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James L. Beatty
James L. Beatty

New York Times, Monday, May 25, 1992

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
James L. Beatty has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,539
Across
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Broadway hit based on a T. S. Eliot work : CATS
5
Dross from steel furnaces : SLAG
9
Covenant : PACT
13
Pallid : ASHEN
15
Purplish brown : PUCE
16
Kyrgyz mountain range : ALAI
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Hammer-and-strings instrument : PIANO
18
Host : ARMY
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Brood of pheasants : NIDE
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Apple treats : PANDOWDIES
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Subjected to induration : HARD
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Mature plant ovule : SEED
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Expunge : ERASE
26
Come to pass : HAPPEN
30
Husk of grain : BRAN
31
Region : AREA
32
Computer fodder : DATA
35
Spent time lazily : IDLED
39
Laughing : RIANT
41
"Katy, ___ the door!" : BAR
42
South American ruminant : LLAMA
43
Etonian's papa : PATER
44
___ Harte, U.S. writer : BRET
46
Malevolent : EVIL
47
Yawn : GAPE
49
Freshen a lawn : AERATE
51
Aromatic herb : THYME
53
Yorkshire river : AIRE
55
N.C. river or cape : FEAR
56
Cosmopolitan : PANTARCHIC
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One opposed : ANTI
63
Timber tree : PINE
64
Furious : IRATE
65
Deer dears? : DOES
66
Esau's land : EDOM
67
Like little pitchers : EARED
68
Once, once : ERST
69
Milland and Bolger : RAYS
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No more than : MERE
Down
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Founder of Lower Slobbovia : CAPP
2
Locale covering over 17 million sq. miles : ASIA
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Conjunction after comparatives : THAN
4
Transmit : SEND
5
One of a high suit in bridge : SPADE
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Glaringly vivid : LURID
7
Summit : ACME
8
Old Faithful, e.g. : GEYSER
9
Beggar : PANHANDLER
10
Anonym : ALIAS
11
Military training unit : CADRE
12
Even : TIED
14
Hangman's loop : NOOSE
21
___ one's way (proceed) : WEND
25
Fence part : RAIL
26
Angelic instrument : HARP
27
Solo for Pavarotti : ARIA
28
Organic fuel : PEAT
29
Eulogist : PANEGYRIST
30
Unadorned : BARE
33
French secular clergyman : ABBE
34
Pitch : TAR
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Output of Mount Saint Helens : LAVA
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Give forth : EMIT
38
Hill's partner : DALE
40
Mine car : TRAM
45
Village in Ireland : TARA
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Martin or pot preceder : PEPPER
50
Weird : EERIE
51
Caruso was one : TENOR
52
Abhors : HATES
53
Pester : ANNOY
54
News bits : ITEMS
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Bet against the dice caster : FADE
57
Verdi opera : AIDA
58
Study hard and late : CRAM
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___ and hounds (outdoor game) : HARE
60
Anatomical passage : ITER
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Relinquish : CEDE

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

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