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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, February 18, 1991

12-Down : Period of fasting

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,077
Across
1
Lugs : TOTES
6
Smallest of a litter : RUNT
10
Eight furlongs : MILE
14
Cancel a mission : ABORT
15
Fencer's need : EPEE
16
Fragrant river? : ODER
17
"And now you ___" : COMEATNOON
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Hire out : RENT
20
Golf gadget : TEE
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Free from fat : LEAN
22
Contribute : DONATE
24
Verve : ELAN
25
Sandwich shop : DELI
26
Youngster : SHAVER
29
Rhetorical : FORENSIC
33
Handled roughly : PAWED
34
Reason : SAKE
35
Auction call : GONE
36
Scottish seaport : OBAN
37
Full : SATED
38
Dressed : CLAD
39
Kon-___ : TIKI
40
The Great Pacificator : CLAY
41
"Lorna ___" : DOONE
42
Author of "Le Rouge et le Noir" : STENDHAL
44
Stretched out one's neck : CRANED
45
Beneficial : GOOD
46
Song for two : DUET
47
Calif. city : FRESNO
50
Gobs : TARS
51
Yield : BOW
54
Catalogue : LIST
55
Tomato's family : NIGHTSHADE
58
The Charleses' dog : ASTA
59
Wicked : EVIL
60
Uncanny : EERIE
61
Draft beverage : BEER
62
Umps' cousins : REFS
63
Imbibed : DRANK
Down
1
Diplomacy : TACT
2
Reed instrument : OBOE
3
Scholarly volume : TOME
4
Before, to Donne : ERE
5
Played for time : STALLED
6
French biographer of Jesus : RENAN
7
"Once ___ a time ... " : UPON
8
Modernist : NEO
9
Proffered : TENDERED
10
Cutaway : MORNINGCOAT
11
Thought : IDEA
12
Period of fasting : LENT
13
Great Art Deco name : ERTE
18
Eye drop : TEAR
23
Fronton cheer : OLE
24
Venus, e.g. : EVENINGSTAR
25
Okey-___ : DOKEY
26
Stains : SPOTS
27
Nun's garb : HABIT
28
Activate : AWAKE
29
Deadly : FATAL
30
Wise lawgiver : SOLON
31
Empty : INANE
32
Surrendered formally : CEDED
34
Greens course : SALAD
37
Masted ship : SCHOONER
41
Adorned : DRESSED
43
Put on : DON
44
Terse or brusque : CURT
46
Arlene and Roald : DAHLS
47
Loose body tissue : FLAB
48
Extend upward : RISE
49
Punta del ___, Uruguay : ESTE
50
Worker's fifth-day cry : TGIF
51
Silents' Theda : BARA
52
Chief Norse god : ODIN
53
Seven-day cycle : WEEK
56
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
57
"Leave ___ to heaven": Shak. : HER

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