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Patricia A. Cevaal
Patricia A. Cevaal

New York Times, Friday, September 6, 1991

16-Across : Capp character

Author:
Patricia A. Cevaal
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 316 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 44.4
Patricia A. Cevaal has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,277
Across
1
Fits of anger : MADS
5
Confuse : BEFOG
10
A king of Norway : OLAV
14
Polite interjection : AHEM
15
___ Root, Nobelist for Peace: 1912 : ELIHU
16
Capp character : LENA
17
Actor-bricklayer? : JAMESMASON
19
Newts : EFTS
20
Where Hansel won in June 1991 : BELMONT
21
"Ars ___ artis" : GRATIA
23
Graphite : LEAD
24
Lustrous : SHINY
25
Hock, old style : IMPAWN
28
Like some swords : TWOEDGED
31
Aberdeen's river : DEE
32
Caterpillar hairs : SETAE
34
Singer Haggard : MERLE
35
Rough guesses: Abbr. : ESTS
37
Like a rotunda : DOMED
39
Italia's capital : ROMA
40
Range animal : STEER
42
Life-preserver filling : KAPOK
44
Service vehicle : VAN
45
Cotton fabric for costumes : TARLATAN
47
Municipal slot machines : METERS
49
Tooth stealer? : FAIRY
50
Quintet : FIVE
51
"___ in remembrance of me": Luke 22:19 : THISDO
53
Hindu merchants : BANIANS
56
Long periods : EONS
57
Politician-broker? : JULIANBOND
60
Places : LOCI
61
Purfle : ADORN
62
One of seven : ASIA
63
Tennis great : ASHE
64
Ovid's "It hurts!" : NOCET
65
Swindles : GYPS
Down
1
Rank above a capt. : MAJ
2
Melville whaler : AHAB
3
Attican township : DEME
4
"I begin to ___ rat": Cervantes : SMELLA
5
Lamented : BEMOANED
6
Kudu's cousin : ELAND
7
Holyfield weapon : FIST
8
Exclamation of surprise : OHO
9
Enthusiastic : GUNGHO
10
Poisonous shrub : OLEANDER
11
Hall of Fame pitcher-citrus grower? : LEFTYGROVE
12
Against : ANTI
13
Anatomical ducts : VASA
18
Mergansers : SMEWS
22
African thong : RIEM
24
Win all the games in a series : SWEEP
25
That is, in Latin : IDEST
26
Erstwhile D.C. hostess : MESTA
27
British actor-aviarist? : PETERFINCH
28
___ Negara National Park, Malaysia : TAMAN
29
___ del Sur (South Sea) : ELMAR
30
Campus figures : DEANS
33
Sweet wine grape : TOKAY
36
Ethiopian emperor: 1930-74 : SELASSIE
38
Ruling : DOMINANT
41
Incursion : RAID
43
Dobson of "Knots Landing" : KEVIN
46
Hector was one : TROJAN
48
Hyson container : TEABAG
50
Savoir-___ (tact) : FAIRE
51
Brain tissue : TELA
52
Homophone for whose : HOOS
53
Union of a sort : BLOC
54
Prying : NOSY
55
Cut off : SNIP
58
Edible Japanese herb : UDO
59
"___ Rheingold" : DAS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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