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James L. Beatty
James L. Beatty

New York Times, Monday, August 23, 1993

3-Down : Deviation

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 40.8
James L. Beatty has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,994
Across
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Minute dispute : SPAT
5
" ... pile ___ on Pelion": Virgil : OSSA
9
Carry : TOTE
13
British subway : TUBE
14
Ta-ta, to Tomás : ADIOS
15
Bribe money : SOAP
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Sign : OMEN
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Secret cooperation : CONNIVANCE
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Termite terminator : AARDVARK
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Charge with gas : AERATE
22
Medieval crucifixes : ROODS
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TV-news network : CNN
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Dazed condition : TRANCE
26
By chance : CASUALLY
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Soak flax or hemp : RET
32
Surround firmly : EMBED
34
Ray : SKATE
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Lamb's pseudonym : ELIA
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Like certain seals : EARED
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Medieval gold and silk brocade : ACCA
40
River to the Rhone : SAONE
42
Hinder : DETER
44
Torrid : HOT
45
Where rabbis preside : SYNAGOGS
47
Neckwear for milady : PEARLS
49
Path of trav. : RTE
50
Pal : CRONY
51
Short sock : ANKLET
55
Board-game pieces : CHESSMEN
58
Rough and noisy : BOISTEROUS
60
Had on : WORE
61
Once, once : ERST
62
Rambles : ROAMS
63
Italian noble family : ESTE
64
Colleen : LASS
65
Makes a lap : SITS
66
Oboe necessity : REED
Down
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Portico for Plato : STOA
2
Cougar : PUMA
3
Deviation : ABERRATION
4
Bone-to-muscle connector : TENDON
5
Aromas : ODORS
6
"___ the Bismarck!": 1960 film : SINK
7
One of the Trinity : SON
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More than half the world's population : ASIANS
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Anagram for star : TSAR
10
A Chaplin : OONA
11
Diplomat's asset : TACT
12
Rapier's cousin : EPEE
14
College environment : ACADEME
18
The evening star : VENUS
20
Viva ___ (by word of mouth) : VOCE
23
West Point student : CADET
24
Long lock : TRESS
25
Type of race : RELAY
26
Roman goddess of agriculture : CERES
27
Alias letters : AKA
28
Tearful : LACHRYMOSE
29
Rank above maj. : LTCOL
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Nobelist in Literature: 1923 : YEATS
33
Boy Scout's merit ___ : BADGE
36
Alicia of TV : ANA
38
Sadden : DEPRESS
41
White heron : EGRET
43
Classic autos : REOS
46
Aquatic mammals : OTTERS
48
Riposte : ANSWER
50
Buddies : CHUMS
51
A brother of Seth : ABEL
52
Asta's mistress : NORA
53
S.W.A.K. word : KISS
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Mil. landing vessels : LSTS
55
Chesterfield, e.g. : COAT
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Art Deco artist : ERTE
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Requisite : NEED
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Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI

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

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