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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, May 2, 1990

54-Across : Retainer

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q W }, Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Peter Gordon has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 105 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,785
Across
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Forgo food : FAST
5
Bowler's bane : SPLIT
10
Reno cubes : DICE
14
Emulate Dürer : ETCH
15
Stage : PHASE
16
Redolence : ODOR
17
Deep mud : MIRE
18
Hermit : LONER
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Type of lens : ZOOM
20
Actress Thurman of "Dangerous Liaisons" : UMA
21
Jerry Lewis movie: 1960 : CINDERFELLA
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Pinch-hit for : REPLACE
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Anderson of Jethro Tull : IAN
26
University in New York City : PACE
27
Prepare flour for baking : SIFT
29
"___ Man," Fabian hit : IMA
32
Period of service, as in the Army : STINT
34
Atlanta arena : OMNI
35
West of "Batman" fame : ADAM
36
Robert De Niro-Jerry Lewis movie: 1983 : THEKINGOFCOMEDY
39
Like duck soup : EASY
40
Jason's ship : ARGO
41
Mets and Cubs : NINES
42
Pendulum's partner in prose : PIT
43
December 24 and 31 : EVES
44
Buster Douglas's weapon : FIST
45
Actress MacGraw : ALI
46
End of a real-estate deal : CLOSING
49
Robert De Niro movie: 1988 : MIDNIGHTRUN
54
Retainer : FEE
55
All square : EVEN
56
Moses's brother : AARON
57
Ascot and cravat : TIES
58
Lion's lovely locks : MANE
59
Think "a wile" to get this : TRICK
60
Pete Rose's ex-teammates : REDS
61
Jet black : ONYX
62
Advantages : EDGES
63
Exxon's former name : ESSO
Down
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Thighbone : FEMUR
2
"___ to weep ... ": Eccl. : ATIME
3
Most quarrelsome : SCRAPPIEST
4
Much-used article : THE
5
Join together, as film : SPLICE
6
Call up : PHONE
7
Catch, as a fish : LAND
8
Phrase of understanding : ISEE
9
Out of this world : TERRIFIC
10
Baker's ___ : DOZEN
11
Valentino, once : IDOL
12
Like Fonzie on "Happy Days" : COOL
13
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
21
Desert plants : CACTI
22
Mrs. Sprat's diet : FAT
24
Ungracefully thin : LANKY
27
Hazes : SMOGS
28
Dope : INFO
29
Picks out from a police lineup : IDENTIFIES
30
___ out (espied) : MADE
31
Vanderbilt and Irving : AMYS
32
Dance maneuver : STEP
33
Bangkok resident : THAI
34
Nursery heavy : OGRE
35
Out of kilter : AMISS
37
Emulate Sulu on "Star Trek" : NAVIGATE
38
Leek's cousin : ONION
43
Cantabrigian's rival : ELI
44
Fails : FLUNKS
45
Wing : ANNEX
46
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" singer Jim ___ : CROCE
47
Requires : NEEDS
48
Material used in bas-relief : GESSO
49
Short note, for short : MEMO
50
Netman Lendl : IVAN
51
Disavow : DENY
52
Somewhat high on the Mohs' scale : HARD
53
Branch of math : TRIG
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It's past due, in Roma : TRE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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