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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Saturday, April 23, 1983

45-Down : Chases flies

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 309 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 116.8
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,219
Across
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Ullmann : LIV
4
"___ delights not me": Shak. : MAN
7
Tongue-lash : SCOLD
12
Mineral used in insulation : MICA
13
Fictional captain : AHAB
15
Quay on a river : LEVEE
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Yemeni seaport : ADEN
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Philippine fort : COTA
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"Golden Boy" playwright : ODETS
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Producer who discovered Judy Garland : JOSEPHPASTERNAK
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Name of three canals : SOO
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Whopper : LIE
24
Adherents : ISTS
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Cancel : ERASE
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Feast in the open : PICNIC
30
Tibetan monk : LAMA
31
Angelico, e.g. : FRA
32
School of American art : ASHCAN
36
Warren Beatty's sister : SHIRLEYMACLAINE
39
___ as a pin : ASNEAT
40
Pub offering : ALE
41
Skin : RIND
42
Nog and negus : DRINKS
44
Parting word, in León : ADIOS
45
Dross : SLAG
48
Lure for Bobby Shaftoe : SEA
49
Church facility : PEW
50
Creator of Abie the Agent : HARRYHERSHFIELD
56
Halos : AURAS
57
An amino acid : DOPA
58
Whodunit item : CLUE
59
Stand of trees : GROVE
60
Montand : YVES
61
Weight unit : KILO
62
Carpenter, at times : SAWER
63
Veneration : AWE
64
___ de vie : EAU
Down
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Fashionable beach resort : LIDO
2
Desserts : ICES
3
"Julia" Oscar winner: 1977 : VANESSAREDGRAVE
4
Like a he-man : MACHO
5
___, skip and a jump : AHOP
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Russian ballerina who defected to the U.S. : NATALIAMAKAROVA
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Liquor flavoring : SLOE
8
Actor knighted in 1934 : CEDRICHARDWICKE
9
Patisserie's need : OVENS
10
"___ c'est moi!" : LETAT
11
Pigeonholes' loci : DESKS
12
Salvation Army off. : MAJ
14
Irreducible : BASIC
20
"The Bells" poet : POE
21
Ace and queen, e.g., in a bridge hand : TENACE
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A Lanchester : ELSA
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Cheeers : RAHS
27
Cole Porter's "I ___ Love" : AMIN
28
Peep : PRY
29
Atlas abbr. : ISL
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Object believed to have magical powers : FETISH
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Half of CCVI : CIII
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___ Hegirae : ANNO
35
Rorem et al. : NEDS
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Roman household god : LAR
38
Smith and Capone : ALS
43
Poor : NEEDY
44
W.W. I initials : AEF
45
Chases flies : SHAGS
46
Lady in Petrarch's sonnets : LAURA
47
Highway-sign feature : ARROW
49
Stage : PHASE
51
North Sea feeder : YSER
52
Eject : SPEW
53
Pen name of fame : ELIA
54
Honey : LULU
55
___ volente : DEO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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