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Richard N. Platt, Jr.
Richard N. Platt, Jr.

New York Times, Wednesday, May 30, 1984

3-Down : Jai ___

Author:
Richard N. Platt, Jr.
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Richard N. Platt, Jr. has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,622
Across
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Gil ___, Lesage hero : BLAS
5
Reluctant : LOATH
10
Part of h.c.l. : COST
14
Alley Oop's beloved : OOLA
15
Prefix for version : INTRO
16
Type of mackerel : ATKA
17
Noise at a parking lot : SLAM
18
Big bone : FEMUR
19
Muddy the waters : ROIL
20
Cutty Sark, for one : CLIPPER
22
Kind of galley : TRIREME
24
A.E.S. was one under J.F.K. : AMB
25
Rumanian dance : HORA
26
Last performance : SWANSONG
31
Kitchen utensils : RICERS
35
Bad actors : HAMS
36
Summer refreshers : ADES
38
Macon's sister ship : AKRON
39
Ice, for one : AGE
40
Lincoln's Sec. of War : STANTON
42
"Toujours ___," mehitabel's motto : GAI
43
___ Vecchio, in Florence : PONTE
45
Sporran's companion : KILT
46
R.N.'s milieu : HOSP
47
Wear well : ENDURE
49
Destroyer's cousin : CORVETTE
51
___ monster : GILA
53
Feel poorly : AIL
54
Sailing vessel : CATBOAT
57
Like Coleridge's mariner : ANCIENT
61
Melville novel : OMOO
62
Manufactory : PLANT
64
Ball of yarn : CLEW
65
Punjab potentate : RANA
66
___ Domingo : SANTO
67
NW Italian commune : ASTI
68
Speed unit at sea : KNOT
69
Former Air Force general : ESTES
70
Browning's "My ___ Duchess" : LAST
Down
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Type of pear : BOSC
2
Lounge : LOLL
3
Jai ___ : ALAI
4
Yangtze pliers : SAMPANS
5
Hitchcock film: 1944 : LIFEBOAT
6
Corker : ONER
7
Unit of pressure: Abbr. : ATM
8
Consequence's alternative : TRUTH
9
Consternation : HORROR
10
Galleon : CARRACK
11
Sioux : OTOE
12
Pass swiftly over : SKIM
13
"Ship of Fools," e.g. : TALE
21
British V.I.P.'s : PMS
23
New Guinea, to an Indonesian : IRIAN
26
Triangle or square : SHAPE
27
___ train : WAGON
28
Correct : AMEND
29
Mont. neighbor : NDAK
30
Of hereditary factors : GENIC
32
Rye disease : ERGOT
33
Criticize severely : ROAST
34
Woodcock's relative : SNIPE
37
Commune near Caen : STLO
40
Chaplin was one : SERIO
41
Italian town and cape : OTRANTOS
44
Tower : TUGBOAT
46
Spiral : HELICAL
48
Pass : ELAPSE
50
London's Old ___ : VIC
52
Mighty Charles : ATLAS
54
Bobber in a harbor : CORK
55
"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
56
"___-Bungay": H. G. Wells : TONO
57
Bet : ANTE
58
Lanchester : ELSA
59
Trawler gear : NETS
60
Ridicule : TWIT
63
Tiny earthmover : ANT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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