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Jones
Jones

New York Times, Thursday, August 13, 1981

Author:
Jones
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F H J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 52.0
Jones has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,601
Across
1
Served a tennis ball perfectly : ACED
5
Capital on Cape Verde : DAKAR
10
Siren in silents : BARA
14
Type of excuse : LAME
15
Head of Caesar's public works dept. : EDILE
16
Breed of steed : ARAB
17
Place for Bryan or Douglas : DAIS
18
Classify : CATEGORIZE
20
Remedy counteracting poison : ANTIDOTE
22
"Mighty Lak' ___" : AROSE
23
Author Vidal : GORE
24
Con man's confederate : PLANT
25
Kind of hen or pig : GUINEA
28
Murray of "The Merry Widow": 1925 : MAE
29
Feline ululation : YOWL
32
See 9 Down : ENTERTAIN
34
___-Magnon cave, in France : CRO
35
Ratibor's river : ODER
36
White-tailed eagles : ERNES
38
Mary McDonough role on TV : ERIN
39
Drama about robots : RUR
40
What bees do : POLLINATE
42
Word with high or low : GEAR
44
Deface : MAR
45
Click beetle : ELATER
46
Hauled in : TOWED
48
Companion of book and candle : BELL
49
Fish that took the hook : BITER
50
Caused distaste : REPELLED
54
RR track width : BROADGAUGE
56
It empties into the Ouse : AIRE
57
Rave's partner : RANT
58
Degas : EDGAR
59
Bare the teeth happily : GRIN
60
___-majesté : LESE
61
___ list (honor roll) : DEANS
62
Shrieks of dismay in comics : EEKS
Down
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Robert or Alan : ALDA
2
James of Hollywood : CAAN
3
Issue : EMIT
4
Beene or Blass : DESIGNER
5
Give a medal to : DECORATE
6
Radio's "___ with Judy" : ADATE
7
Bad check : KITE
8
Stingo, in Soho : ALE
9
Delight with amusement : REGALE
10
Domain of Philippe de Rothschild : BARONY
11
Nobleman : ARISTOCRAT
12
Bring down the house : RAZE
13
Burrows of Broadway : ABE
19
A feast ___ famine : ORA
21
"Not a forgetful hearer, but a ___" : DOER
24
Type of truck : PANEL
25
Philosopher Hegel : GEORG
26
Excessive : UNDUE
27
Emphases for an orator : ITERATIONS
28
Like the bush leagues : MINOR
30
Emulate Oates or Rice : WRITE
31
Howard Hughes became one : LONER
33
Hungarian hero : ARPAD
37
Unheralded successes : SLEEPERS
38
The editorial we, for instance : ENALLAGE
41
A river at Rennes : ILLE
43
Turn about : ROTATE
44
Mixed : MERGED
47
Espouse : WED
48
Originated : BEGAN
49
Highland hill : BRAE
50
Wrinkle, to an M.D. : RUGA
51
Coins for a fountain : LIRE
52
Estrada : ERIK
53
Retreats : DENS
54
Cask: Abbr. : BRL
55
Ending for cock or block : ADE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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