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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Thursday, May 30, 1985

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 17.4
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,987
Across
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Dwell on a subject : HARP
5
Motive : CAUSE
10
Goren triumph : SLAM
14
Rye topping : OLEO
15
Range partly in Venezuela : ANDES
16
Haifa dance : HORA
17
Court-tennis areas : WINNINGOPENINGS
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Green minerals : EPIDOTES
21
Block of gold : INGOT
22
Thrice, in prescriptions : TER
23
Brewers' dried flowers : HOPS
25
Folk song : BALLAD
29
Wrestling gear : MATS
30
Kindled : LIT
33
Dies ___ : IRAE
34
"Blue ___," 1977 hit tune : BAYOU
35
Suffix with serpent : INE
36
Deflates, so to speak : PUTSINONESPLACE
40
Yalie : ELI
41
Great White Way sights : NEONS
42
Judah's second son : ONAN
43
Snug retreat : DEN
44
Indian prince : RANA
45
Heathens : PAGANS
47
Confident : SURE
48
Highlander's bonnet : TAM
49
Columned walkways : STOAS
52
Calls to account : ARRAIGNS
57
Theatrical adage : THESHOWMUSTGOON
60
Segments of eternity : EONS
61
Brief role for a film star : CAMEO
62
Every, in Roma : OGNI
63
Legendary siege site : TROY
64
Derision : SCORN
65
Beet, for one : ROOT
Down
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Sewing-machine man : HOWE
2
"'Tis not ___, or eye, we beauty call": Pope : ALIP
3
Guido ___, baroque painter : RENI
4
Little lake : POND
5
Tilted : CANTED
6
Anagram for range : ANGER
7
Japanese plants : UDOS
8
Discrete: Abbr. : SEP
9
Easterly dir. : ESE
10
Tibiae : SHINS
11
Pelican State legislator : LONG
12
Jason's craft : ARGO
13
Spar : MAST
18
Wee quantity : IOTA
19
Shakes a leg, in Soho : NIPSUP
23
Helen or Isaac : HAYES
24
Some native Nebraskans : OTOS
25
Two-footed : BIPED
26
As ___ (generally) : ARULE
27
High-school subject : LATIN
28
Brown or Elgart : LES
29
Windfall : MANNA
30
Tropical vine : LIANA
31
Pizarro victim : INCAN
32
Formative years : TEENS
34
Debby or Daniel : BOONE
37
Sudden entering : INRUSH
38
Within shouting distance : NEAR
39
Freighter's record : LOG
45
Manse resident : PARSON
46
Nero's "she loves" : AMAT
47
Pert : SASSY
48
More accurate : TRUER
49
Bit of marginalia : STET
50
Thursday's eponym : THOR
51
Wine: Comb. form : OENO
52
Weaponry, for short : AMMO
53
Memorable baritone Gorin : IGOR
54
___ girl (disco dancer) : GOGO
55
Forbidden item : NONO
56
Vexed state : SNIT
58
Sch. for future Pattons : OCS
59
Woman soldier : WAC

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

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