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C. McInerney
C. McInerney

New York Times, Tuesday, April 2, 1991

Author:
C. McInerney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 9.5
C. McInerney has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,120
Across
1
Start of a kindergarten chant : ABCD
5
Told a whopper : LIED
9
Poached-egg pad : HASH
13
Section of London : SOHO
14
"Don't throw bouquets ___" : ATME
15
Receiver : DONEE
16
"It ___ ancient Mariner" : ISAN
17
Mercator's forte : MAPS
18
___ and wiser : OLDER
19
Grope gamely? : SCRABBLE
21
Loony : WEIRDO
22
Sweetsop : ATIS
23
NBC's parent, formerly : RCA
25
Word companion : DEED
26
Secret messages : CODES
28
Game for a hermit? : SOLITAIRE
30
Rainbow display : HUES
31
She preceded Abby and Ann : DOROTHY
32
"___ Superman!" : ITS
33
Fräulein's one : EIN
34
___-neck sweater : VEE
35
Beaver's blockade : DAM
38
Got away : ESCAPED
40
Used horsepower? : RODE
41
Trois x sept : VINGTETUN
44
Type of butter : LEMON
45
Polynesian rover : OMOO
46
Knock : RAP
47
Cousin of "Oui, oui" : SISI
48
Victor's share : SPOILS
50
Job advantage? : PATIENCE
54
Gypsum-glue mixture : GESSO
55
Big butte : MESA
56
Origin : ROOT
57
Tomato blight : EDEMA
58
School founded by Henry VI : ETON
59
Close place for cards : VEST
60
Mtg. : SESS
61
Vipers : ASPS
62
"¿Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
Down
1
Caution tag : ASIS
2
Anjou kin : BOSC
3
Blatant pretenses : CHARADES
4
Gives : DONATES
5
Fleeced ones : LAMBS
6
Sloped ptg. : ITAL
7
O'Neill's Jones : EMPEROR
8
Manon's ___ Grieux : DES
9
Cukor film: 1938 : HOLIDAY
10
___ Gromyko : ANDREI
11
Cloud converter : SEEDER
12
"And ___ upon a cherub ... ": Psalm 18:10 : HERODE
15
Common John : DOE
20
Diva's delight : BIS
21
Stuck around : WAITED
24
Like Satan's hoofs : CLOVEN
26
Ill. city : CHI
27
Not at home : OUT
28
Concert piece : SONATA
29
___ Game: Harvard vs. Yale : THE
31
Crapshooters : DICERS
33
"C'___ la vie!" : EST
35
Some masks : DOMINOES
36
Fuss : ADO
37
Boys, eventually : MEN
38
Conceits : EGOISMS
39
Geppetto's works : PUPPETS
40
Set aside : RESERVE
41
Range in NE France : VOSGES
42
Hinder : IMPEDE
43
Loops on ropes : NOOSES
44
Double XXVI : LII
47
Laurel and Musial : STANS
49
Mauna ___ : LOA
51
Really wet : ASOP
52
Outlay : COST
53
Sundance Kid's girlfriend : ETTA
55
___ culpa : MEA

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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