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Ronald Rabinowitz
Ronald Rabinowitz

New York Times, Wednesday, June 23, 1982

27-Down : England's "Crouchback"

Author:
Ronald Rabinowitz
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ronald Rabinowitz has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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T
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U
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O
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A
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K
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P
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O
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M
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F
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L
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B
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C
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C
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V
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P
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,915
Across
1
Baltic native : LETT
5
Glorify : BLESS
10
Near island : ATTU
14
Roman emperor : OTHO
15
Member of baseball's Hall of Fame : AARON
16
Greek letters : RHOS
17
Team in "The Boys of Summer" : BROOKLYNDODGERS
20
Eternally, to Keats : EER
21
___ de la Société : ILES
22
Garçon : WAITER
23
Wood blemish : KNAR
24
Extant : ALIVE
25
Did some logrolling : BIRLED
28
Ancient galley : TRIREME
30
Willow : OSIER
31
Shrewd : CAGEY
32
For : PRO
34
Medieval weapon : MACE
35
Ecclesiastical capes : FANOS
36
Cordelia's father : LEAR
37
Interjection : BAH
38
Plebe, e.g. : CADET
39
Rigid class distinction : CASTE
40
"Valley of death" group : CAVALRY
42
Snapshots : PHOTOS
43
Wake : ROUSE
44
Word of discouragement : ALAS
45
"Out of the question!" : NODICE
47
Nicholas or Peter : TSAR
48
J.F.K. abbr. : ETA
51
Comiskey Park team : CHICAGOWHITESOX
54
Female friend in Paris : AMIE
55
Eschalot : ONION
56
Italian wine city : ASTI
57
Sale sign : ASIS
58
Jalopy's unimpressive impressions : DENTS
59
Rod's partner : REEL
Down
1
Division of a leaf : LOBE
2
Raison d'___ : ETRE
3
Norse god : THOR
4
Also : TOO
5
Troubadour's offering : BALLAD
6
Lamina : LAYER
7
Sea birds : ERNS
8
Turf : SOD
9
"The ___ thick on Valley Forge": Kipling : SNOWLIES
10
Grecian : ARGIVE
11
Its epilogue ends with "set me free" : THETEMPEST
12
Ripped : TORE
13
Initials since 1922 : USSR
18
Ralph of slugging fame : KINER
19
Creamery : DAIRY
23
Painter Paul : KLEE
24
Cant : ARGOT
25
Word with A or H : BOMB
26
A son of Abraham : ISAAC
27
England's "Crouchback" : RICHARDIII
28
Chief Justice: 1836-64 : TANEY
29
Muse for Sappho : ERATO
31
Framework : CADRE
33
Cinnabar and bauxite : ORES
35
Baal, to a nonheathen : FALSEGOD
36
Vientiane's country : LAOS
38
Colombian river : CAUCA
39
Outline : CHART
41
Capote's "Other ___, Other Rooms" : VOICES
42
President Carter's hometown : PLAINS
44
"___ in the Dark" : ASHOT
45
College ath. group : NCAA
46
Units of resistance : OHMS
47
Double : TWIN
48
Existence : ESSE
49
Type of bag : TOTE
50
Branch angle : AXIL
52
United : ONE
53
Otologist's concern : EAR

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

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