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John Greenman
John Greenman

New York Times, Wednesday, September 16, 1981

40-Down : Like the Alcan Highway

Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 39.3 Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,635
Across
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___ forth (lectured) : HELD
5
To one side : APART
10
Ideologies : ISMS
14
Lake on the U.S.-Canadian boundary : ERIE
15
News medium of yore : CRIER
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Noted navigator : NOAH
17
Puccini heroine : MIMI
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Epigrammatic : TERSE
19
Losing racer : HARE
20
Babushkas : SCARVES
22
Spirelike : TAPERED
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Fisheye lens, e.g. : DISTORTER
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Knot : SNARL
29
Geisha's waistband : OBI
30
Roundup item : RIATA
34
Havens for sightseers : MOTELS
36
What a litterbug does : SCATTERS
38
Skyways alien : UFO
39
"Eureka!" : AHA
41
Ashanti language : TWI
42
Pfc.'s, for example : GIS
43
Sparrowlike birds : TANAGERS
46
Evergreen oak : ENCINA
48
Eydie's man : STEVE
49
Word now on cigarette packs : TAR
51
Mitigated : EASED
52
Natives of Erivan : ARMENIANS
55
Mentor : ADVISOR
58
Book signatures : OCTAVOS
62
Iranian coin : RIAL
63
Michelangelo piece : PIETA
65
Eliot's "Adam ___" : BEDE
66
Wickerwork material : CANE
67
Places for troughs : EAVES
68
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 : AGEE
69
Conveyance without wheels : SLED
70
"Romantic Comedy" author : SLADE
71
Quartz variety : SARD
Down
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Encloses, with "in" : HEMS
2
Gold-medalist Heiden : ERIC
3
What Pizarro called "City of Kings" : LIMA
4
Mythical maiden of Eire : DEIRDRE
5
French play divisions : ACTES
6
Magician's word : PRESTO
7
Breeze : AIR
8
Set limits : RESTRICT
9
Dutch ___ : TREAT
10
"___ the Wind," Lawrence and Lee play : INHERIT
11
Rise : SOAR
12
Aging filly : MARE
13
Doff : SHED
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"Our Town" personae : VILLAGERS
23
Apposite : PERTINENT
25
Dictionary abbr. : OBS
26
Blackens : SMUTS
27
Dietary directive to J. Sprat : NOFAT
28
Make amends : ATONE
31
Patronage : AEGIS
32
Threefold : TRINE
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Hafez al-___, Syrian President : ASSAD
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"___ Wore a Yellow Ribbon," John Ford film : SHE
37
Fearful respect : AWE
40
Like the Alcan Highway : ARTERIAL
44
Helped : AVAILED
45
___ Andreas fault : SAN
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Winter melons : CASABAS
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Created a major disturbance : RIOTED
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Broods : MOPES
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___ in point : ACASE
55
Swings of a pendulum : ARCS
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Switch TV channels : DIAL
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Barometer's forerunner : VANE
59
Brightest star in Lyra : VEGA
60
River to the Baltic : ODER
61
Kind of pearl : SEED
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Perón or LeGallienne : EVA

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5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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