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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Saturday, January 8, 1983

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F V }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 53.4
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,114
Across
1
Small swamp : BOG
4
Wife of King Latinus : AMATA
9
Varnish resin : COPAL
14
J.F.K. word : ARR
15
St. Peter's original name : SIMON
16
Chicago airport : OHARE
17
Agnes Copperfield, ___ Wickfield : NEE
18
Nozzle : SNOUT
19
Astro Ryan : NOLAN
20
Lithuanian-born sculptor : JACQUESLIPCHITZ
23
Repute, on Fleet Street : ODOUR
24
River in Lower Saxony : OSTE
25
Letters of a certain class : AEIOU
28
Secret : ARCANE
33
Phad is one : STAR
36
___-ran : ALSO
38
Poison : TOXIN
39
Netherlands-born painter : WILLEMDEKOONING
42
Type of mosquito : AEDES
43
Pier : SLIP
44
Mikhail Fyodorovich was one : TSAR
45
Comprehends : GRASPS
47
Sicilian volcano : AETNA
49
Stew, in Sorrento : RAGU
51
F.D.R. Cabinet member : ICKES
55
American-born painter : ROYLICHTENSTEIN
61
Astir : ABOUT
62
Kind of roof gutter : ARRIS
63
Kind of trip : EGO
64
Diamond's center : MOUND
65
Football's Greasy ___ : NEALE
66
___ Year's Day : NEW
67
Twilled cloth : SERGE
68
___ Bell (Anne Brontë) : ACTON
69
Suffix with arch : ERY
Down
1
Type of clock : BANJO
2
Mountain nymph : OREAD
3
Cretan-born painter El ___ : GRECO
4
Remove all doubt : ASSURE
5
Abundant supply : MINE
6
Gosden role : AMOS
7
French-born painter : TOULOUSELAUTREC
8
Opponents : ANTIS
9
Musical composition : CONCERTO
10
Expression of mild surprise : OHOH
11
Ancient Indic language : PALI
12
Smell ___ : ARAT
13
Memorable bridge expert : LENZ
21
17th-century poet Francis ___ : QUARLES
22
School org. : PTA
26
"O! ___ Fortune's fool": Shak. : IAM
27
Auto pioneer : OLDS
29
Connection : CONTACT
30
Plant stem : AXIS
31
Singer Simone : NINA
32
Employee on a RR : ENGR
33
Stolen goods : SWAG
34
Rank of organ pipes : TIER
35
Actor Robert : ALDA
37
1930's migrant : OKIE
40
___ corps : ESPRITDE
41
Decide upon : OPT
46
Black Hawk, e.g. : SAC
48
Kind of hut : NISSEN
50
Where Accra is : GHANA
52
N.H. city : KEENE
53
Peak in the Bernese Alps : EIGER
54
White; spotless : SNOWY
55
Western eleven : RAMS
56
Woodwind : OBOE
57
"This Is ___ Life" : YOUR
58
Vital organ : LUNG
59
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
60
Cairo's river to Carlo or Carlos : NILO

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

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