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Fraas
Fraas

New York Times, Thursday, May 20, 1982

40-Down : Foaming, crashing wave

Author:
Fraas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 17.5
Fraas has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,881
Across
1
Layers : STRATA
7
Legendary : FABLED
13
Clannish : TRIBAL
14
Wake up : AROUSE
15
Scholastic environment : ACADEME
16
Watch part : CRYSTAL
18
Restraint : BRIDLE
19
Warm-weather playground : SEASHORE
20
Top-notch : AONE
21
Passé ankle coverings : SPATS
23
Clear : NET
24
Stadium parts : TIERS
26
Officeholders : INS
27
Word with coat or line : WAIST
29
Devon river : EXE
30
Cultivated : HOED
32
"Forty ___," B'way hit of 1968 : CARATS
33
Where strollers can watch rollers : BOARDWALK
35
Egypt's second president : NASSER
38
Savoie ballot box : URNE
39
Viewer-supported TV : PBS
42
Actor Werner : OSKAR
43
Genetic molecule, for short : DNA
44
Surfing, for one : SPORT
46
Philippine people : ATI
47
Chirps : PEEPS
49
Field : AREA
50
Cities in Iowa and Va. : HAMPTONS
53
Fontanne, to Lunt : COSTAR
55
Apes : SIMIANS
56
Share : PARTAKE
57
Distant : REMOTE
58
Assert sans proof : ALLEGE
59
Blackboard accessory : ERASER
60
Ecdysiast : PEELER
Down
1
Caribbean vacation island : STCROIX
2
Apprentice : TRAINEE
3
Insecticide, e.g. : RIDDER
4
Biblical "keeper of sheep" : ABEL
5
Domesticates : TAMES
6
Beverage : ALE
7
Aspects : FACETS
8
Tapestry : ARRAS
9
Kahn's "The ___ of Summer" : BOYS
10
Succulent : LUSH
11
Baltic country : ESTONIA
12
C. Crawford's "Mommie ___" : DEAREST
15
Subside : ABATE
17
Natives of Riga : LETTS
19
Sights on Cape Cod : SANDDUNES
22
Atlantic City structure : PIER
25
Farrier : SHOER
27
Where Cardiff is : WALES
28
See 35 Down : ARK
31
Row : OAR
32
Tin follower : CAN
33
Beard's org. : BSA
34
Cover : WRAP
35
With 28 Down, early vessel : NOAHS
36
Omaha's gift to Hollywood : ASTAIRE
37
Straw hat : SKIMMER
39
Canoeist's hauling task : PORTAGE
40
Foaming, crashing wave : BREAKER
41
___ decisis : STARE
43
Not so sharp-witted : DENSER
45
Type of drawing : PASTEL
47
Bridge, in Brindisi : PONTE
48
Climb : SCALE
51
Type of cotton : PIMA
52
N.M. tourist center : TAOS
54
Heraldic wreath : ORLE
56
Baby food : PAP

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

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