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Michael A. Rampino
Michael A. Rampino

New York Times, Wednesday, December 30, 1992

8-Down : Slipped back

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,758
Across
1
Political group : BLOC
5
Brace : PAIR
9
" ... Queen o' the ___" : MAY
12
Mimic Little : RICH
13
Wild-rose time : SUMMER
15
Pay dirt : ORE
16
Middle East potentate : AGHA
17
High-pitched tone : TREBLE
18
Shavetails' mil. school : OCS
19
Opus of 54 Across : THEFOURSEASONS
22
DiMaggio's news-making 1941 feat : STREAK
23
Brooch : PIN
24
Temerarious : RASH
27
Apple-blossom time : SPRING
31
Dens : LAIRS
35
Facilitate : EASE
37
Addict : USER
38
Incite : URGE
39
Belled the cat : DARED
40
Spare : SAVE
41
Pumpkin time : FALL
42
Cousin of a via : ITER
43
Nag : SHREW
44
Liquids : FLUIDS
46
Whine : MEWL
48
Vineyard: Fr. : CRU
49
"Cheerful Little ___," 1930 song : EARFUL
54
Priest who composed 19 Across : ANTONIOVIVALDI
59
Baron Munchausen whopper : LIE
60
Holly time : WINTER
61
Shade of green : JADE
62
Epinicion : ODE
63
T.V.A. dam : NORRIS
64
Verily : AMEN
65
Bit : TAD
66
Element in vacuum tubes : NEON
67
Towel word : HERS
Down
1
Nursery-school scourges : BRATS
2
Airy : LIGHT
3
Autumnal hue : OCHER
4
Abrade : CHAFE
5
Manx murmur : PURR
6
City on the Skunk : AMES
7
Cordage fiber : IMBE
8
Slipped back : RELAPSED
9
"___ River," Andy Williams's theme : MOON
10
Azimuths : ARCS
11
Truckler's favorite word : YES
13
German dive bomber : STUKA
14
Taste again : RESIP
20
Sweeps : OARS
21
Charge or flood : ONRUSH
25
Bergère : SEAT
26
Where a khanum presides : HAREM
28
Munich's river : ISAR
29
Granular snow : NEVE
30
Flourished : GREW
31
Sail into the wind : LUFF
32
Inland sea : ARAL
33
Aleut's abode : IGLU
34
Survivor : RELICT
36
Withered : SERE
39
U.S.S.R. crisis: 1991 : DISUNION
43
Pole or Czech : SLAV
45
" ... ___ the stage with tears": Hamlet : DROWN
47
Milldams : WEIRS
50
Punjabi prince : RAJAH
51
Sweetheart : FLAME
52
Cow's mammary organ : UDDER
53
Claims : LIENS
54
Rival of Amneris : AIDA
55
Destitution : NEED
56
Concerning : INRE
57
Other: Sp. : OTRO
58
Mineral bed : VEIN
59
His wife became salt : LOT

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