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Joel D. Lafargue
Joel D. Lafargue

New York Times, Saturday, August 29, 1987

43-Across : "___ a Parade," 1931 song

Author:
Joel D. Lafargue
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Joel D. Lafargue has 51 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,808
Across
1
Start of a series : ABCD
5
Expeditious : FAST
9
Author Loos : ANITA
14
Land bordering Algeria : MALI
15
Dog star that can't be Sirius : ASTA
16
Board, as a train : GETON
17
Ruffles one's feathers : IRES
18
Birthright seller : ESAU
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Ain't, properly : ARENT
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Hit the tarmac : ALIT
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Candidate for spitchcocking : EEL
25
Immature forms : LARVAE
28
Rock channel : MTV
30
Object of affection : IDOL
34
Start of a Keats title : ODEON
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Gets along : FARES
37
High note : ELA
38
VOILA! NYACK! : WEIRDALYANKOVIC
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Our lang. : ENG
42
The Beach Boys' "___ John B." : SLOOP
43
"___ a Parade," 1931 song : ILOVE
44
Barrett or Jaffe : RONA
46
Eliot's "cruellest" mo. : APR
47
Poitier or Greenstreet : SIDNEY
48
Double it, then beat it : TOM
50
Phnom ___ : PENH
51
GETTING A SON : ILLGOTTENGAINS
58
"What's Up, Doc?" actor : ONEAL
59
Scarlett? : REDD
60
Flood foiler : NOAH
61
Cycle on some machines : RINSE
62
Saroyan hero : ARAM
63
Bernhardt's great rival : DUSE
64
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
65
Undercover man : MOLE
66
Heathrow visitors : SSTS
Down
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Included with : AMID
2
Actress Lynn : BARI
3
Staff symbol : CLEF
4
What some fall into : DISFAVOR
5
"The ___ Queene" : FAERIE
6
Black-ink item : ASSET
7
Oliver's pal : STAN
8
Lacking slack : TAUT
9
5½-point type : AGATE
10
Oil used in perfumery : NEROLI
11
Nero's route : ITER
12
Obie's cousin : TONY
13
"Guest" at certain meals : ANT
21
Beasts with spiral horns : ELANDS
22
"Natural" at Reno : SEVEN
25
Capp's ___ Slobbovia : LOWER
26
Of a gland: Comb. form : ADENO
27
What kings do all day : REIGN
28
Koch book : MAYOR
29
Problem for January : TRAP
31
Forth feeder : DEVON
32
Salad ingredient : OLIVE
33
Cagney's partner : LACEY
35
Angel's bad news : FLOP
36
Aspen activity : SKIING
39
Place that's "remembered" : ALAMO
40
Experienced people : OLDHANDS
45
Finally : ATLAST
47
"___ No Flowers," 1964 Doris Day film : SENDME
49
Eyes her with desire : OGLES
50
Treadle : PEDAL
51
Monogram pt. : INIT
52
A Horne : LENA
53
British conveyance : TRAM
54
Lawrence ___ (Mr. T) : TERO
55
Debtors' documents : IOUS
56
Tweed twitter : NAST
57
Women : SHES
58
Get a lode of this : ORE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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