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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Tuesday, July 31, 1984

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 32.6
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,684
Across
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Roberts the revivalist : ORAL
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Haywire : AWRY
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Hockey sportscaster's cry : SCORE
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Corrida combatant : TORO
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"Am-scray!" : SHOO
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Secretes : HIDES
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Caesar's way : ITER
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Wine container : CASK
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Regret one's sins : ATONE
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Its setting was the '24 Olympics : CHARIOTSOFFIRE
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Tiny party crashers : ANTS
24
Broke a fast : ATE
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Forgetful : REMISS
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Cyclotron particle : ION
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Traveled like Spitz : SWAM
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Hole-___ : INONE
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Knocked ___ cocked hat (ruined) : INTOA
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Spanish treasure : ORO
38
Newman-McQueen film, with "The" : TOWERINGINFERNO
41
Tavern request : ALE
42
The Musketeers et al. : TRIOS
43
Did a welder's job : FUSED
44
Famous puppeteer : SARG
46
Part of D.A. : ATT
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Terribly : SORELY
48
Emulated Coe : RAN
50
Conservative : TORY
51
Mel Brooks classic : BLAZINGSADDLES
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Root from Clinton, N.Y. : ELIHU
59
Sandarac tree : ARAR
60
Hoover called it home : IOWA
61
Col. Potter's ex-clerk : RADAR
62
Faction : SIDE
63
Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
64
"Oh, give me ___ ... " : AHOME
65
Imitated : APED
66
Famed Western lawman : EARP
Down
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Of the ear : OTIC
2
"Our Gang" author : ROTH
3
Vicinity : AREA
4
Quiche ___ (a pie) : LORRAINE
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Fashionable neckpieces : ASCOTS
6
"___ My Line" : WHATS
7
Early seamstress : ROSS
8
Beatle John's widow : YOKO
9
Dart part : SHAFT
10
Eugene and Gary : CITIES
11
Redolence : ODOR
12
Descartes : RENE
13
Ethnic suffix : ESE
21
Magazine supplement : INSERT
22
Papal cape : FANON
25
Coolidge and Moreno : RITAS
26
___ Gay : ENOLA
27
Lawn-care device : MOWER
28
Fort Knox block : INGOT
29
Colleague of Sam Adams : OTIS
31
Less acceptable : WORSE
32
Synthetic material : ARNEL
33
Temperamental : MOODY
35
"What's __ for me?" : INIT
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Bear the cost : AFFORD
39
He comes from Qum : IRANI
40
Beloved of Orpheus : EURYDICE
45
He wrote "My Answer" : GRAHAM
47
Skyrocketed : SOARED
49
Shade of blue : AZURE
50
Koph preceder : TSADE
51
The pits : BLAH
52
Resort on the Adriatic : LIDO
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Abbr. at Houston : NASA
54
Figure on the set : GRIP
55
"Damn Yankees" role : LOLA
56
Vessel with a wide mouth : EWER
57
Coarse hominy : SAMP
58
Stat. for Steve Carlton : ERA

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

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