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Wilson McBeath
Wilson McBeath

New York Times, Friday, July 3, 1987

38-Down : Kind of skin ointment

Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 53.2
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,751
Across
1
Kin of buffaloes : YAKS
5
Proclivity : BIAS
9
Hebrew seven-week period : OMER
13
Blind as ___ : ABAT
14
Worker's reward : RAISE
15
Strike out : DELE
16
Process by which an organism releases energy : METABOLISM
18
School Shelley attended : ETON
19
Locale of Brenner Pass : TYROL
20
It sent Dorothy to Oz : TORNADO
22
Europe's longest river : VOLGA
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Cobbler's model : LAST
26
Many : NUMEROUS
29
Think : IDEATE
32
Literary forms : ODES
33
Off. worker : STENO
35
Radiation unit : REM
36
Harv. neighbor : MIT
37
"I ___ who wasn't there" : METAMAN
39
___ Lanka : SRI
40
Anecdotal collection : ANA
41
Finnish lake : INARI
42
Two-fold : DUAL
43
Rely : DEPEND
45
Parody : TRAVESTY
48
Mammoth : HUGE
49
Thralls of yore : ESNES
50
Extreme fears : TERRORS
53
Bring upon oneself : INCUR
56
Wings for Amor : ALAE
57
Change of position, state or form : METASTASIS
61
Hazard : RISK
62
Castle or Hervey : IRENE
63
Strait : NECK
64
Voyaging, in a way : ASEA
65
A small ante : CENT
66
Canasta card : TREY
Down
1
Sweet potato : YAM
2
Support a felon : ABET
3
G-g-g-girl in a song : KATY
4
Lacks sustenance : STARVES
5
___ Harbour, Fla. : BAL
6
Sundial symbol : III
7
Prin.'s helper : ASST
8
Macaroni ingredient : SEMOLINA
9
Birthplace of H. C. Andersen : ODENSE
10
Foot part : METATARSUS
11
Alleged electrical force : ELOD
12
Las Vegas competitor : RENO
14
Norse chieftain: c.860-931 : ROLLO
17
Rustic; yokel : BOOR
21
Dangerous element : RADON
23
Me ___ (I like): Sp. : GUSTA
24
Phoenician goddess of fertility : ASTARTE
26
Rover : NOMAD
27
City NE of Venice : UDINE
28
Literal translation : METAPHRASE
30
Monster: Comb. form : TERAT
31
Dickinson or Post : EMILY
34
Bahrain bigwigs : EMIRS
37
___ Junction, city in Ohio : MINGO
38
Kind of skin ointment : ENDERMIC
42
Melody : DESCANT
44
Calif.'s motto : EUREKA
46
Flavoring seed : ANISE
47
Outlet : VENT
50
One-time Irish capital : TARA
51
Arethusa's home : ELIS
52
Withered : SERE
54
Consumer : USER
55
Chinese staple : RICE
58
Top rating, sometimes : TEN
59
Grasshopper's critic : ANT
60
Welkin : SKY

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

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