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Edward J. Marchese
Edward J. Marchese

New York Times, Saturday, March 6, 1982

20-Across : Forts

Author:
Edward Marchese
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Edward J. Marchese has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Edward Marchese is an alias for Edward J. Marchese.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,806
Across
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Ghost : SPOOK
6
Waist scarf : SASH
10
Moslem leader : IMAM
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___ deux, ballet figure : PASDE
15
Olive for Octavia : OLEA
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Lounging slipper : MULE
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Former Mediterranean coin : ASPER
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Look ahead with care : PLAN
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Patch of ground : PLOT
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Forts : STRONGHOLDS
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Quoits stake : TEE
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Appearance : MIEN
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Part of a football team : LINE
26
Greek letter : PSI
28
Artful : SLY
29
Burglar : YEGG
30
Fencing tactic : APPEL
33
Backslides : LAPSES
35
Street, in Sevilla : CALLE
36
Clumsy : OAFISH
39
Deprived : BEREFT
40
Fresh and firm : CRISP
41
Body in outer space : SPHERE
44
Feminine name meaning "noble" : ADELE
45
Meager : POOR
46
Dom. of former Lion of Judah : ETH
49
Football Hall-of-Famer Ford : LEN
50
North Sea feeder : ELBE
51
Indian city : AGRA
52
Londoner's last letter : ZED
54
What ads strive for : SALESAPPEAL
57
Metals : ORES
59
Mariners' patron saint : ELMO
60
" ... long-drawn ___ and fretted vault": Gray : AISLE
61
Dragon, for one : OGRE
62
Hold back : REIN
63
Appraises : RATES
64
Part of M.V.P. : MOST
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Killer whales : ORCS
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Photo within a photo : INSET
Down
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Fits of activity : SPASMS
2
Lozenge : PASTIL
3
Fish-eating bird : OSPREY
4
Ancient theater : ODEON
5
Composer of "Music in the Air" : KERN
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Styron's "___ Choice" : SOPHIES
7
Rider of a sort : ALLONGE
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Sailor's need : SEALEGS
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Learned ___, famed jurist : HAND
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"The ___ of the Perverse," Poe story : IMP
11
Manifold or complex : MULTIPLE
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Plant of the lily family : ALOE
13
Allot : METE
21
Relief carving : GLYPH
22
Typewriter part : SPACER
27
Consolation for Randy Lightfoot : SPARE
31
Ethereal being : ELF
32
Interference, in tennis : LET
33
Cotton thread : LISLE
34
Poplars : ASPENS
36
Wood sorrel : OCA
37
Ending for drunk or dull : ARD
38
___ choice, in baseball : FIELDERS
39
Site of Baldwin-Wallace College : BEREA
41
Exercise book of a sort : SPELLER
42
Controversial : POLEMIC
43
___ choice (lack of an alternative) : HOBSONS
46
Casts out via pores : EGESTS
47
Seat of County Kerry : TRALEE
48
Most vigorous : HALEST
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Beelike : APIAN
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Kind of lens : ZOOM
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Hence : ERGO
55
Atmosphere: Prefix : AERO
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___ passu (with equal pace) : PARI
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Gel : SET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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