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Lois Sidway
Lois Sidway

New York Times, Tuesday, July 17, 1990

4-Down : "___ lay me down ... "

Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 21.4
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,861
Across
1
Opposite of e'en : MORN
5
Mall and Tajo of the Met : BASSI
10
Incautious : RASH
14
Salmagundi : OLIO
15
African antelope : ELAND
16
___ mater : ALMA
17
Musical request of 1934 : BLOWGABRIELBLOW
20
Glut : SATIATE
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Retaliate; avenge : PAYBACK
22
Monocle part : LENS
24
Sty cry : OINK
25
Boatman of myth : CHARON
29
Set firmly : PLANT
32
Boring implement : AUGER
33
Devils or Saints, e.g. : TEAM
34
Hoss's dad : BEN
37
Musical request of 1889 : SLIDEKELLYSLIDE
41
Beige : TAN
42
Elegant bash : GALA
43
With 10 Down, Potter character : PETER
44
Shelve : TABLE
46
Pal : FRIEND
47
Minestrone veggies : PEAS
49
___ avis : RARA
51
Quick looks : GLANCES
54
"___ this!" : NOWHEAR
59
Musical request of 1928 : LAUGHCLOWNLAUGH
61
Annul : UNDO
62
Jeweler's weight : CARAT
63
Corner : TREE
64
Turns to the right : GEES
65
Famous middleman of baseball : EVERS
66
Pop : SODA
Down
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Unruly throngs : MOBS
2
Sevilla stewpot : OLLA
3
Very funny fellow : RIOT
4
"___ lay me down ... " : NOWI
5
Defeated : BEATEN
6
V.P. Barkley : ALBEN
7
Patriotic org. : SAR
8
Small piece : SNIP
9
Notion : IDEA
10
See 43 Across : RABBIT
11
Poe-tic middle name : ALLAN
12
Artistic cover-up? : SMOCK
13
Peddle vociferously : HAWK
18
In great number : GALORE
19
City on the Saône : LYON
23
Elementary text : SPELLER
25
Threw out : CAST
26
Word with hoop or skirt : HULA
27
Not "fer" : AGIN
28
Roulette space : RED
30
"___, Lucille," 1919 musical : LALA
31
A Vanderbilt : AMY
33
Freshwater duck : TEAL
34
Take the bait : BITE
35
Paradise : EDEN
36
Twerp's cousin : NERD
38
Soviet agcy. : KGB
39
Spread out : SPRAWL
40
Luau souvenir : LEI
44
Latin-American dances : TANGOS
45
He wrote "The Nazarene" : ASCH
46
Areas of activity : FRONTS
47
Level : PLANE
48
___ Cologne : EAUDE
50
Sadat : ANWAR
51
Gurgling sound : GLUG
52
"___ Homo," Titian painting : ECCE
53
Croat, e.g. : SLAV
55
Bowlers or sailors : HATS
56
Large kangaroo : EURO
57
Like sharp cheese : AGED
58
Actress Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
60
Crude metal : ORE

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

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