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I. Judah Koolyk
I. Judah Koolyk

New York Times, Saturday, July 3, 1982

Author:
I. Judah Koolyk
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 75.4
I. Judah Koolyk has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,925
Across
1
Hors d'oeuvres : DIPS
5
Advantage : EDGE
9
Got ready at Doral : TEED
13
Like unbleached linen : ECRU
14
Soiled, in a way : SOOTY
16
Division word : INTO
17
Famed business district : LOOP
18
Sound in the night : SNORE
19
Snip : MINX
20
Event in July : INDEPENDENCEDAY
23
Alley button : RESET
24
Recreation location : SPA
25
Brick material : ADOBE
28
Archeologist's milieu : DIG
30
Record of one year : ANNAL
34
Pair of opposite charges : DIPOLE
36
Act the ham : MUG
38
___ City, Fla. : DADE
39
Over again : ANEW
40
Norse goddess of love : FREYA
42
Word before born or bred : TRUE
43
Eur. lawmakers : PARL
44
Dick : TEC
45
Observed : BEHELD
47
Pap : TRASH
49
Rolled tea : CHA
51
Weskits : VESTS
52
Initials for Nasser : UAR
54
Active : ASTIR
56
Key phrase : DAWNSEARLYLIGHT
63
"When I was ___ ... ": W.S.G. : ALAD
64
Ship deck : ORLOP
65
To see, in Paris : VOIR
66
Dreyfus supporter : ZOLA
67
Woodcock's kin : SNIPE
68
Brontë's orphan : EYRE
69
Anguilliform : EELY
70
Shoe sizes : EEES
71
Esteem : RATE
Down
1
Meat-treats mart : DELI
2
Saint's image : ICON
3
Goad : PROD
4
Event in January : SUPERBOWLSUNDAY
5
Endless ending : ESSES
6
Put on : DONNED
7
Happy-go-lucky one : GOODTIMECHARLIE
8
Gallic infinitive : ETRE
9
Wolfe novel, with "Of" : TIMEANDTHERIVER
10
Wife of Geraint : ENID
11
Italian crest : ETNA
12
Religious view : DOXY
15
Cravings : YENS
21
Orange layer : PEEL
22
Auditor, for short : CPA
25
Show flexibility : ADAPT
26
Coin larger than a para : DINAR
27
"Fidelio," e.g. : OPERA
29
Cable for hoisting : GUY
31
Nasal passages : NARES
32
Ripe : ADULT
33
Yorkshire city : LEEDS
35
Newt : EFT
37
Yenta's gift : GAB
41
Family rm. : REC
46
Like Apollyon : EVIL
48
Owns : HAS
50
Diagonally : ASLOPE
53
Old Olds products : REOS
55
Sorts : TYPES
56
Torpify : DAZE
57
Barbados ___ : ALOE
58
Street for bulls : WALL
59
___ Novák, Czech critic : ARNE
60
Prado name : GOYA
61
Musician from La. : HIRT
62
Sassafras, e.g. : TREE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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