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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1992

Author: Walter Covell
Editor: Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Walter Covell has 33 pre-Shortz puzzles and 1 Shortz Era puzzle in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,589
Across Down
1. Luxuriant : LUSH
5. "Per aspera ad ___" : ASTRA
10. Bugler's "good night" : TAPS
14. Arrow poison : INEE
15. Auto metal : STEEL
16. Prognostication : OMEN
17. Stag or cob : MALE
18. Tooth adjunct : CANAL
19. ___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
20. French followers : BULLDOGDRESSING
23. Location : SITE
24. Hood's rod : GAT
25. Desserts served at the Bastille's fall? : BOMBES
28. Maxims : PRECEPTS
33. Bakers' helpers : ICERS
34. Stadium sound : ROAR
35. Neither masc. nor fem. : NEUT
36. Former : LATE
37. Low-cut shoes : PUMPS
38. American author-voyager: 19th century : DANA
39. Ancient Italian town : ELEA
40. Assist an arsonist : ABET
41. Any Edmonton hockey player : OILER
42. Pilchards : SARDINES
44. Refer (to) : ADVERT
45. Brother's title : FRA
46. Pochard : SMEE
47. French companions : DOORSCHOPPASTRY
55. Dugout, in Dijon : ABRI
56. Weird : EERIE
57. Pa. port : ERIE
58. Surf sound : ROTE
59. Betulaceous tree : ALDER
60. Tante translation : AUNT
61. Headland : NESS
62. English potter : SPODE
63. Middle: Comb. form : MEDI
 1. Arm or leg : LIMB
2. A sloth : UNAU
3. Vend : SELL
4. French suites : HEELSBREADFRIES
5. Ties : ASCOTS
6. Wild West transport, for short : STAGE
7. Look after : TEND
8. Rise high : REAR
9. People making statements : ALLEGERS
10. French connections : TOASTENDIVESEAM
11. Both: Prefix : AMBI
12. Drudge : PEON
13. Warmly comfortable : SNUG
21. Expires : DIES
22. Bursa : SAC
25. Ill tempers : BILES
26. Fla. city : OCALA
27. Longfellow concern : METER
28. Quinces, e.g. : POMES
29. Absorbed : RAPT
30. Washington's portraitist : PEALE
31. Radio-receiver part : TUNER
32. Origin : START
34. Hayseed : RUBE
37. Cure-alls : PANACEAS
41. Music halls : ODEA
43. It thrives on Apr. showers of Form 1040 : IRS
44. French physicist : AMPERE
46. Emulated Hari : SPIED
47. Mend with thread : DARN
48. A woodwind : OBOE
49. Fragments for Fido : ORTS
50. Employee : HELP
51. Church calendar : ORDO
52. Align : TRUE
53. Cheese covering : RIND
54. Himalayan mystery monster : YETI

Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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