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Bill Polvogt
Bill Polvogt

New York Times, Monday, June 7, 1993

56-Across : One kind of acid

Author:
Bill Polvogt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { B F J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 250 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.5
Bill Polvogt has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,917
Across
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Founder of Dogpatch : CAPP
5
A Wimbledon champ: 1976 : EVERT
10
Negri of silents : POLA
14
Peerless person : ONER
15
Coarse, stiff hairs : SETAE
16
Destroy : RUIN
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Serenity : INNERPEACE
19
Norwegian river : OTRA
20
Rent : LEASE
21
Millie or Socks : PET
22
Mild expletive : GEE
23
Flavoring for ouzo : ANISE
26
Mister, in Mannheim : HERR
28
Convincing : COGENT
30
Removed : ERASED
33
Donated : GAVE
34
Get ready for an exam : CRAM
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Plentiful : AMPLE
38
Lyric poem : ODE
39
Was sick : AILED
41
Summer drink : ADE
42
Wading bird : EGRET
45
Too : ALSO
46
Served perfectly : ACED
47
Subrosa : SECRET
49
Horse tender in "The Highwayman" : OSTLER
51
White with age : HOAR
52
Shaquille of the N.B.A. : ONEAL
53
Possesses : HAS
54
Fix the squeak : OIL
56
One kind of acid : OSMIC
60
Mata ___ : HARI
61
Speak with restraint : UNDERSTATE
64
Therefore : ERGO
65
Radio soap-opera character Helen ___ : TRENT
66
Old : AGED
67
Hammer part : PEEN
68
From then until now : SINCE
69
Frost : RIME
Down
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Wind : COIL
2
Actress Bancroft : ANNE
3
Sec. of Transportation : PENA
4
Foretell : PRESAGE
5
Seer's forte : ESP
6
Sign of triumph : VEE
7
Storehouse : ETAPE
8
Human, for one : RACE
9
Cut molars : TEETHE
10
TV offering : PROGRAM
11
NASA's milieu : OUTERSPACE
12
Trevi coins : LIRE
13
Memorabilia : ANA
18
Actor Auberjonois : RENE
24
Peruvian of yore : INCA
25
Thin groove : STRIA
27
Memorable time : ERA
28
Beg : CADGE
29
Sting a customer : OVERCHARGE
31
Church V.I.P. : ELDER
32
Act : DEED
33
Departs : GOES
35
Every one : ALL
36
Nuclear particle : MESON
40
Unit of medicine : DOSE
43
Problem on shores : EROSION
44
Oolong, e.g. : TEA
46
Special baseball game in July : ALLSTAR
48
Rainbow and brook : TROUTS
50
N.M. art colony : TAOS
52
Of yore : OLDEN
53
Hound's target : HARE
55
Letters of Calvary : INRI
57
Epiphany trio : MAGI
58
Part of a list : ITEM
59
Yield : CEDE
60
With it, once : HEP
62
Business-letter abbr. : ENC
63
Hwy. : RTE

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