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Melvin Kenworthy
Melvin Kenworthy

New York Times, Monday, August 16, 1993

31-Across : "___ stand ... ": Luther

Author:
Melvin Kenworthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 31.9
Melvin Kenworthy has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,987
Across
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Count ___ (take the roll) : NOSES
6
Hip : ONTO
10
Prevarications : LIES
14
Me. college town : ORONO
15
Ukrainian city : KIEV
16
___ uncertain terms : INNO
17
Error-free : INFALLIBLE
19
Despot : TSAR
20
College military gp. : ROTC
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With 2 Down, common alternatives : YES
22
Spin : ROTATE
24
Pair : TWO
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Biblical book : PSALTER
27
Prayers : ORISONS
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"___ stand ... ": Luther : HEREI
32
Country singer Tillis : PAM
33
Have high goals : ASPIRE
35
Goldwyn and Rayburn : SAMS
38
Arbitrated at Shea: Slang : UMPED
40
LAX letters : ETA
41
Facing Jimmy Key : ATBAT
42
Mineral springs : SPAS
43
Holmes's assistant : WATSON
45
Bossy's milieu : LEA
46
Flight part : STAIR
48
World's highest peak : EVEREST
50
Designates : ASSIGNS
52
Lamb's mother : EWE
53
Wandered : ROAMED
54
Barley beard : AWN
56
Mosel feeder : SAAR
60
" ... ere I saw ___" : ELBA
61
Out of the question : IMPOSSIBLE
64
NaCl : SALT
65
Nürnberg negative : NEIN
66
"___ Kick ... ": C. Porter : IGETA
67
Ash or palm : TREE
68
Pesky insect : GNAT
69
Inscribe : ENTER
Down
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Black, to Pierre : NOIR
2
See 21 Across : ORNO
3
Kind of touch : SOFT
4
Passes, as a law : ENACTS
5
Roman counterpart of Helios : SOL
6
Steinbeck nomad : OKIE
7
His ___, the bigwig : NIBS
8
Far: Comb. form : TEL
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Supervise : OVERSEE
10
"The ___ Rebel," S. Temple film : LITTLEST
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Voracious : INSATIABLE
12
Growing out : ENATE
13
More tender : SORER
18
Ben and Sue of movies : LYONS
23
Galley implement : OAR
25
Blue dye : WOAD
26
Out of sight is one : PHRASE
27
Musical work : OPUS
28
Highway exit : RAMP
29
Like some roads after blizzards : IMPASSABLE
30
Skin divers' weapons : SPEARS
34
Communication letters : ITT
36
West or Murray : MAES
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R.b.i. or e.r.a. : STAT
39
Appraisal : ESTIMATE
41
Again : ANEW
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" ... long, long trail a-___" : WINDING
44
Baking chambers : OVENS
47
Dark or iron : AGE
49
Quit : RESIGN
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"There's no music in ___ ...": Ruskin : AREST
51
___ plexus : SOLAR
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Western Samoan capital : APIA
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Habit : WONT
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Promote felonious acts : ABET
58
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
59
Stern : REAR
62
Chess pieces : MEN
63
She, in Stuttgart : SIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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