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Avery
Avery

New York Times, Wednesday, October 31, 1984

46-Across : New Zealand group

Author:
Avery
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Avery has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,776
Across
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Vipers : ASPS
5
Prissy : PRIM
9
Curling, e.g. : SPORT
14
Street sign : STOP
15
Brussels product : LACE
16
Basilica feature : ALTAR
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Indian weight : TOLA
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Top cards : ACES
19
Bumsteads' dog : DAISY
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Fredric March film: 1942 : IMARRIEDAWITCH
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Primps : PREENS
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F.D.R.'s successor : HST
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___ Tanura, Saudi Arabia : RAS
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Piece for two : DUET
28
"___ Walküre" : DIE
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Engine : MOTOR
34
Make a living : EARN
35
Dove sounds : COOS
36
Moon in "The Highwayman" : AGHOSTLYGALLEON
39
Appear to be : SEEM
40
Wings, to a botanist : ALAE
41
Spooky : EERIE
42
Gallinaceous female : HEN
43
Actor Mowbray : ALAN
44
Tiny, to MacGregor : SMA
45
House part : ELL
46
New Zealand group : MAORIS
49
Witches' Sabbath : WALPURGISNACHT
54
Lawyer Melvin : BELLI
55
Vow : OATH
56
Was clad in : WORE
57
American comedy actress : ARDEN
58
Weary : TIRE
59
Prayer ending : AMEN
60
Sierra ___ : LEONE
61
Change for a $5 bill : ONES
62
Evergreens : YEWS
Down
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Italian wine center : ASTI
2
Energetic dance : STOMP
3
Diametrically opposite : POLAR
4
Accommodation for a guest : SPAREROOM
5
Midwest feature : PLAINS
6
Turf affairs : RACES
7
Chilled : ICED
8
Small, high plateau : MESA
9
Torturer : SADIST
10
Okla. national park : PLATT
11
Of the ear : OTIC
12
Hasty : RASH
13
Attempt : TRY
21
Lunges upward : REARS
22
"___ Feller Needs a Friend," Briggs cartoon : WHENA
26
Famous Israeli : DAYAN
27
Press : URGE
28
Active one : DOER
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Scheherazade's number : IOOI
30
Ancient slave : ESNE
31
Cattle feed : MASH
32
A molding : OGEE
33
In the past : THEN
34
Fitzgerald : ELLA
35
Remove debris : CLEARAWAY
37
A Bankhead, familiarly : TALLU
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Flawed car : LEMON
43
Mountainous : ALPINE
44
Window parts : SASHES
45
Actress Terry : ELLEN
46
Anglican bishop's headdress : MITRE
47
"___ to bury Caesar ... " : ICOME
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Small, voracious mammal : SHREW
49
"The Way We ___" : WERE
50
Actor Ray : ALDO
51
Turning: Comb. form : ROTO
52
Improvement : GAIN
53
Decades : TENS
54
Palais social event : BAL

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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