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New York Times, Monday, June 30, 1986

Author:
Nancy McCarthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Nancy McCarthy has 47 pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,383

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Students & seniors
Across
1. Rotters : CADS
5. Go and bring : FETCH
10. Deuce or trey : CARD
14. "Step ___!" : ONIT
15. Old womanish : ANILE
16. Asian river : AMUR
17. Aper : MIME
18. Snakebite additive : VENOM
19. Advice, old style : REDE
20. Devilkin : IMP
21. Funny femmes : COMEDIENNES
23. City in Alberta : CALGARY
25. Boston ___ : BEANS
26. Toronto pitcher : LEAL
27. Tulip's origin : BULB
30. Turkish governor : BEY
31. Rubber tree : ULE
33. News agcy. : UPI
34. Bx. transit lines : ELS
35. Les girls : MADEMOISELLES
39. Beast of burden : ASS
40. ___ de tête (headache) : MAL
41. Society bud, for short : DEB
42. ___ poetica : ARS
43. Sharp-tasting : TART
44. Blockhead : DOLT
47. More arid : DRIER
49. Sneeze promoter : RAGWEED
52. Wife or mother : DISTAFFSIDE
56. Legislation backed by N.O.W. : ERA
57. Behind time : LATE
58. African antelope : ELAND
59. Ship's complement : CREW
60. Bavarian river : EGER
61. Like a numbskull : DENSE
62. Plexus : RETE
63. Actor Bruce : DERN
64. Jewish feast : SEDER
65. July 15, e.g. : IDES
Down
1. Droll one : COMIC
2. Beast : ANIMAL
3. Smile enhancer : DIMPLE
4. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g. : STE
5. Prefer : FAVOR
6. Burr, to Hamilton : ENEMY
7. Prong : TINE
8. Divot : CLOD
9. Half: Prefix : HEMI
10. Judy of "Laugh-In" : CARNE
11. Submissive : AMENABLE
12. What boors display : RUDENESS
13. Chic : DRESSY
21. Street, in Seville : CALLE
22. Reflux : EBB
24. Showy ornaments : GAUDS
27. Erected : BUILT
28. Periods of prosperity : UPS
29. Twisted the truth : LIED
32. Poet Lazarus : EMMA
34. Ancon : ELBOW
35. Step taken by Figaro : MARRIAGE
36. Supporter : ASSISTER
37. Bireme propeller : OAR
38. Shelf : LEDGE
42. Confused : ADDLED
43. ___ la la : TRA
45. Glanced suggestively : LEERED
46. Cylindrical : TERETE
48. Forever, to Byron : ETERN
49. Washing cycle : RINSE
50. Viper : ADDER
51. Coolidge's V.P. : DAWES
53. T-men, e.g. : FEDS
54. Absquatulate : FLEE
55. True grit : SAND
59. Dernier ___ (latest fashion) : CRI

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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