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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Friday, August 21, 1987

51-Down : Besmirched

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,800
Across
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Very dangerous element : RADON
6
Wide open : AGAPE
11
___ out (plan in detail) : MAP
14
Lacquer resin : ELEMI
15
Overstuffed : SATED
16
Ab ___ (from square one) : OVO
17
Shade of gray : VIENNASMOKE
19
Wash. luminary : SEN
20
Each : APIECE
21
Little specialty : MIMICRY
23
With 24 Down and 55 Across, a dinner dish : BRUSS
25
Org. established in 1949 : NATO
26
N.K.V.D.'s predecessor : OGPU
29
Erstwhile corp. : SERG
31
Barley beards : AWNS
34
Bristly plant : TEASEL
37
Kabob component : LAMB
39
Drabowsky or Berg of baseball : MOE
40
Rhine tributary : AAR
41
Extended breaks : SIESTAS
43
Take advantage of : USE
44
Corn or cycle starter : TRI
45
Friends, in Fife : EMES
46
Caught : NAILED
48
Start of N.C.'s motto : ESSE
50
Castor and Pollux : ALPS
52
Glad or sad ending : NESS
53
Kind of bag : GRAB
55
Puts to flight : ROUTS
58
Obstruction : BARRIER
61
"Three men ___" : INATUB
64
Becker specialty : ACE
65
Wrapping material : MANILAPAPER
68
Fidel compadre : CHE
69
Finnish lake, to Swedes : ENARE
70
Vamp's relative : INTRO
71
Old cowboy star Maynard : KEN
72
Ancient chariot : ESSED
73
Actor Ezra : STONE
Down
1
Gun a motor : REV
2
Inter ___ : ALIA
3
Profound : DEEP
4
Kind of bill : OMNIBUS
5
Forty-___ : NINER
6
Estimate : ASSESS
7
Whale group : GAM
8
It was smashed in the 40's : ATOM
9
Hominid discovery announced in 1927 : PEKINGMAN
10
Swelling : EDEMA
11
Vodka and ginger beer : MOSCOWMULE
12
Asseverate : AVER
13
Snort glass : PONY
18
Puncture starter : ACU
22
Give ___ whirl (make an effort) : ITA
24
See 23 Across : SELSSPR
26
Mexican basket grass : OTATE
27
They work when engaged : GEARS
28
An insecticide : PARISGREEN
30
Betrayer : RAT
32
Things to be counted : NOSES
33
Origins : SEEDS
35
Suffix with Tonkin : ESE
36
Sievas : LIMABEANS
38
Good-turn org. : BSA
42
Glass or sand chaser : EEL
47
Twinkling : INSTANT
49
Sin : ERR
51
Besmirched : SOILED
54
Singer Mann : AIMEE
56
___ voce (unanimously) : UNA
57
On the ___ (under consideration) : TAPIS
58
With 59 Down, a common misery : BACK
59
See 58 Down : ACHE
60
Certain acids, for short : RNAS
62
___ no good : UPTO
63
Swiss city : BERN
66
Eng. neighbor : IRE
67
Caviar : ROE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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