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Fred Toole
Fred Toole

New York Times, Monday, August 31, 1992

7-Down : " ... one way to skin ___"

Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 22.7
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,637
Across
1
Music org. : ASCAP
6
Woeful : SAD
9
Duo : TWO
12
One of a flight : STAIR
13
Type of rain : ACID
15
Australian tennis player Lew ___ : HOAD
16
Speedy motorboat : HYDROPLANE
18
Youth org. : YMCA
19
Affirmative : YES
20
Shed feathers : MOLT
21
Loses color : FADES
23
Sacred : HOLY
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Chan creator Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
25
Attack vigorously : LAYTO
27
San Francisco quarterback : MONTANA
30
Vast number : HORDE
31
That girl's : HERS
32
Rex Stout's Wolfe : NERO
34
Assert : AVER
35
Memorable jazz pianist : BASIE
36
Previous stones : GEMS
37
Loose-woven fabric : LENO
38
Time periods : ERAS
39
Gives over : CEDES
40
Marks with spots : DAPPLES
42
Rent : LEASE
43
Portable mortar troughs : HODS
44
Storage structures : BINS
45
Fixed allotment : QUOTA
47
Uncle's mate : AUNT
48
Certain radio operator : HAM
51
Rotate : TURN
52
Doctor Jekyll's alter ego : MISTERHYDE
55
Fury : RAGE
56
Check copy : EDIT
57
Felt poorly : AILED
58
Sound on Capitol Hill : AYE
59
Single : ONE
60
Sierra ___, Africa : LEONE
Down
1
Pale : ASHY
2
Eyelid affliction : STYE
3
Rotters : CADS
4
Broadcast : AIR
5
Upgrade : PROMOTE
6
Sortie of troops : SALLY
7
" ... one way to skin ___" : ACAT
8
Kipling's "Gunga ___" : DIN
9
Bulky book : TOME
10
Servicewomen : WACS
11
Harem room : ODA
14
Cry heard at an N.B.A. game : DEFENSE
15
Large-bloomed bushes : HYDRANGEAS
17
Legendary Marco : POLO
22
Jujitsu, e.g. : ART
23
Submarine detecting device : HYDROPHONE
24
Duke or Day : DORIS
25
Adored : LOVED
26
Philadelphia's Spectrum, e.g. : ARENA
27
Tablelands : MESAS
28
Wants : NEEDS
29
French fighting force : ARMEE
30
Holbrook or Linden : HAL
31
Hounds' quarry : HARES
33
Counterespionage agcy. of W.W. II : OSS
35
Hag : BELDAME
39
___ Park, N.Y.C. : CENTRAL
41
Tea or jack attachment : POT
42
Queue : LINE
44
Kin of 27 Down : BUTTE
45
Pier : QUAY
46
Strong impulse : URGE
47
A ___ Able : ASIN
48
Wood: Comb. form : HYLO
49
Arabia's Gulf of ___ : ADEN
50
Persian's associate : MEDE
51
" ... in the spring, ___ la" : TRA
53
Wedding words : IDO
54
Go swiftly : HIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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