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Jeanne Wilson
Jeanne Wilson

New York Times, Friday, September 30, 1988

6-Down : Over the hill, G.I. style

Author:
Jeanne Wilson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q V }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10, Grid flow: 25.5
Jeanne Wilson has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

In clue for 18-Across, pitcher's name should be "Warneke," not "Warnecke."

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C
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A
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M
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M
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Z
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T
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A
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O
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R
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D
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A
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L
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W
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A
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B
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D
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N
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M
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D
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M
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G
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H
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M
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C
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M
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,206
Across
1
Quick study? : CRAM
5
Minotaur's place : MAZE
9
N.M. art colony : TAOS
13
Oared : ROWED
15
Windmill sails : AWES
16
Chassis part : AXLE
17
"Mother ___," Kipling poem : OMINE
18
Chaney and pitcher Warnecke : LONS
19
Lecher's look : LEER
20
Humpty's big finish? : WALLFALL
22
"The ___ King" (Schubert art song) : ERL
24
Of Karnak's river : NILOTIC
25
Well-plumed heron : EGRET
29
Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS
30
Unrefined : RAW
32
Prejudiced : BIASED
33
Morning moisture : DEW
34
Code word for "A" : ABLE
35
Removes by dissolving : ELUTES
36
Barn dance? : STALLBALL
38
Mideast money : DINARS
41
Chip-on-the-shoulder word : DEFY
42
A hormone, for short : MSH
45
Edith's spouse : ARCHIE
46
Shortened road sign : SLO
47
Facts : DATA
48
Lucre : MOOLA
49
Airline "second banana" : COPILOT
51
Nanty-___, Pa. borough : GLO
53
Southern R.S.V.P.? : YALLCALL
54
"Un bel dì" is one : ARIA
57
Holier-___-thou : THAN
59
Practical : UTILE
60
Croissant : ROLL
61
Moss or Gary : HART
62
Nine daughters of Zeus : MUSES
63
Part of a univ. : COLL
64
Spread on bread : OLEO
65
"___ sana in corpore sano" : MENS
Down
1
Topped, in a way : CROWNED
2
Lettuce variety : ROMAINE
3
"Stood Dido with ___ in her hand": Shak. : AWILLOW
4
Parks in Calif. and N.J. : MENLOS
5
Paging at an emporium? : MALLCALL
6
Over the hill, G.I. style : AWOL
7
Buddhism branch : ZEN
8
Being, in philosophy : ESSE
9
De Gaulle description? : TALLGAUL
10
Tree feller : AXE
11
Fronton shout : OLE
12
To be, in Barcelona : SER
14
Dexterous : DEFT
21
U.S.A.F. operations center : AIRBASE
23
Comedic actor from N.Y.C. : REILLY
26
Q–U connection : RST
27
Big Foot's width? : EEE
28
Grid scores : TDS
31
Fuses : WELDS
32
"It is better to ___ than ... ": Stevenson : BEAFOOL
34
Of Roman rooms : ATRIAL
36
Mort's biting humor? : SAHLGALL
37
Singing discipline : BELCANTO
38
Beaver's business : DAM
39
Displaced persons' gp. : IRO
40
Sgt. or cpl. : NCO
42
Discomfort : MALAISE
43
German bakery item : STOLLEN
44
Like J.F.K. at his inauguration : HATLESS
47
Obiter ___ : DICTUM
50
Unwrinkled prune : PLUM
52
Galba's successor : OTHO
53
River on The Broads : YARE
54
Jumping spark : ARC
55
Aussie animal : ROO
56
Suffering from 42 Down : ILL
58
Actor Linden : HAL

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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