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Elaine George
Elaine George

New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1988

Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 15.2
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,153
Across
1
Farm structure : BARN
5
Oct. predecessor : SEPT
9
Staggers : REELS
14
Jai ___ : ALAI
15
___ blue (loyal) : TRUE
16
Apportion : ALLOT
17
Bewildered : LOST
18
One, in Berlin : EINE
19
Down-easter's state : MAINE
20
Restrain : KEEPBACK
22
Speculate : WONDER
23
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
24
Wood smoothers : SANDERS
25
Coined money : SPECIE
28
Wood or Turner : LANA
29
Person's experience : BACKGROUND
31
___ the joint : CASE
35
Buenos ___, Arg. : AIRES
36
Garfunkel or Linkletter : ART
37
Cleans the furniture : DUSTS
38
Affront : SLUR
39
Dairies : CREAMERIES
41
Winter vehicle : SLED
42
Suave : URBANE
43
Broke suddenly : SNAPPED
47
Bullring cries : OLES
48
Headrest : PILLOW
49
Insolent retort : BACKTALK
53
Aroma of flowers : ATTAR
54
Curse or pledge : OATH
55
Augury : OMEN
56
British river : TRENT
57
Word with cap or bone : KNEE
58
State bird of Hawaii : NENE
59
Lesions : SORES
60
Put in the mail : SEND
61
Ample, to FitzGerald : ENOW
Down
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Thwart : BALK
2
Medicinal plant : ALOE
3
Flatten a flat : RASE
4
One overly concerned with details : NITPICKER
5
Large ship : STEAMER
6
Author Jong : ERICA
7
Hoodlum : PUNK
8
Golf gadget : TEE
9
A 1927 hit song : RAMONA
10
Large antelope : ELAND
11
Leave out : ELIDE
12
Hermit : LONER
13
Suffixes with tip and tap : STERS
21
Lockups in the Navy : BRIGS
22
Magical baton : WAND
24
Toys man : SANTA
25
Suffragette dollars: Abbr. : SBAS
26
Beach toy : PAIL
27
Beige : ECRU
28
Tempted : LURED
30
Propelled a bireme : OARED
31
Sidewalk section : CURBSTONE
32
Whence a flu flew in : ASIA
33
British gun : STEN
34
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
37
Bo of films : DEREK
39
Ball of yarn : CLEW
40
Protected the plants : MULCHED
41
Area once covered by Red Smith : SPORTS
43
Quarrels : SPATS
44
Explosive, for short : NITRO
45
Modify : ALTER
46
Spitfire or Zero : PLANE
47
Belonging to a cereal class : OATEN
49
Nemesis : BANE
50
Verily : AMEN
51
Comedian Jay ___ : LENO
52
"If you ___ Susie ... " : KNEW
54
Gives approval : OKS

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

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