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Raymond F. Eisner
Raymond F. Eisner

New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 1980

44-Across : Turkish title

Author:
Raymond F. Eisner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.4
Raymond F. Eisner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,124
Across
1
Poet Ogden : NASH
5
Bar orders : SOURS
10
Semitic deity of yore : BAAL
14
Prefix with plasm : ECTO
15
Sieved food : PUREE
16
Nazimova : ALLA
17
Rattigan play, with "The" : BROWNINGVERSION
20
Trust : RELIANCE
21
Parlor piece : SETTEE
22
Tupelo or tulip : TREE
23
Loblolly : PINE
24
United States of ___ : BRAZIL
27
Candidate for a body shop : DENT
28
Gibraltar primate : APE
31
Iron, in Essen : EISEN
32
Hot or love follower : SEAT
33
Crocus, for one : IRID
34
Poet Elizabeth : BARRETTBROWNING
37
Nice seasons : ETES
38
U.S.S.R. river : URAL
39
Like-minded : ATONE
40
Housman's "A Shropshire ___" : LAD
41
Mean moppet : BRAT
42
Match sites : ARENAS
43
Type of tail : PONY
44
Turkish title : EMIR
45
Nunnery V.I.P. : ABBESS
48
Adjective for some cooks and maids : SLEEPOUT
52
"Vulgar Errors" author : SIRTHOMASBROWNE
54
Faure or Wiesel : ELIE
55
Roman holiday : FERIA
56
Jacket feature : SLIT
57
English country festivals : ALES
58
Western bees : FLIES
59
Commune in Padova : ESTE
Down
1
Broken Bow is here: Abbr. : NEBR
2
Parcel for a peasant to plow : ACRE
3
Acronym for a type of aircraft : STOL
4
Artillery weapons : HOWITZERS
5
Ruby ___ (gem) : SPINEL
6
Snow leopard : OUNCE
7
Exhort : URGE
8
Bible bk. : REV
9
Investigates : SEESINTO
10
Sew loosely : BASTE
11
Came to rest : ALIT
12
Succulent plant : ALOE
13
Abbe or Lois : LANE
18
Of the nostrils : NARINE
19
Lessee's payment : RENT
23
Bailey or White : PEARL
24
A founder of Germany's Social Democratic Party : BEBEL
25
Rancher's lariat : RIATA
26
___ as a beet : ASRED
27
Dispute, in Paris : DEBAT
28
Greek poet who rode on a dolphin : ARION
29
External ear : PINNA
30
Selvages : EDGES
32
Maverick : STRAY
33
Mediate : INTERPOSE
35
Takes a highway exit : TURNSOFF
36
More cautious : WARIER
41
Tommyrot : BOSH
42
Protozoa : AMEBAS
43
Reiser and Rozelle : PETES
44
Longfellow heroine : ELSIE
45
" ... ___ of troubles": Hamlet : ASEA
46
Invoice : BILL
47
Creamy cheese : BRIE
48
Delhi dress : SARI
49
Wise ones, proverbially : OWLS
50
Group of troops : UNIT
51
Item above a cou : TETE
53
Singer Tillis : MEL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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