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Kevin Wray
Kevin Wray

New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1983

Author:
Kevin Wray
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 36.3 Grid has duplicate clues.
Kevin Wray has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,281
Across
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DeLuise role: 1980 : FATSO
6
Emulates Monet : DABS
10
Gander : MALE
14
Exhaust : USEUP
15
Russian range : ALAI
16
Raises one's choler : IRES
17
Rubberneck : STARE
18
Cracking young fellows? : WISEACRES
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English sea dog : SIRFRANCISDRAKE
22
Bounder : CAD
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External: Comb. form : ECTO
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Draft letters : SSS
25
Sunshade : PARASOL
29
Ampersand : AND
31
Seraglio rooms : ODAS
32
Holmes's milieu : RING
35
Bridal path : AISLE
39
English sea dog : MARTINFROBISHER
42
Trim feathers with the beak : PREEN
43
Account : TALE
44
Hebrides isle : IONA
45
Certain gridders : RTS
47
Propriety : FITNESS
49
Counter-missile: Abbr. : ABM
52
Lat. catchall : ETAL
55
Cheer : RAH
56
For whom the sea dogs sailed : QUEENELIZABETHI
62
An attack from above : AIRSTRIKE
63
Hunter slain by Artemis : ORION
64
Radar image : BLIP
65
Exigency : NEED
66
Houston athlete : OILER
67
A.B.A. member : ATTY
68
Termini : ENDS
69
Solid: Comb. form : STERE
Down
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Stir : FUSS
2
Piedmontese commune : ASTI
3
Kind of gas : TEAR
4
Shore sportsman : SURFCASTER
5
Bizet offerings : OPERAS
6
Beginning : DAWN
7
Rabbit follower : ALICE
8
Type of training : BASIC
9
Tarde event : SIESTA
10
Small: Comb. form : MICR
11
Polonius was behind it : ARRAS
12
Onions' kin : LEEKS
13
Certain curves : ESSES
19
A Hebrew name for God : ADONAI
21
Ornament : ADORN
25
Elgar subject : POMP
26
Shebat follower : ADAR
27
"O ___ Ben Jonson!" : RARE
28
Steal : LIFT
30
Deprive of a right or privilege : DISINHERIT
33
Blue Eagle inits. : NRA
34
Hubie Green's game : GOLF
36
Brake part : SHOE
37
The eye has it : LENS
38
Periods : ERAS
40
Goal : INTENT
41
Port of Mozambique : BEIRA
46
"Tristram Shandy" author : STERNE
48
Interdicts : TABOOS
49
Red Sea gulf : AQABA
50
Increased : BUILT
51
Legion of ___ : MERIT
53
E.T., e.g. : ALIEN
54
Enjoyed : LIKED
57
Spot : ESPY
58
Last letters in London : ZEDS
59
Roofing slab : TILE
60
Garden worker : HOER
61
Concerning : INRE

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

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