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Jesse Roarke
Jesse Roarke

New York Times, Saturday, May 18, 1991

38-Across : Directed, as a blow

Author:
Jesse Roarke
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jesse Roarke has 48 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,166
Across
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Sleuth portrayed by Dean Martin : HELM
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Young pig : SHOAT
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An avatar of Vishnu : RAMA
14
Indonesia's ___ Islands : AROE
15
Rib : TEASE
16
The Devil's work : EVIL
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Cod's cousin : LING
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Lobsters, spiders, etc. : ARTHROPODA
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Long, involved tale: Slang : MEGILLAH
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Mont ___, Alpine pass/tunnel : CENIS
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It has gobs of gobs : FLEET
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Site of William the Conqueror's tomb : CAEN
26
Crinkled fabric : CREPE
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Net star Gabriela : SABATINI
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Cusk ___ : EEL
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Fibrous protein : KERATIN
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Prefix denoting recency : NEO
37
River in Sweden : DAL
38
Directed, as a blow : AIMED
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Helios : SUN
40
Nigerian native or tongue : EDO
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Disregarded : IGNORED
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Greek letter : PSI
44
Fresh state : DEWINESS
46
Mikhail's mate : RAISA
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Pool, in poesy : MERE
49
Kanone : SKIER
51
Sticker : STAMP
54
Astonishment : SURPRISE
57
Things kept secret : PENETRALIA
60
One of the Aleutians : ATTU
61
Zeus's messenger : IRIS
62
Cremona fabricator : AMATI
63
Lachrymal drop : TEAR
64
"Bed Riddance" poet : NASH
65
Sacred choral work : MOTET
66
Selvage : EDGE
Down
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Plant stem or stalk : HALM
2
Foe of a Seneca : ERIE
3
"Kavanagh" author : LONGFELLOW
4
Oil painter's mixture : MEGILP
5
Flat : STALE
6
Afghan city : HERAT
7
Juratory statement : OATH
8
Ygdrasil, e.g. : ASH
9
Painter Gerard ___ Borch : TER
10
Evangelist's admonition : REPENT
11
Eden's earldom : AVON
12
Noon, in Nice : MIDI
13
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto : ALAS
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Pelagic body : OCEAN
21
Herb honored in Wales : LEEK
24
Supply food : CATER
25
Remain : ABIDE
26
Surrendered : CEDED
27
Novelist Charles ___: 1814-84 : READE
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Aegean island : SAMOS
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Gave courage to : INSPIRITED
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City west of Düsseldorf : NEUSS
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Thales's homeland : IONIA
34
Agog : EAGER
35
Car-wash step : RINSE
41
Clumsy : INEPT
42
Faucet fault : DRIP
45
Entangle : IMMESH
47
Ventilate soil : AERATE
49
Retinue : SUITE
50
Venomous snake : KRAIT
51
Rotate : SPIN
52
Japanese monastery : TERA
53
Flavoring for a French cordial : ANIS
54
Stave : SLAT
55
Hind's mate : STAG
56
Chartres's river : EURE
58
Male aoudad : RAM
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"Odi et ___": Catullus : AMO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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