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Stanley Newman
Stanley Newman

New York Times, Saturday, May 27, 1989

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 16.1
Stanley Newman has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 23 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,445
Across
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"How the Other Half Lives" author : RIIS
5
Hoopster's coup : STEAL
10
Treaty of 1972 : SALT
14
"The Nazarene" author : ASCH
15
"Eucalyptivore" : KOALA
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Court action : PLEA
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A little show? : FLEACIRCUS
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Consoler's word : ALAS
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Galba's ground : TERRA
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Current researcher : OHM
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Surfer's surface : CREST
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Corporation abbr. : INC
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Meryl Streep film: 1985 : PLENTY
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Roll-call note: Abbr. : ABS
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One-customer connection : TOA
31
Pigeon English? : COO
32
"Raging Bull" director : MARTINSCORSESE
38
Psst, for instance : ATTENTIONGETTER
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Fans of the 49ers : SANFRANCISCANS
41
Half a Cambodian palindrome : LON
42
Scornful sound : HEH
43
Scandinavian rug : RYA
44
Correspondent in jail? : PENPAL
48
Mule of songdom : SAL
50
Track fields : OVALS
51
Fem. forces : WAC
54
Scene : VISTA
58
Interchangeable : SAME
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March leaders : MAJORETTES
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Inspiration for an author : IDEA
62
Up : AWAKE
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Listen up : HARK
64
It's held for questioning : TEST
65
Took off a coat : PARED
66
Auspices : EGIS
Down
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A "Scarface" star : RAFT
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Man is one : ISLE
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Bakery aide : ICER
4
A first name in puppetry : SHARI
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Long runner : SKI
6
Picador's target : TORO
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"To ___ His Own" : EACH
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Grad : ALUM
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___ Palmas, Canary Islands : LAS
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Expendable : SPARE
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Annie Hall's creator : ALLEN
12
Rock-bottom : LEAST
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Toothsome : TASTY
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Filmdom's Passepartout : CANTINFLAS
22
Narrow escape : CLOSESHAVE
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Maxwell Smart's group : CONTROL
25
Saltwater fish : PORGIES
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G.P. gp. : AMA
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Davey Johnson book : BATS
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Mlle., in Monterrey : SRTA
30
One of three billion : ASIAN
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Seaside souvenir : CONCH
33
Fingers number : TEN
34
Pokey person : CON
35
Lister's letters : ETC
36
Hollywood Boulevard embedment : STAR
37
Three less than mo? : EENY
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P. W. Botha's land : RSA
44
Set down : POSIT
45
Dodge : EVADE
46
Contents of an onomasticon : NAMES
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Doubling of material : PLEAT
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Pliant : LITHE
51
Trumpet effect : WAWA
52
Not quite shut : AJAR
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Coal product : COKE
55
Dateless person : STAG
56
Actress Copley : TERI
57
Puts it to : ASKS
59
Former gas-station freebie : MAP
60
Buttons up for an Oscar in '58 : RED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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