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Joe Clonick
Joe Clonick

New York Times, Saturday, July 31, 1982

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J K W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 33.7
Joe Clonick has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,953
Across
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Hunter or Kelly follower : GREEN
6
Imperial : PURPLE
12
Fine cotton fabric : PERCALE
14
Whatnot : ETAGERE
16
Where to see tetras : AQUARIA
17
Wife of Oberon : TITANIA
18
Cask of great weight : TUN
19
Father of Gawain : LOT
20
O'Neill play : ILE
21
"___ Magic," 1948 song : ITS
22
Sort of sortie : RAID
24
French pastry : TARTE
26
QB Jones : BERT
27
Kin of the Missouri : OTOES
29
Variety of whale : SEI
30
"Gifted" one : DONEE
31
Memorable Liverpudlian : LENNON
33
Guiding principle : POLESTAR
35
Title created by James I : BARONET
37
Bryant and Whittier : COLLEGES
41
"___ remember'd kisses ... ": Tennyson : DEARAS
46
Like an angry lion : AROAR
47
Kind of rally : PEP
49
Butler in a 1936 book : RHETT
50
Fragrant ointment : NARD
51
Doyen : ELDER
53
Piedmontese city : ASTI
54
Mischievous child of Eris : ATE
55
Historian Marshall : SLA
56
Savanna : LEA
58
Groan producer : PUN
59
Prudent or crafty : POLITIC
61
George Brett's forte : HITTING
63
His creed is all he needs : EREMITE
64
Star in Scorpio : ANTARES
65
Used a straw : SIPPED
66
The ___ Decade : MAUVE
Down
1
Sardine-shaped fish : GRUNION
2
NBC parent : RCA
3
Anthony of the alleys : EARL
4
Leader of the "praying Indians" : ELIOT
5
___ a pin : NEATAS
6
Formal request : PETITION
7
Practical : UTILE
8
Value : RATE
9
Trevino's org. : PGA
10
Permissive : LENIENT
11
Ethiopian province : ERITREA
12
Walk a beat : PATROL
13
Treat as identical : EQUATE
15
Island discovered on a certain Sunday : EASTER
23
Bear's lair : DEN
25
Rested : REPOSED
26
Derek's namesakes : BOS
28
Temperate : SOBER
30
Prevent : DETER
32
Henpeck : NAG
34
Emulated Ozawa : LED
36
Supplanted : REPLACED
37
Appetizer : CANAPE
38
Speechifiers : ORATORS
39
Loos heroine : LORELEI
40
Midshipmite : LAD
42
Triumphal cry : AHA
43
Breathe : RESPIRE
44
Bring into harmony : ATTUNE
45
Apiarists' risks : STINGS
48
Horse's bit : PELHAM
51
Bon ton : ELITE
52
Sophia is one : REINA
55
Yugoslav tobacco-shipping town : STIP
57
Battle scene in May–June 1943 : ATTU
60
Little devil : IMP
62
Hebrew letter : TAV

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

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