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Wayne Hall-Eastman
Wayne Hall-Eastman

New York Times, Friday, June 12, 1992

Author:
Wayne Hall-Eastman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.3
Wayne Hall-Eastman has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,557
Across
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Chanteuse Horne : LENA
5
Concepts : IDEAS
10
Pinnacle : ACME
14
Winged : ALAR
15
___ León, Mexico : NUEVO
16
Cloudburst result : RAIN
17
Children's street game : KICKTHECAN
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Cal Tech, e.g. : INST
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Yale or Root : ELIHU
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Forte : TALENT
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Roundworm : NEMA
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"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
26
Pouch : SAC
29
Hindu incantations : MANTRAS
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Hwy. : RTE
34
Organ nourishing a fetus : PLACENTA
36
Actress for whom a theater was named : HAYES
38
Vedic fire god : AGNI
39
Siberian or slippery ___ : ELM
41
Frosh-rushing group : FRAT
42
Crosses : ROODS
44
Unconscious : COMATOSE
47
Woodland fairy : ELF
48
Gerbil cousin : HAMSTER
51
Unseld of N.B.A. fame : WES
52
Relinquish : WAIVE
54
Looped handle : ANSA
56
Languid : TORPID
57
Trifles : IOTAS
60
Ice pack : BERG
61
A Red Sox pitcher in 1990 : OILCANBOYD
65
Zumwalt of the Navy : ELMO
66
Kind of drip : NASAL
67
Joyce heroine ___ Livia Plurabelle : ANNA
68
Dry run : TEST
69
Cold-shoulders : SNUBS
70
Abound : TEEM
Down
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"Mighty ___ a Rose" : LAK
2
___ Cristo-Loveanu, painter of Eisenhower : ELIE
3
Salt, to a chemist : NACL
4
A star of "The In-Laws" : ARKIN
5
Cruel : INHUMAN
6
About to arrive : DUE
7
Common Market initials : EEC
8
Incarnation of a god : AVATAR
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The "Kreutzer ___": Tolstoy : SONATA
10
Shakespearean sprite : ARIEL
11
Steinbeck work: 1945 : CANNERYROW
12
Fog's companion : MIST
13
Talking tree of fantasy : ENT
18
Motif : THEME
22
Whip : LASH
24
Poker necessity : ANTE
26
To retire, use this : SPARE
27
Star in Perseus : ALGOL
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Pandora's box? : CANOFWORMS
30
Soapy minerals : TALCS
32
Goad : TEASE
33
Simon ___, Met star : ESTES
35
Spanish hero El ___ : CID
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Rearward, at sea : AFT
40
Longtime Dodger : MOTA
43
Packet or corvette : SHIP
45
Servants : MENIALS
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Pyromaniac's crime : ARSON
49
Aircraft in Lyon : AVIONS
50
Middle : MEDIAN
53
Lingo : ARGOT
55
Wielding a Louisville Slugger : ATBAT
56
Phone lead-in : TELE
58
Super-duper : AONE
59
Scottish "since" : SYNE
60
Wager : BET
62
Baton Rouge inst. : LSU
63
Herdic, e.g. : CAB
64
Somerset, in Vt. : DAM

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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