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Emory H. Cain
Emory H. Cain

New York Times, Wednesday, April 6, 1988

Author:
Emory H. Cain
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { F J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.8 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Emory H. Cain has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,029
Across
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Winding device : SPOOL
6
Stuff : CRAM
10
Height: Comb. form : ACRO
14
Reduce by 50% : HALVE
15
Kind of brain or duck : LAME
16
Cough or lemon follower : DROP
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Famed Vermonter : ALLEN
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"What ___ for Love," 1975 song : IDID
19
January marcher : DIME
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Core : HEART
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Intermediary : MIDDLEMAN
23
Ky. city or college : BEREA
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Thick, woolen cloths : LODENS
26
Minn. river port : WINONA
29
Pipe joints : TEES
31
Dwarf buffalo : ANOA
32
Celt : GAEL
34
Pianist Blake : EUBIE
39
Invaded a bastion : STORMED
41
Statesman financier Baruch : BERNARD
43
Honshu's other name : HONDO
44
Fervor : ZEAL
46
Bonn three : DREI
47
Numerical suffix : TEEN
49
Ore of zinc sulfide : BLENDE
51
Draw a ___ (aim at) : BEADON
55
Arab ruler : AMEER
57
Aorta? : INNERTUBE
59
Cut of beef : SHANK
63
Arrest : STEM
64
Presque ___, city in Me. : ISLE
65
Setting for "Rain" : SAMOA
66
"___ take arms ... ": Shak. : ORTO
67
Ruff females : REES
68
Growing out : ENATE
69
Rialto light : NEON
70
Old language : ERSE
71
One of the Fords : EDSEL
Down
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Deposed Irani : SHAH
2
Fence picket : PALE
3
Spicy stew : OLLA
4
Go ___ (take extreme action) : OVERBOARD
5
Meager : LENTEN
6
Region, to Keats : CLIME
7
Project joy : RADIATE
8
Surrounded by : AMID
9
Tamper : MEDDLE
10
Supplementary : ADDED
11
Larceny, e.g. : CRIME
12
Kind of candle : ROMAN
13
Emulates Pandora : OPENS
22
Bested one : LOSER
24
Fad : RAGE
26
Cleanse : WASH
27
Division word : INTO
28
Palindromic time : NOON
30
Island off Italy : ELBA
33
Roofing tool : ADZE
35
Sneaky : UNDERHAND
36
Silo neighbor : BARN
37
Angered : IRED
38
An Adams : EDIE
40
Kind of home or lodge : MOTOR
42
North Sea feeder : ELBE
45
Gives power to : ENABLES
48
Whole : ENTIRE
50
Renter : LESSEE
51
Scarce mammal : BISON
52
___ nous : ENTRE
53
Highest of the Pyrenees : ANETO
54
Incubus, for one : DEMON
56
Reagan Attorney General : MEESE
58
Manipulator : USER
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Latin-lesson word : AMAS
61
Memo : NOTE
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Pauline ___, movie critic : KAEL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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