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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Thursday, September 10, 1992

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.8
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,647
Across
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Perspiration unit : BEAD
5
Kind of duty : CIVIC
10
Soviet fighter plane : MIG
13
The top : ACME
14
Peaceful harmony : AMITY
15
Lode load : ORE
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Sweet dream re Bullwinkle? : CHOCOLATEMOOSE
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It consists of 114 suras : KORAN
20
Kasparov ploy : GAMBIT
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Guitar predecessor : LUTE
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Gal of song : SAL
24
Biol. or phys. : SCI
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A subject of puns herein : DESSERT
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They're more than pint-sized : LITERS
32
It's beaten by a birdie : PAR
33
Run amok : RIOT
35
Object of contemplation during omphaloskepsis : NAVEL
36
Geometrician's sweet dream? : LEMONMERINGUEPI
40
Novelist Zola : EMILE
41
First ruler of the Slavs : SAMO
42
Dem.'s rival : REP
43
Secured : BONDED
45
Flower people : HIPPIES
48
Chemical suffix : ENE
49
Venus or Minerva : DEA
51
Cherished animal? : DEER
52
Waterlogged : SODDEN
54
Aptly named author : READE
58
Clergyman's sweet dream? : HOTFUDGESUNDAY
61
"___ voce poco fa," Rossini aria : UNA
62
Leave off : CEASE
63
De Valera's land : EIRE
64
Court-imposed order : GAG
65
German painter Max ___ : ERNST
66
Jeanne d'Arc et al. : STES
Down
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Endorse : BACK
2
Canyon iteration : ECHO
3
Bow-wielding infant : AMOR
4
Bumper adornments : DECALS
5
Ripkin of the Orioles : CAL
6
Figurative descriptions : IMAGERIES
7
"La Dolce ___," 1960 film : VITA
8
List entries : ITEMS
9
A ringer for Ringo : CYMBAL
10
Debatable : MOOT
11
Apr. collector : IRS
12
Haw's opposite : GEE
17
Responsibility : ONUS
18
Bodybuilder's preshow activity : OILING
22
Six years, for Bentsen : TERM
24
Draconian : SEVERE
25
Suzette's creations? : CREPES
26
L.I. town : ISLIP
27
Subordinate deity : DAEMON
28
One of the weasels : ERMINE
29
Pentateuch : TORAH
31
Kind of cross : TAU
32
Eisenhower, in 1911 : PLEBE
34
Quality of 51 Across : TIMIDNESS
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Stale : OLD
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"All men have ___ the gods": Homer : NEEDOF
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Slangy denial : NOPE
44
Glean : DEDUCE
46
Llama land : PERU
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Dunne and Cara : IRENES
50
Summer snake? : ADDER
52
Unaccompanied : STAG
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Former governor of Alaska : EGAN
55
Mine access : ADIT
56
Bell the cat : DARE
57
Windows of the soul : EYES
58
Hold like a bear : HUG
59
"___ Clear Day" : ONA
60
Harden : SET

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

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