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John Chervokas
John Chervokas

New York Times, Wednesday, April 30, 1980

Author:
John Chervokas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.5
John Chervokas has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,131
Across
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Treat for Rover : BONE
5
Romance, in Ravenna : AMORE
10
"___ she blows!" : THAR
14
Opus choreographed by Balanchine : AGON
15
Man, for one : BIPED
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Wee bit : IOTA
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Strauss favorite : BLUEDANUBEWALTZ
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Hankering : YEN
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Exploits : USES
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Goodnight girl : IRENE
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Lynn of the Red Sox : FRED
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Turner who was christened Julia : LANA
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Strong aversion : HORROR
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Huge statues : COLOSSI
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Harold the chemist : UREY
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Lincoln's birthplace : CABIN
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Memorabilia : ANA
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Kohlrabi and kale : GREENVEGETABLES
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Towel word : HIS
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Disease-carrying mosquito : AEDES
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Night on the town : LARK
43
Early Westerner : SETTLER
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Meet feats : VAULTS
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Lends a hand : AIDS
48
Word with rats or hen : BANE
49
Word form with physics : ASTRO
52
Delta material : SILT
53
Burro : ASS
56
Wallflower's cousin : SHRINKINGVIOLET
60
Pompadour, for example : COIF
61
Caesar's "veni" : ICAME
62
Send a cable : WIRE
63
Kelso's foot : HOOF
64
Errata : TYPOS
65
___ year : LEAP
Down
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Brice's Snooks : BABY
2
Lecher's wide-eyed stare : OGLE
3
It may be collective : NOUN
4
Chemical suffix : ENE
5
One who humiliates : ABASER
6
Laid booby traps : MINED
7
Composer's effort : OPUS
8
He fought with Lee : REB
9
Dutch commune : EDE
10
Glittery headgear : TIARAS
11
Doughnut property : HOLE
12
Abbr. on an envelope : ATTN
13
Bring down the house : RAZE
18
Spanish legal tender : DURO
19
City in SE Minn. : WINONA
23
David the aper : FRYE
24
Lung divisions : LOBES
25
Disembarked : ALIT
26
Carey or Downs : HUGH
27
Root used to make sachet : ORRIS
28
Harold the ex-shortstop : REESE
29
A seven-footer, quite often : CAGER
30
West Coast shrub : SALAL
31
Very sluggish : INERT
33
Gives up : CEDES
35
Questions : ASKS
37
She carried clout at the bar : NATION
38
Antelopes play here, too : VELD
39
Cerulean : BLUE
44
Import-export issue : TARIFF
45
Sluice gates : VALVES
46
Supporter's antithesis : ANTI
48
Nickname for a famous warship : BIGMO
49
Sholem the writer : ASCH
50
Curt comment to a cat : SHOO
51
Division of a march : TRIO
52
Lead-pipe cinch : SNAP
53
"Shall Caesar send ___?": Shak. : ALIE
54
Curative agents : SERA
55
Something to watch : STEP
57
Set of tools : KIT
58
Aloof : ICY
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Boobook or ruru : OWL

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

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