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Patricia A. Cevaal
Patricia A. Cevaal

New York Times, Thursday, May 20, 1993

6-Down : R.I.P. notice

Author:
Patricia A. Cevaal
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 0, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Patricia A. Cevaal has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,899
Across
1
"Oberon" highlight : ARIA
5
Freebie : COMP
9
In the van : AHEAD
14
Peddle : VEND
15
He loved Rose : ABIE
16
Role for Quinn: 1964 : ZORBA
17
He directed "The Four Seasons" : ALDA
18
Birthplace of Galileo : PISA
19
Of an armbone : ULNAR
20
Session for travelers? : TOURISTCLASS
23
Brogue, e.g. : ACCENT
24
Morning prayer : MATINS
28
Minuteman's propellant: Abbr. : RKT
29
Attractive : COMELY
33
Hungarian city : EGER
34
Growing in pairs : BINATE
35
The ancient Marner? : SILAS
36
Equine cliché? : HORSECHESTNUT
39
Appraise : VALUE
40
Cowboy shows : RODEOS
41
Mars' Greek counterpart : ARES
42
Ornamental cloth behind an altar : DOSSAL
43
Kvass's cousin : ALE
46
Londoner's O.K. : RIGHTO
48
"Archie Bunker's Place" co-star and family : MEARAS
50
Earthquake dowsers? : FAULTFINDERS
54
Z-twist fabric : DENIM
57
Mythical beast : YALE
58
Peace advocate : DOVE
59
Put on a pedestal : ADORE
60
Corrida cheers : OLES
61
Flair : ELAN
62
Readied for shipping : BOXED
63
Small amphibian : NEWT
64
Dingle : DALE
Down
1
Incarnation of a deity : AVATAR
2
Secure the vault again : RELOCK
3
Enroll a draftee : INDUCT
4
Antarctic cape : ADARE
5
Highest point of achievement : CAPSTONE
6
R.I.P. notice : OBIT
7
Catchall abbr. : MISC
8
Toll : PEAL
9
Citrus city near Los Angeles : AZUSA
10
Black-and-white dairy cows : HOLSTEINS
11
Bird that works for a living? : ERN
12
Arab's outer garment : ABA
13
Nabokov book : DAR
21
Carve : INCISE
22
Lowell or Vanderbilt : AMY
25
Arctic house : IGLU
26
Shipshape : NEAT
27
H.S. vets : SRS
30
A computer instruction : MACRO
31
Group attitudes : ETHOS
32
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
34
Forest ranger's concern : BRUSHFIRE
35
Like Tom's pig : STOLEN
36
Garbo role : HARI
37
Founder of Kievan Russia : OLEG
38
Most squalid : SEAMIEST
39
River in SE France : VAR
42
A pupil of Rembrandt : DOU
43
Small space : AREOLA
44
Descriptive of tadpoles : LARVAL
45
First-century mystic : ESSENE
47
Broken to harness : TAMED
49
Supplementary : ADDED
51
She founded Mount Holyoke College : LYON
52
Conte : TALE
53
Took the red-eye : FLEW
54
Smidgen : DAB
55
Tokyo, formerly : EDO
56
Night, to Nero : NOX

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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