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Margaret W. Huskey
Margaret W. Huskey

New York Times, Thursday, May 26, 1988

41-Down : Astral

Author:
Margaret W. Huskey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 1
Margaret W. Huskey has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,079
Across
1
Eastern nanny : AMAH
5
Fibs : TALES
10
Surface measure : ARE
13
Singer Falana : LOLA
14
Idolize : ADORE
15
___ noire : BETE
17
Guests of 62 Across stay here : BLAIRHOUSE
19
Small flats : APTS
20
Prefix for type : STEREO
21
Locofoco, e.g. : DEMOCRAT
23
Dregs : LEES
25
Gush forth : SPUE
26
Inflexible : RIGID
29
T.E.D. opponent : HST
32
Pompous ones : ASSES
35
Soon : ANON
36
Mrs. Andrew Jackson : RACHEL
38
Allhallows ___ : EVE
39
Overlay : PAVE
40
Soap or horse chaser : OPERA
41
Cold spell : SNAP
42
Chemical ending : INE
43
Mourner : KEENER
44
"___ Small World" : ITSA
45
Skin layer : DERMA
47
Billy ___ Williams : DEE
48
___ Bryant Ford : EDSEL
49
Himalayan plant : NARD
51
Nestor : SAGE
53
Stump : CAMPAIGN
57
Schell and Muldaur : MARIAS
61
Attend Abbot : PREP
62
Medal of Freedom awarders : PRESIDENTS
64
Actress Jeffreys : ANNE
65
Bathes : LAVES
66
Entrance : ADIT
67
Depot abbr. : ETD
68
Signs : OMENS
69
Deprivation : LOSS
Down
1
Celebrants' robes : ALBS
2
Shed : MOLT
3
Wings : ALAE
4
This may recede : HAIRLINE
5
Lake in the Sierra Nevada : TAHOE
6
Fuss : ADO
7
Boisterous : LOUD
8
Gaelic : ERSE
9
Appears : SEEMS
10
Crude calculator : ABACUS
11
Exemplifies : REPRESENTS
12
Kett of comics : ETTA
16
Part of i.e. : EST
18
Oboist's purchase : REED
22
Girasol : OPAL
24
Molded : SHAPED
26
Wingy : RAPID
27
Vacant : INANE
28
Polity : GOVERNMENT
30
Backdrop : SCENE
31
Treys : THREES
33
Widened at the top : EVASE
34
Calyx part : SEPAL
36
Caviar : ROE
37
Auricle : EAR
41
Astral : SIDEREAL
43
River in NW Iran : KARA
46
Made a cartograph : MAPPED
48
Zounds! : EGAD
50
Two: Comb. form : DIPLO
52
Wrongly : AMISS
53
Auditor, for short : CPA
54
English composer : ARNE
55
Chickpea : GRAM
56
Firn : NEVE
58
___-European : INDO
59
Panay people : ATIS
60
Concordes : SSTS
63
Indonesian coin : SEN

Answer summary:
4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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