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William E. Heinemann
William E. Heinemann

New York Times, Tuesday, May 15, 1990

Author:
William E. Heinemann
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 18.6
William E. Heinemann has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,798
Across
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Upstart : SNOB
5
Aspen's aspiration : SNOW
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Cartographer's creation : ATLAS
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Sharpen : HONE
15
Actress Garr : TERI
16
A white wine : RHINE
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Pilaster : ANTA
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Russian inland sea : ARAL
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Intermediate, in law : MESNE
20
Subject of a Wilkie Collins classic : MOONSTONE
22
Math preceder : AFTER
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Pepper pot : STEW
24
Fizz : SODA
26
One of Jo March's sisters : MEG
29
Land of Esau's descendants : EDOM
31
Fluster : RATTLE
35
Bungling : INEPT
37
Miner's quest : LODE
39
Knight's wear : MAIL
40
___ Lisa : MONA
41
Tangled : AFOUL
42
Troubadour's song : ALBA
43
Beige : ECRU
44
Six years in the Senate : TERM
45
Scoffing sound : SNORT
46
Postpone; table : SHELVE
48
Spanker, e.g. : SAIL
50
No, in Nairn : NAE
51
Cub Scout groups : DENS
53
One : UNIT
55
Trains with Tyson : SPARS
58
Sayers's Wimsey : LORDPETER
63
Fountain drinks : COLAS
64
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
65
Pure and simple : MERE
66
Analogous : ALIKE
67
Part of a hammer head : PEEN
68
Folio : PAGE
69
Stopover on a highway : MOTEL
70
Civil wrong : TORT
71
Trampled : TROD
Down
1
Humbug : SHAM
2
What a censor nixes : NONO
3
Hep or hip : ONTO
4
Small amount : BEANS
5
Alleged : STATED
6
Detective in "Fer-de-Lance" : NEROWOLFE
7
Algerian port : ORAN
8
Subterfuges of sorts : WILES
9
Spain's claim to fame put to shame in 1588 : ARMADA
10
Jake's boss on TV : THEFATMAN
11
Cant : LIST
12
Nova Scotia's Murray : ANNE
13
J. Dixon, for one : SEER
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Printer's notation : STET
25
The Dodgers' Hershiser : OREL
26
Imitates Marceau : MIMES
27
An Arden : ENOCH
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Category : GENRE
30
Heaths : MOORS
32
Claw : TALON
33
Balance in the zodiac : LIBRA
34
Make joyous : ELATE
36
Perry Mason's sidekick : PAULDRAKE
38
Dame Daphne : DUMAURIER
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Egyptian sun god : ATEN
45
Boat's berth : SLIP
47
Schooner, e.g. : VESSEL
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Set in : INDENT
52
Drowsed : SLEPT
54
Lure : TEMPT
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Sting : SCAM
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Game played on land or in water : POLO
57
Came down : ALIT
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Spread : OLEO
60
Spree : TEAR
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Hence : ERGO
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Rush : REED

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