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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Saturday, October 5, 1985

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 38.1
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,115
Across
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Cheese made backward? : EDAM
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Coopers' tools : ADZES
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Canaanites' supreme god : BAAL
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An incarnation of Vishnu : RAMA
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Actress Nissen : GRETA
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U.S.S.R. Baltic port : RIGA
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Stone of ___, in the Orkneys : ODIN
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Bucolic : RURAL
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Graven image : IDOL
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Calif. affliction? : SANDIEGOLUMBAGO
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Dijon donkeys : ANES
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Foulard : TIE
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Archeologists' finds : SHARDS
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Fleet commander's vessel : FLAGSHIP
33
Cliff-top shelter : AERIE
34
Pseudologist : LIAR
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Em followers : ENO
36
Nightclubs near Yankee Stadium? : BRONXHONKYTONKS
40
Male gypsy : ROM
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In the horse latitudes : ASEA
42
Hindu princess : RANEE
43
Having a glossy surface : ENAMELED
46
Delay : RETARD
47
Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
48
"Ulalume," e.g. : POEM
49
Chinese slammer? : FOOCHOWHOOSEGOW
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Swedish pop quartet : ABBA
58
Keens : WAILS
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Stage org. : ANTA
60
Grimalkin's plaint : MEOW
61
Wading bird : EGRET
62
"Waiting for Godot" actor : LAHR
63
Ophthalmologist's concern : EYES
64
Exploits : DEEDS
65
Punctuation mark in England : STOP
Down
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Libido : EROS
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Art movement born in 1916 : DADA
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Lebanon's ___ Gemayel : AMIN
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Small orange : MANDARIN
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Coincides : AGREES
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Cargo of some smugglers : DRUGS
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Memorable comic Mostel : ZERO
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Relative of etc. : ETAL
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Beneficial : SALUTARY
10
Temptations for politicians : BRIBES
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Verdi work : AIDA
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All excited : AGOG
13
Sugarcane shoot : LALO
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Needle on a dial : INDEX
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U.S.S.R. aircraft : MIG
25
Buffalo athlete : SABRE
26
Avian anagram for Rhone : HERON
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Redolence : AROMA
28
Amerced : FINED
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"Mighty ___ Rose": Nevin : LAKA
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Reddish dyestuff : HENNA
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Printer's roller : INKER
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Got shot : POSED
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What schlimazels usually do : LOSE
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Sacrosanct : HALLOWED
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Cycad and poon : TREES
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Certain porridges : OATMEALS
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Parrots : MACAWS
45
Biblical verb ending : ETH
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Places for hen parties? : ROOSTS
48
Propelled a raft : POLED
49
Repute : FAME
50
Toe the line : OBEY
51
Heckelphone, e.g. : OBOE
52
Remuneration of a sort : WAGE
53
Take on : HIRE
54
Punkie : GNAT
55
He overthrew Galba : OTHO
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Woof's partner : WARP

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

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