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Peter Swift
New York Times, Monday, January 7, 1991
Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 26.4
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 U | 4 L | 5 P | 6 E | 7 R | 8 O | 9 N | 10 S | 11 H | 12 E |
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13 O | M | N | I | 14 A | R | O | S | E | 15 S | W | A | Y |
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16 W | A | T | E | 17 R | C | R | E | S | S | 18 P | I | L | E |
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19 S | H | O | N | E | 20 A | T | 21 T | E | S | T | S |
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22 S | E | 23 D | 24 A | 25 N | 26 O | R | C | S | ||||||
27 A | 28 N | 29 T | 30 C | U | T | E | 31 R | E | I | C | 32 H | |||
33 R | O | B | 34 H | E | L | P | 35 S | 36 A | H | A | 37 B |
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38 C | H | O | 39 C | O | L | A | T | E | 40 E | 41 C | L | A | I | R |
42 H | O | N | E | 43 S | U | R | G | E | 44 R | T | E |
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45 W | E | N | 46 D | 47 S | 48 N | E | A | R | 49 D | I | D |
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50 S | T | U | N | 51 E | R | L | E | 52 S | ||||||
53 R | 54 E | T | R | E | A | 55 T | 56 A | L | 57 O | 58 H | 59 A |
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60 A | R | E | A | 61 C | O | 62 R | 63 N | 64 F | L | A | K | E | S |
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65 V | I | A | L | 66 K | N | E | E | L | 67 T | R | E | K |
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68 I | N | K | 69 S | I | X | T | Y | 70 S | A | P | S |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,035
Across
1
Handle roughly : MAUL
5
Argentine politico : PERON
10
Haggard novel : SHE
13
Prefix with bus : OMNI
14
Stood up : AROSE
15
Oscillate : SWAY
16
Salad ingredient : WATERCRESS
18
Stack : PILE
19
Glistened : SHONE
20
Bears witness : ATTESTS
22
Family car : SEDAN
26
Killer whales : ORCS
27
Pismire : ANT
30
Attractive : CUTE
31
Germany's Third ___ : REICH
33
Emulate Willie Sutton : ROB
34
Succors : HELPS
36
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
38
Popular dessert : CHOCOLATEECLAIR
42
Put an edge on : HONE
43
Billow : SURGE
44
Road-map abbr. : RTE
45
___ one's way (goes) : WENDS
48
Come close to : NEAR
49
"The butler ___ it" : DID
50
Dumbfound : STUN
51
Writer Gardner etal. : ERLES
53
Quiet place : RETREAT
56
Oahu greeting : ALOHA
60
Bailiwick : AREA
61
Breakfast item : CORNFLAKES
65
Small container for liquids : VIAL
66
Use a prie-dieu : KNEEL
67
Arduous journey : TREK
68
Printer's need : INK
69
Three score : SIXTY
70
Boobs : SAPS
Down
1
Does lawn work : MOWS
2
Asian nursemaid : AMAH
3
Biblical preposition : UNTO
4
Legal claims : LIENS
5
Soft shoe : PAC
6
Misjudge : ERR
7
Caviar : ROE
8
Greek peak : OSSA
9
Wise old man : NESTOR
10
Variety of beet : SWISSCHARD
11
Drill sergeant's order : HALT
12
Potato buds : EYES
15
Kind of delivery : SPECIAL
17
Reverberate again : REECHO
21
Due follower : TRE
23
Fencer's bout : DUEL
24
Reference book : ATLAS
25
Roman god of the sea : NEPTUNE
27
Duke or bishop preceder : ARCH
28
Not at all : NOHOW
29
Meat dish : TBONESTEAK
32
West Indian nation : HAITI
35
More arid : SERER
37
Raised : BRED
39
Part of C.S.T. : CENTRAL
40
Equal, in Dijon : EGAL
41
See 61 Across : CEREAL
46
Payable on demand : DUE
47
Light meals : SNACKS
52
Thin wood strips : SLATS
53
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
54
Hibernia : ERIN
55
Singer Tennille : TONI
57
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
58
Dickens's Uriah ___ : HEEP
59
Invites : ASKS
62
Harrison or Stout : REX
63
Seine : NET
64
Fishing lure : FLY
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.