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Albert L. Misenko
Albert L. Misenko

New York Times, Wednesday, August 12, 1981

Author:
Albert L. Misenko
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 48.2
Albert L. Misenko has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,600
Across
1
Aid for Spade : CLUE
5
Musical character : CLEF
9
Babylonian earth god : DAGAN
14
Suspended : HUNG
15
Blood: Prefix : HEMA
16
Grape conserve : UVATE
17
Puzzling : ENIGMATIC
19
Early TV sensation : BERLE
20
___ William, Lewis Carroll character : FATHER
21
Compensated : REWARDED
23
Hash-house sign : EATS
25
Succinct : TERSE
26
"Regnat Populus" is its motto : ARKANSAS
30
Starr of comics : BRENDA
33
Fondant : CANDY
34
Entertainer Hayes: 1885–1969 : GABBY
36
Colloidal substance : GEL
37
Bonds : TIES
38
Indian serving in the British army : SEPOY
39
Angel's topper : HALO
40
Carbohydrate: Suffix : OSE
41
Like haunted houses : EERIE
42
Fight : SETTO
43
Soften : RELENT
45
Kind of table : DROPLEAF
47
Result : ENSUE
49
Street sign : STOP
50
Steward for a monastery : MANCIPLE
53
Kind of paste : TOMATO
57
Tartar deposited in wine casks : ARGOL
58
Audacious : BAREFACED
60
French measure : METRE
61
Done : OVER
62
Memorable leader at Belgrade : TITO
63
Incinerator leavings : ASHES
64
Unites : WEDS
65
River into the Fulda : EDER
Down
1
Man in white : CHEF
2
Beautiful moth : LUNA
3
Single thing : UNIT
4
Highbrows : EGGHEADS
5
Plans : CHARTS
6
Assign by contract : LET
7
Eastern ruler : EMIR
8
Diamond surface : FACET
9
Mistress of Louis XV : DUBARRY
10
Not inclined : AVERSE
11
Entrance to a flower show : GARDENGATE
12
Tamarisk salt tree : ATLE
13
If ___ be : NEED
18
Late labor leader : MEANY
22
Palmated, as many water birds : WEBBY
24
Wiser : SAGER
26
Man in a cast : ACTOR
27
Poker player's verb : RAISE
28
Ending at the patella, as a skirt : KNEELENGTH
29
Palatable : SAPID
31
Nile river area : DELTA
32
Standoffish : ALOOF
35
Certain South Africans : BOERS
38
Arrangement : SETUP
39
Spouse : HELPMATE
41
Stores, as fodder : ENSILES
42
Bamboozlement : SPOOF
44
"Again!" : ENCORE
46
Fur-bearing mammals : OTTERS
48
Item stocked by a plumber : ELBOW
50
Cry from the nursery : MAMA
51
Greek war god : ARES
52
Roof protection : EAVE
54
Part of DNA : ACID
55
One of the heads of France : TETE
56
Rose's attribute : ODOR
59
Sportswriter Smith : RED

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