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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Friday, July 15, 1988

10-Across : Shroud

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 310 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 22.2
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,129
Across
1
Star in Draco : ADIB
5
Franks' code of laws : SALIC
10
Shroud : PALL
14
Moslem judge : CADI
15
Assagai : SPEAR
16
Malarial fever : AGUE
17
Direction for solving this plus 28, 48 and 64 Across : FROMRIGHTTOLEFT
20
Supply wherewithal : STAKE
21
A Danish island : ROMO
22
The bottom line : NET
23
He, to Enrico : ESSO
26
Subside : EBB
28
Boyer–de Havilland film: 1941 : HOLDBACKTHEDAWN
36
Fortify : ARM
37
Home of the Jazz : UTAH
38
Duffer's downer : SLICE
39
Pessimist's forecast : DOOM
41
Uris novel : TOPAZ
43
Self-satisfied : SMUG
44
Lab heaters : ETNAS
46
Bulwer-Lytton heroine : IONE
47
Wheat, in Bayonne : BLE
48
John Osborne play: 1956 : LOOKBACKINANGER
52
Altar vow : IDO
53
"Ah! fors'___," Verdi aria : ELUI
54
Possesses : HAS
57
Cousins of rtes. : HWYS
60
Roman legionaries' shields : SCUTA
64
Michael J. Fox movie: 1985 : BACKTOTHEFUTURE
68
Diva Ponselle : ROSA
69
City in Hokkaido : OTARU
70
Jewish month : ELUL
71
Covenant sealer: Neh. 10:26 : ANAN
72
Codicil : RIDER
73
Deserve : RATE
Down
1
New Testament book : ACTS
2
Balmy : DAFT
3
Impression : IDEA
4
Cozened : BILKED
5
J.F.K. visitor : SST
6
Liable : APT
7
Comedian Lew : LEHR
8
Desdemona's tormentor : IAGO
9
U.S.S.R. peninsula : CRIMEA
10
Actress Dawber : PAM
11
Literary conflict : AGON
12
Bait : LURE
13
Tyson blow : LEFT
18
Bacteriologist's wire : OESE
19
A former First Family of Va. : ROBBS
24
Seal : SHUT
25
Holy Roman emperor: 955-83 : OTTOII
27
Pkgs. : BDLS
28
Actor George : NADER
29
Dropped a line : WROTE
30
"___ My Souvenirs" : AMONG
31
Silky down : KAPOK
32
Hap : CHANCE
33
Dance under a bar : LIMBO
34
Eye: Comb. form : OCULO
35
German philosopher : HEGEL
40
"The ___ Love" : MANI
42
Fervor : ZEAL
45
Hindu monk : SADHU
49
" ... ___ the good news" : NOWFOR
50
Police action : BUST
51
Draw-poker card : KICKER
54
Juno, to Plato : HERA
55
Steinbeck hero : ARON
56
Elam's capital : SUSA
58
Himalayan creature : YETI
59
Alewife's kin : SHAD
61
The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. : UCLA
62
Snug : TAUT
63
Skilled : ABLE
65
Beach acquisition : TAN
66
Italian playing card : TRE
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"___ Town" : OUR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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