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Irene Smullyan
Irene Smullyan

New York Times, Wednesday, July 15, 1987

25-Down : Santa ___, Holy See, in Sevilla

Author:
Irene Smullyan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J K Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 54.3
Irene Smullyan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,763
Across
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Repair a ship : REFIT
6
London apartment : FLAT
10
Cob or drake : MALE
14
Writer Calvino : ITALO
15
Dancer Montes : LOLA
16
Egyptian deity : ISIS
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Deliberately soften criticism : PULLONESPUNCHES
20
Editor's disclaimer : SIC
21
Tipsters : TOUTS
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Goddess of peace : IRENE
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Ocean vessel : OILER
25
Glacial term : STOSS
26
Bituminous coal : CANNEL
28
Scottish garb : TREWS
30
Mimicked : APED
31
Emulate Edward VIII : ABDICATE
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Give up : THROWINTHETOWEL
39
Islandic state of Australia : TASMANIA
40
A fortune-teller's guide : PALM
41
Bury : INTER
42
Type of type : STEREO
44
Released : LETGO
46
"___ Foolish Things ... ," 1935 song : THESE
47
Pertaining to pitch : TONAL
48
Indo-Chinese or Thai : ASIAN
50
Jackie Onassis, ___ Bouvier : NEE
53
Use foul play : HITBELOWTHEBELT
56
City on the Oka : OREL
57
Indigo : ANIL
58
Italian poet: 1544-95 : TASSO
59
Desiccated : SERE
60
Any Greek commune : DEME
61
Lazy ___ : SUSAN
Down
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Tears : RIPS
2
Needle case : ETUI
3
Breeders of hunting birds : FALCONERS
4
Indisposed : ILL
5
Flute sound : TOOTLE
6
___-de-lis : FLEUR
7
"Paradise ___" : LOST
8
Pennines, e.g. : ALPS
9
Kind of cross : TAU
10
Scientific apparatus : MICROSCOPES
11
Residue : ASHES
12
Legal claims : LIENS
13
Existence : ESSE
18
Carol : NOEL
19
Dolt : NITWIT
24
Not easily discouraged : INDOMITABLE
25
Santa ___, Holy See, in Sevilla : SEDE
26
A U.S. suffragette : CATT
27
U.S. disease-prevention org. : APHA
28
Turkic tongue : TATAR
29
Presidential monogram : RBH
32
Cognizance : AWARENESS
33
Distant: Prefix : TELE
34
Patron saint of sailors : ELMO
36
Falsify; juggle : WANGLE
37
Division word : INTO
38
Never, in Sonneberg : NIE
42
Former Iranian ruler : SHAH
43
Principles : TENETS
44
French area, rich in coal : LOIRE
45
Join a contest : ENTER
46
Boxer's quest : TITLE
47
Tonkin group : THOS
48
Tops : AONE
49
Do the trudgen : SWIM
51
Lohengrin's beloved : ELSA
52
Harrow rival : ETON
54
A. E. Housman hero : LAD
55
Building: Ger. : BAU

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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