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Thomas Bohm
Thomas Bohm

New York Times, Saturday, August 6, 1988

8-Down : Oppositionist

Author:
Thomas Bohm
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { B F J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Thomas Bohm has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original clue for 51-Down has "Leslie"; this is likely a mistake and should be "Lesley."

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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,151
Across
1
Small spot : SPECK
6
Kanten, e.g. : AGAR
10
Catch on a gunlock : SEAR
14
Uncanny : EERIE
15
Computer list : MENU
16
Cubitus : ULNA
17
Stale : TRITE
18
Kind of ward : MATERNITY
20
Novel about "lost generation" lives, with "The" : SUNALSORISES
22
Salad days : TEENS
23
Third largest asteroid : VESTA
27
Advice to Kelly : SLIDE
29
Kin of euphoria : ELATION
31
"Out, damned Spot!" : SHOO
32
Gold, to a chemist : AURUM
34
Stump : GET
35
Novel about the life of Gauguin, with "The" : MOONANDSIXPENCE
39
Gravel : IRK
40
Underground strikes : LODES
41
Memorable anthropologist : MEAD
42
Ecdysiasts : TEASERS
44
Declivity : SCARP
46
Bar at the bar : ESTOP
47
Cut : SHORN
49
Novel about Chinese peasants' lives : THEGOODEARTH
55
Pretenders : IMPOSTORS
58
Suffix with affirm : ATORY
59
Marsh hen : RAIL
60
Algarroba or arboret : TREE
61
Stonecrop : SEDUM
62
Mesozoic and Paleozoic : ERAS
63
Vinegar ___ (worms) : EELS
64
Big Bertha's birthplace : ESSEN
Down
1
Bulbs for planting : SETS
2
City in Ind. : PERU
3
Actress Gray : ERIN
4
Summons : CITATION
5
___ over (collapsed) : KEELED
6
Egyptian Zeus : AMMON
7
Items to be shifted : GEARS
8
Oppositionist : ANTI
9
Regrets : RUES
10
"Red Sails in the ___" : SUNSET
11
Hebrew word for Lord : ELI
12
Leaf cutter : ANT
13
Light line : RAY
19
Alter : REVAMP
21
Witness : SEE
24
Petition supporter : SIGNER
25
Part of a shoe : TOECAP
26
___ up (poker term) : ANTED
27
Banks : SHORES
28
Observe : LOOKAT
29
Mythical fruit tosser : ERIS
30
Unit of illumination : LUX
31
Strike hard : SMITE
32
Appends : ADDS
33
Function : USE
36
Hebrew letters : ALEPHS
37
Neither here ___ there : NOR
38
Flows forth : EMANATES
43
Treelike desert plants : SOTOLS
44
Check erosion : SOD
45
Area in front of a goalie : CREASE
47
Albert ___, French historian : SOREL
48
Flexible pipes : HOSES
50
Little: Suffix : ETTE
51
Leslie ___, singer : GORE
52
Poles : RODS
53
Unwavering : TRUE
54
Song of praise : HYMN
55
Wrath : IRE
56
Damage : MAR
57
Actress Zadora : PIA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 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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