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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Tuesday, January 14, 1992

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.0
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,407
Across
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Attract : CHARM
6
Chela : CLAW
10
Alphabetic run : BCDE
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Hawkish home : AERIE
15
O'Neill's daughter : OONA
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Make angry : ROIL
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West Indian food plant : BREADFRUIT
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" ... had a farm ___ - O" : EIEI
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Heavy wave : SEA
21
Access : DOOR
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Card game for two : ECARTE
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Disgrace : BLOT
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Grating : GRID
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Terrified : SCARED
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First State : DELAWARE
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Feeble light : TAPER
34
Juan's hand : MANO
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Wedge, e.g. : IRON
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Theatrical org. : ANTA
37
Proportion : RATIO
38
Haunt : NEST
39
Glacial : COLD
40
" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
41
More secret : INNER
42
Piano part : KEYBOARD
44
Notorious fly : TSETSE
45
Warhol : ANDY
46
Mister, to Hans : HERR
47
"___ Around Us": Carson : THESEA
50
Painter Guido ___ : RENI
51
Former cap. of Brazil : RIO
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Chess piece : ROOK
55
Grissino : BREADSTICK
58
Actress Baxter : ANNE
59
Impart : LEND
60
Gourmand : EATER
61
Nuisance : PEST
62
MacDonald's co-star : EDDY
63
"___ body cry?: Burns : NEEDA
Down
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They once were checkered : CABS
2
This world : HERE
3
Region : AREA
4
Narrow inlet : RIA
5
Nosey Parker : MEDDLER
6
French painter : COROT
7
Frown: Var. : LOUR
8
Black cuckoo : ANI
9
Decisive defeat : WATERLOO
10
One with dependents : BREADWINNER
11
Coconut fiber : COIR
12
Daily fare : DIET
13
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
18
Comestibles : FOOD
23
O.S.S.'s successor : CIA
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Stomach: Slang : BREADBASKET
25
Guardian spirits : GENII
26
Pile : STACK
27
Dugout : CANOE
28
Fittingly : APTLY
29
Old-fashioned : DATED
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"___ we all?" : ARENT
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Strike the Gold's prize : ROSES
32
___ nous : ENTRE
34
Unite : MARRY
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Legible : READABLE
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"And the glory of the Lord ___": Isaiah : ISRISEN
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The same : ONE
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Be inclined : TEND
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Rash : HEADY
47
Snare : TRAP
48
Whet : HONE
49
Inconceivable times : EONS
50
Split apart : REND
51
Formal procedure : RITE
52
Chilled : ICED
53
Gumbo : OKRA
56
Claret-colored : RED
57
Menlo Park initials : TAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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