maglie or Mineo : SAL
24
Switch button : RESET
25
Fairy queen : MAB
28
Flank : SIDE
30
Rude push : SHOVE
34
Discord goddess : ERIS
36
Knot : NODE
38
Gobelin product : TAPIS
39
Ancestry : LINEAGE
41
Beavers, e.g. : GNAWERS
43
Painter of "L'Absinthe" : DEGAS
44
Fury : RAGE
46
Genu : KNEE
47
Slumbered : SLEPT
48
Elbe tributary : ISER
50
Boston's are Red : SOX
51
Was distressed : AILED
54
Female hare : DOE
56
Prodder : SPURRER
59
Passes : ELAPSES
63
Sixth wife of Henry VIII : PARR
64
Corniculate nocturnal hooters : HORNEDOWLS
66
Currency premium : AGIO
67
N.Y. Public Library benefactor : ASTOR
68
Throw dice : CAST
69
Raven's haven : NEST
70
Spools : REELS
71
Anecdote collections : ANAS
Down
1
Beaks: Fr. : BECS
2
Tennis great : ASHE
3
Café au ___ : LAIT
4
Conduits : DUCTS
5
Bird that is often a pest : STARLING
6
Unites : WEDS
7
Primate : APE
8
Dodger of yore : REESE
9
Buttes' kin : MESAS
10
Goatsucker : NIGHTHAWK
11
Unoccupied : IDLE
12
"Te ___," ancient hymn : DEUM
13
Dines : EATS
18
New Zealand predators of sheep : KEAS
22
Jai-alai racquet : CESTA
24
Cardinal's color : RED
25
Blends : MELDS
26
Prospero's prankster : ARIEL
27
Spree : BINGE
29
Performer : DOER
31
Begins : OPENS
32
Insectivorous bird : VIREO
33
A favorite of Queen Elizabeth I : ESSEX
35
Puffin : SEAPARROT
37
Squirrels steal these : EGGS
40
Out of bed : ASTIR
42
Teasers : NEEDLERS
45
Assist : AID
49
What a hobo hits : ROAD
52
"Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
53
Worn away : EROSE
55
Notable age, to Antonio : EPOCA
56
Bridge : SPAN
57
Summon, as at a hotel : PAGE
58
"The Haj" author : URIS
59
Chemical compound : ENOL
60
Tchaikovsky's "___ Lake" : SWAN
61
Cinema's Lanchester : ELSA
62
Concordes : SSTS
65
Hwy. : RTE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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