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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, October 6, 1990

56-Down : Baltic feeder

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,942
Across
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Pulsation : PANT
5
Squawbush : SUMAC
10
Cheat : FLAM
14
Jewish month : ADAR
15
Soprano Obraztsova : ELENA
16
Actress Montez : LOLA
17
In a cowardly way : PUSILLANIMOUSLY
20
"___ be within thy walls ... ": Psalm 122 : PEACE
21
Lapse : SLIP
22
Congou or cachar : TEA
23
Lummoxes : OAFS
26
Novel : NEW
28
Painters like Rothko and Pollock : ABSTRACTIONISTS
36
Curve : BOW
37
Repair : DARN
38
Holy-water basin : STOUP
39
"___ Tu," 1932 song : ERES
41
Weak drink : SLOSH
43
Decorator's color : ECRU
44
Like some floors : TILED
46
Foil's relative : EPEE
47
Omar's comrade-in-arms : IKE
48
Covered with a hard outer tissue : SCLERODERMATOUS
52
Fam. member : DAU
53
Ornate mug : TOBY
54
Norman, e.g. : PRO
57
Mallorca is one : ISLA
60
Orchard pest : APHIS
64
Acts of renewal : REDINTEGRATIONS
68
Twain's "___ Diary" : EVES
69
French spa : EVIAN
70
Soho digs : FLAT
71
Kind of hour : ZERO
72
Niobe's mother : DIONE
73
Itches : YENS
Down
1
Public Theater founder: 1966 : PAPP
2
Together, musically : ADUE
3
Houston acronym : NASA
4
Underwear material : TRICOT
5
Soissons seasoning : SEL
6
Gums : ULA
7
"___ sana ... " : MENS
8
Indigo : ANIL
9
Williams's "___ Real" : CAMINO
10
Viral "bug" : FLU
11
Bewildered : LOST
12
Auk genus : ALLE
13
Mother of the Buddha : MAYA
18
Legendary English king : LEAR
19
Uncovers : OPENS
24
Latest crazes : FADS
25
Reduced, with "down" : SCALED
27
Censure, in Ayr : WITE
28
Helps a hood : ABETS
29
___ acid : BORIC
30
"Thou ___," 1927 song : SWELL
31
Figure of speech : TROPE
32
Periodical addendum : INSERT
33
Logical antecedent : SOCIO
34
Finnish port : TURKU
35
Ejects: Var. : SPUES
40
Acorn, for one : SEED
42
Blood: Comb. form : HEMO
45
Sap : DRAIN
49
Sent packing : OUSTED
50
Blind as ___ : ABAT
51
Represent, as by a symbol : TYPIFY
54
Chief exec. : PREZ
55
Zola's "Le ___" : REVE
56
Baltic feeder : ODER
58
He wrote "Christ Stopped at Eboli" : LEVI
59
Exchange premium : AGIO
61
You may dig this : HOLE
62
___ instant (swiftly) : INAN
63
Visitors to J.F.K. : SSTS
65
Kind of rhythm : ISO
66
Skedaddled : RAN
67
Chemical suffix : ANE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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