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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Thursday, January 12, 1978

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { Q }, Scrabble score: 298 (avg 1.65)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.2
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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R
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O
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H
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G
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H
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H
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K
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M
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G
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L
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M
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A
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© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,379
Across
1
Comes to the plate : BATS
5
Vamp of the Twenties : BARA
9
Watering spot : OASIS
14
Leif's father : ERIC
15
Inland sea : ARAL
16
Campus clubs : FRATS
17
Part of N.B. : NOTA
18
Brad : NAIL
19
Weather satellite : TIROS
20
Groucho in "The Big Store" : WOLFJFLYWHEEL
23
Malayan vessel : PROA
24
Went after congers : EELED
25
Possess, in Glasgow : HAE
28
With one leg on each side : ASTRIDE
31
Go-between for Standish : ALDEN
33
Gerundial suffix : ING
34
In the present condition : ASIS
38
Groucho in "A Day at the Races" : HUGOZHACKENBUSH
42
Last word : AMEN
43
Horatian work : ODE
44
Weird : EERIE
45
"Looking for Mr. ___" : GOODBAR
48
Terminus : END
49
Room's partner : BOARD
52
___ Ridge (race horse) : RIVA
54
Groucho in "Duck Soup" : RUFUSTFIREFLY
59
Language of the masses no longer : LATIN
60
Automotive pioneer : OLDS
61
Rain hard : TEEM
63
Turn aside : AVERT
64
Baltic port : RIGA
65
Cheese : EDAM
66
Spanish wine city : XERES
67
Worldwide oil powers : OPEC
68
Like a June day, to Lowell : RARE
Down
1
Jonson of literary fame : BEN
2
" ... maids all in ___" : AROW
3
Broz : TITO
4
Sell tickets illegally : SCALP
5
Things to pick : BANJOS
6
P.L.O. leader : ARAFAT
7
Track position : RAIL
8
Associate : ALLY
9
"___ I Sing" : OFTHEE
10
Blithe spirit : ARIEL
11
Ranee's garb : SAREE
12
"Have ___ You Lately?" (pop song) : ITOLD
13
Draft org. : SSS
21
Liszt : FRANZ
22
Piece of cheese : WEDGE
25
Laugh : HAHA
26
Astringent : ALUM
27
Nose out : EDGE
29
Prepared vegetables : RICED
30
Sign : INK
32
Long time : EON
34
Man of Gotham : ABE
35
Positive : SURE
36
"The proof ___ the pudding" : ISIN
37
Take off : SHED
39
K.K.K. garments : HOODS
40
Trouble : ADO
41
Brashness : NERVE
45
Sounds of effort : GRUNTS
46
Draw or contract follower : BRIDGE
47
Part of the lung : AIRSAC
49
Courageous : BRAVE
50
Type of space : OUTER
51
Blazing : AFIRE
53
In pursuit of : AFTER
55
Corrida combatant : TORO
56
Toss a coin : FLIP
57
Book by Aldous Huxley : LEDA
58
Solar or sidereal time : YEAR
59
Slack : LAX
62
French Mrs. : MME

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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