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Madura
Madura

New York Times, Tuesday, July 29, 1980

42-Down : ___-ran

Author:
Madura
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Madura has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,221
Across
1
"B.C." cartoonist : HART
5
Nobelist with Begin: 1978 : SADAT
10
___ Success, N.Y. : LAKE
14
Maple genus : ACER
15
Diving bird : GREBE
16
Islands, in France : ILES
17
School bus, in CB parlance : BRAINTRAIN
19
Garage, in CB parlance : BARN
20
Fra ___ Lippi : LIPPO
21
Picture in words : DESCRIBE
23
What charcoal does to gases : ADSORBS
26
Dry : SERE
27
Challenged : DARED
29
Hinders : DETERS
33
Dep. : STA
36
Domesday Book money : ORAS
38
Courts or halls, to Caesar : ATRIA
39
Police radar unit, in CB parlance : KOJAKWITHAKODAK
43
Khomeini is one : IRANI
44
Palpate : FEEL
45
Follower of Japan or Siam : ESE
46
Dam, to a lamb : PARENT
48
Adjust the alarm : RESET
51
Piddling : MERE
53
Patrolled the highway : POLICED
57
Adorn : DECORATE
61
Skipper's "Stop!" : BELAY
62
Eastern saint's portrait : ICON
63
Vehicle with antenna on roof, to CBers : CHROMEDOME
66
Potholes, to CBers : ACNE
67
Ebbed and flowed : TIDED
68
With 67 Across, provided money or supplies : OVER
69
Dregs : LEES
70
Cicatrices : SCARS
71
Suffix with fond or blond : NESS
Down
1
"___ usted español?" : HABLA
2
Pungent : ACRID
3
Harvests : REAPS
4
Stand for a photographer : TRIPOD
5
N.C.O. : SGT
6
Timetable abbr. : ARR
7
Word with beat or heat : DEAD
8
"___ Irish Rose" : ABIES
9
Showed nervous strain : TENSED
10
Romani's contribution to "Norma" : LIBRETTO
11
Jai ___ : ALAI
12
Border on Threadneedle Street : KERB
13
Serf of puzzle fame : ESNE
18
Hammett heroine : NORA
22
Bone sound at 90 : CREAK
24
Forehead : BROW
25
Sans-___, printing type : SERIF
28
Librarian's device : DATER
30
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
31
Inlets : RIAS
32
Rice drink on the Ginza : SAKE
33
Hopscotch maneuver : SKIP
34
Pearl Harbor code word : TORA
35
Open a bit : AJAR
37
Jaywalkers, to cabbies : SHEEP
40
Plants of the buttercup family : ANEMONES
41
Baseball great : KINER
42
___-ran : ALSO
47
Paine's products : TRACTS
49
River to the North Sea : ELBE
50
Attached : TIEDON
52
Body of moral principles : ETHIC
54
Spice for baked ham : CLOVE
55
Soprano Emma : EAMES
56
Textile workers : DYERS
57
Kind of tone : DIAL
58
___ homo : ECCE
59
Double dipper : CONE
60
Contralto role in "Siegfried" : ERDA
64
"___ the land of the free ... " : OER
65
A.M.A. members : MDS

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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