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I. Judah Koolyk
New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 1982
48-Across : Punch, in slanguage
Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.2
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 K | 3 E | 4 P | 5 S | 6 C | 7 O | 8 T | 9 H | 10 O | 11 N | 12 G |
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13 L | I | S | A | 14 L | A | M | A | 15 D | U | B | A | I |
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16 I | T | A | L | 17 A | C | R | E | 18 E | M | I | R | S |
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19 T | H | U | M | 20 B | N | A | I | L | 21 S | K | E | T | C | H |
22 T | O | T | O | 23 U | A | R | ||||||||
24 G | 25 N | 26 A | R | L | 27 T | 28 O | M | L | I | 29 N | 30 S | |||
31 R | U | L | E | O | 32 F | 33 T | H | U | M | B | 34 O | I | 35 L |
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36 I | D | L | E | 37 R | O | U | S | E | 38 R | U | N | E |
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39 P | G | A | 40 F | I | N | G | E | R | 41 L | I | N | G | S |
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42 E | N | 43 D | I | V | E | S | 44 O | N | S | E | T |
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45 E | C | O | 46 B | 47 O | R | G | ||||||||
48 K | 49 N | 50 U | C | K | L | 51 E | 52 S | A | N | D | W | 53 I | 54 C | 55 H |
56 R | U | R | A | L | 57 R | E | N | T | 58 O | L | I | O |
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59 A | D | A | L | E | 60 R | A | J | A | 61 R | I | T | E |
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62 G | E | L | S | 63 S | T | O | P | 64 M | A | Y | S |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,876
Across
1
Wicker basket : SKEP
5
Macbeth, e.g. : SCOT
9
Chinese firm : HONG
13
"La Gioconda" first name : LISA
14
Nirvana seeker : LAMA
15
Arab sheikdom : DUBAI
16
Type type: Abbr. : ITAL
17
Parcel of land : ACRE
18
Moslem "commanders" : EMIRS
19
Brief outline : THUMBNAILSKETCH
22
Baum's canine : TOTO
23
Nasser's union: Abbr. : UAR
24
Tree knot : GNARL
27
Comedienne Lily et al. : TOMLINS
31
Hitchhikers' code? : RULEOFTHUMB
34
Kind of cloth or can : OIL
36
Groundless : IDLE
37
Stir : ROUSE
38
Futhark character : RUNE
39
Links org. : PGA
40
Small fish : FINGERLINGS
42
Escaroles : ENDIVES
44
Assault : ONSET
45
Prefix for system or sphere : ECO
46
McEnroe rival : BORG
48
Punch, in slanguage : KNUCKLESANDWICH
56
Part of R.F.D. : RURAL
57
Suite "bread" : RENT
58
Miscellany : OLIO
59
See 26 Down : ADALE
60
Hindu title : RAJA
61
Liturgy : RITE
62
Certain colloids : GELS
63
Word on an octagon : STOP
64
National League's M.V.P. in 1954 : MAYS
Down
1
Slash : SLIT
2
Friends : KITH
3
Jacob's twin : ESAU
4
Where to get a date : PALMTREE
5
Bevel : SLANT
6
Chocolate source : CACAO
7
A king of Israel : OMRI
8
Asian weight : TAEL
9
Scapulae neighbors : HUMERI
10
Bio of sorts : OBIT
11
Fed : NARC
12
Dorothy or Lillian of stage fame : GISH
15
Illinois city or county : DEKALB
20
Kind of machete : BOLO
21
Time to estivate : SUMMER
24
Valise : GRIP
25
Elbow : NUDGE
26
With 59 Across, one of Robin Hood's men : ALLAN
27
Hooligans : THUGS
28
Name of three English rivers : OUSE
29
Proper words, sometimes : NOUNS
30
Burn : SINGE
32
Trifle : FRIVOL
33
Resiliency : TONE
35
"___ we forget" : LEST
38
Tinea : RINGWORM
40
Like Lady Luck : FICKLE
41
Title C. P. Snow held : LORD
43
Transfers : DECALS
46
Bluegrass instrument : BANJO
47
Available : ONTAP
48
Former Danish prime minister : KRAG
49
Duchamp's "___ Descending a Staircase" : NUDE
50
River to the Caspian : URAL
51
Fluffs a fly : ERRS
52
Exchange membership : SEAT
53
Pelvic bones : ILIA
54
Chaplin's "___ Lights" : CITY
55
Mrs. Van Buren's maiden name : HOES
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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