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Gayle Dean
Gayle Dean

New York Times, Saturday, June 29, 1985

21-Across : Census fig.

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J Q V Y Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.5
Gayle Dean has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,017
Across
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"Thermopylae of America" : ALAMO
6
Where Matrah is : OMAN
10
Greek letter : BETA
14
Main house on a plantation : MANOR
15
The Censor : CATO
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P.L.O. member : ARAB
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Start of a quotation : ITISBETTER
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No longer green : RIPE
20
Solidify : GEL
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Census fig. : STAT
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Welcome : GREET
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Babe's co-workers : OXEN
25
Flowerlike polyp : ANEMONE
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At rest : IDLE
30
Mercury alloy : AMALGAM
34
Fan the fire : STOKE
37
French color : GRIS
38
A sister of Semele : INO
39
Quotation: Part II : TOWEAROUTTHANTO
43
Union gp. : AFL
44
Integument : COAT
45
Counterpart of a British M.T.B. : EBOAT
46
End of quotation : RUSTOUT
48
Produced : MADE
50
Livestock disease : ANTHRAX
52
Knight's wife : DAME
56
Scorches : CHARS
59
First name of Douglas Selby's creator : ERLE
61
Mary, in an old song : PAL
62
Iron ___ : LUNG
63
Author of quotation : CUMBERLAND
66
Actress Sommer : ELKE
67
Milking item : PAIL
68
Early settlers in the Orkneys : NORSE
69
Like some feet : FLAT
70
Tosca's "Vissi d'___" : ARTE
71
Portal verb : ENTER
Down
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Friendly hombre : AMIGO
2
Rubber source : LATEX
3
Old-womanish : ANILE
4
Time pds. : MOS
5
Spheres : ORBS
6
An oily hydrocarbon : OCTANE
7
Dull finish : MATTE
8
Mischievous child of Eris : ATE
9
Negative conjunction : NOR
10
Speed : BARREL
11
Lake or canal : ERIE
12
Record : TAPE
13
Foster a felon : ABET
18
Abbr. after a list : ETAL
22
Ground one's teeth : GNASHED
24
Greek victory goddess : NIKE
26
Rialto : MART
27
Leave out : OMIT
29
Church officers : DEACONS
31
Cappelletti of football : GINO
32
Architectural pier : ANTA
33
Debatable : MOOT
34
Vega or Spica : STAR
35
Bean curd : TOFU
36
Temple team : OWLS
37
Violin-string material : GUT
40
Defeat completely : ROUT
41
Pledge : OATH
42
Retired : ABED
47
Goal : TARGET
48
Alice of tennis fame : MARBLE
49
Wagon part : AXLE
51
Pay : REMIT
53
Besides, with "from" : APART
54
Hawthorne's home : MANSE
55
Church officer : ELDER
56
Musical symbol : CLEF
57
Boat part : HULL
58
Paul from Ottawa : ANKA
60
Lough ___, Ireland : ERNE
63
Bookkeeper's letters : CPA
64
Egypt's off. name: 1961–71 : UAR
65
Nol of Cambodia : LON

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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