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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Thursday, December 17, 1992

63-Across : ___ chi (meditation system)

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,745
Across
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Maple-syrup source : SAP
4
Lombok neighbor : BALI
8
Insensitive : CRASS
13
Melville opus : OMOO
15
Bronson Alcott's first name : AMOS
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Sun Devils' home : TEMPE
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Everglades transportation : AIRBOAT
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Acquiesces : ASSENTS
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Actress Andersson : BIBI
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Wrong: Prefix : MIS
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Kind of cone : NOSE
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Indited : WROTE
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Ancient monetary unit : TALENT
29
Social reformer: 1849-1914 : RIIS
30
Actor Beatty : NED
31
Snuggle : NESTLE
35
Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
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Balearic island : MINORCA
38
City in SE France : AIX
39
Wobble : TEETER
41
Scottish no : NAE
42
"Veni, ___, vici" : VIDI
43
Pre-Christmas period : ADVENT
45
Whale of a flier? : PILOT
46
Nine inches : SPAN
49
Autoist's org. : AAA
50
Pale blue : CIEL
51
Investing defensively : HEDGING
53
Pet herbs? : CATNIPS
56
Affaires d'amour, sometimes : ETERNALTRIANGLE
58
Kind of bar : SALAD
59
Novelist Hunter : EVAN
60
Attention-getting word : AHEM
61
Scene of a Tex. battle: 1836 : ALAMO
62
Kemo ___, Tonto's nickname for the Lone Ranger : SABE
63
___ chi (meditation system) : TAI
Down
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Divan : SOFA
2
Pierre's "Help!" : AMOI
3
Tip at a boîte : POURBOIRE
4
Middle East religion : BAHAI
5
Legislative rider: Abbr. : AMDT
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Avocat's forte : LOI
7
Persian king of the Safawid dynasty : ISMAIL
8
Cardboard boxes: Abbr. : CTNS
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Is indignant : RESENTS
10
Kind of acid : AMINO
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Maculations : SPOTS
12
Taste or touch : SENSE
14
Celestial paths : ORBITS
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Director Hooper : TOBE
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Pith : ESSENCE
23
Rock entertainer : MADONNA
25
Habeas corpus, for one : WRIT
26
Mezzo-soprano Stevens : RISE
27
O'Hara's "___ North Frederick" : TEN
28
D.C. cultural agcy. : NEA
30
Buddhist state : NIRVANA
32
Auto signal : TAILLIGHT
33
Venetians' "playground" : LIDO
34
I. S. Cobb's "___ Laughing" : EXIT
36
Dr.'s order : MED
37
Pied Piper follower : RAT
40
Chinese puzzle : TANGRAM
42
"Tales From the ___ Woods," Strauss waltz : VIENNA
44
Some are bald : EAGLES
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Middle East bread : PITA
46
"The Liner ___ Lady": Kipling : SHESA
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Segment of a corolla : PETAL
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Poet Nicolson : ADELA
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Queeg's command : CAINE
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___-European : INDO
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Zodiacal constellation : CRAB
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What a thief might cop : PLEA
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Road rig : SEMI
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U.S. agcy. since 1933 : TVA

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