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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Tuesday, August 16, 1988

28-Down : Nigerian tribe

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Mary S. Snyder has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,161
Across
1
Appease : CALM
5
Fiascoes : BOMBS
10
Lincoln's coin : CENT
14
Drug plant : ALOE
15
Mature : ADULT
16
Repute : ODOR
17
Actor Bruce : DERN
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Kind of car : RADIO
19
Place for broken matches : RENO
20
Steering device : RUDDER
22
Put on a happy face : GRINNED
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Colorless liquid : ETHER
25
Plot : SCHEME
27
O.K. : ALRIGHT
29
Picasso or Casals : PABLO
33
Kind of tide or water : LOW
35
Unit of heat, for short : BTU
36
Dormant : ASLEEP
37
Kind of can : ASH
38
AMPAS award : OSCAR
40
Inebriated : LIT
41
Lustrous gems : PEARLS
44
Midwest inst. : KSU
45
Mormons: Abbr. : LDS
46
Phoebe : PEWEE
47
Absolute : PLENARY
50
Nosegays : POSIES
52
Violet, e.g. : COLOR
55
Like some Irish eyes : SMILING
58
Governing body : SENATE
59
Israeli dance : HORA
60
Ralph Kramden's mate : ALICE
63
Slap aftermath : DUEL
64
"Once ___ ... " : UPON
65
Role for 11 Down : GENIE
66
Legendary villain : OGRE
67
Circus item : TENT
68
___ clear of : STEER
69
Kind of glass : SHOT
Down
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Training group : CADRE
2
Northern islands native : ALEUT
3
William Joyce : LORDHAWHAW
4
Austrian botanist: 1822-84 : MENDEL
5
British novelist-editor: 1850-1912 : BARR
6
Harem room : ODA
7
Kind of pie : MUD
8
Plant disorder : BLIGHT
9
Five-and-ten, e.g. : STORE
10
Of an eye part : CORNEAL
11
Actress Barbara : EDEN
12
Not at all : NONE
13
Stepped on : TROD
21
Be human : ERR
23
Some kids : IMPS
25
NCO's : SGTS
26
Sound of amusement : CHUCKLE
28
Nigerian tribe : IBOS
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Hearty guffaw : BELLYLAUGH
31
Sorrow, to Schumann : LEID
32
Chooses : OPTS
33
Finnic native : LAPP
34
"___ how narrow ... ": Rilke : OSEE
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___ for one's money : ARUN
39
Chemical endings : ASES
42
Sow anew : REPLANT
43
Pope: 440-61 : LEOI
47
Small porker : PIGLET
48
Expert : ACE
49
Sonata movements : RONDOS
51
Obstacles : SNAGS
53
Alamogordo's county : OTERO
54
Find another tenant : RELET
55
Close : SHUT
56
Sulk : MOPE
57
Kind of horse : IRON
58
Diviner : SEER
61
Paul or Joseph follower : INE
62
Fr. company : CIE

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

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