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Samuel K. Fliegner
Samuel K. Fliegner

New York Times, Monday, April 16, 1979

12-Down : Khomeini's land

Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { H K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,751
Across
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Kind of tennis or bowling : LAWN
5
La Fontaine opus : FABLE
10
Scissors or trousers : PAIR
14
Biblical dupe : ESAU
15
Noncitizen : ALIEN
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Prefix with culture : AGRI
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Cannes ___ Festival : FILM
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Highway intersection arrangement : CLOVERLEAF
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Gifted people : TALENTS
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"___ auf Naxos," Strauss opera : ARIADNE
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Cold, in Buenos Aires : FRIO
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Hairnet : SNOOD
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West Coast shrub : SALAL
27
Travel by air : JET
28
Squabbles : TIFFS
32
Graham Greene's "The Fallen ___" : IDOL
33
___ Tuesday (Mardi Gras) : FAT
34
Tenfold : DENARY
35
Agate : TAW
36
Either of a dancing duo : PARTNER
38
Russian village : MIR
39
Odd : UNEVEN
41
Sound heard from the herd : LOW
42
Capital of Timor : DILI
43
Read carefully, with "over" : PORED
44
"Oedipus ___," Stravinsky opera : REX
45
___ boner (goof) : PULLA
46
Consumer activist : NADER
48
Indiana steel center : GARY
49
"___ Paris," 1932 song : APRILIN
52
Legislative chambers : SENATES
55
Spontaneous populist movement : GRASSROOTS
57
"This ___ is none of mine": Shak. : BRAT
58
Desdemona's accuser : IAGO
59
Lollobrigida et al. : GINAS
60
Dodecanese island: It. : LERO
61
Harbinger : OMEN
62
Poetry Muse : ERATO
63
Bark : YELP
Down
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Bank on the Seine : LEFT
2
Where the Gobi is : ASIA
3
Shy one at a dance : WALLFLOWER
4
Roman or Arabic item : NUMERAL
5
Ipso ___ : FACTO
6
"___ right with the world": Browning : ALLS
7
Sci. course : BIO
8
Oscar, the memorable musical wit : LEVANT
9
It starts when diciembre ends : ENERO
10
Richard Boone's early TV role : PALADIN
11
Like Methuselah : AGED
12
Khomeini's land : IRAN
13
Abounding : RIFE
19
Lawless dissident : RIOTER
21
Nothing : NIL
24
Colonist : SETTLER
25
___ and take notice : SITUP
26
John Hersey's bell town : ADANO
27
Leyden or Mason : JAR
29
Genealogy representation : FAMILYTREE
30
Furbelow : FRILL
31
Assad's country : SYRIA
33
Buff : FAN
34
Word between honey and melon : DEW
36
Tricycle parts : PEDALS
37
Night goddess : NOX
40
Moose flesh : VENISON
42
In a lasting manner : DURABLY
44
Monet contemporary : RENOIR
45
Criticize : PAN
47
Sad song : DIRGE
48
Plaster of paris : GESSO
49
Exchange premium : AGIO
50
Baby buggy : PRAM
51
Fad : RAGE
52
Photocopy : STAT
53
Warren or Butz : EARL
54
Octagonal road sign : STOP
56
"___ Clear Day ... " : ONA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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