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Calista Luminati
Calista Luminati

New York Times, Friday, November 10, 1989

Author:
Calista Luminati
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 45.4
Calista Luminati has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
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A
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S
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M
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F
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R
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O
B
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O
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P
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B
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S
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R
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V
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N
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P
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A
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M
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Y
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P
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C
K
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H
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B
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R
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M
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S
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R
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I
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C
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G
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T
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R
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X
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A
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S
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R
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M
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V
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U
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B
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,612
Across
1
Bernstein work: 1971 : MASS
5
Canals for castles : MOATS
10
When to say "T.G.I.F!" : FRI
13
Bassoon's relative : OBOE
14
Music for eight : OCTET
15
Marshall, for one : PLAN
16
Emollient : BALM
17
Excelled : SHONE
18
Shindies : ROWS
19
PBS "Mystery" host : VINCENTPRICE
22
G.P.'s group : AMA
24
Time past : YORE
25
Stuffs : PACKS
26
New Testament book : HEBREWS
28
Most minuscule : MEREST
29
River into the Dordogne : ISLE
30
City on the St. Lawrence : SOREL
31
Barker's TV show : THEPRICEISRIGHT
38
Advice to a workaholic : RELAX
39
Pahlevi, once : SHAH
40
" ... such ___ question!": Sterne : ASILLY
42
Put back into shape : RESTORE
45
Musty, old style : MUCID
46
Arrow feather : VANE
47
Chief John Duncan was one : UTE
48
Measure against inflation : PRICECONTROL
51
Curdle : TURN
52
Skip : ELIDE
53
Nap : PILE
56
Costs an arm and ___ (is expensive) : ALEG
57
Woe, to Wordsworth : DOLOR
58
Computer operator : USER
59
Former Tunisian title : BEY
60
Checks : STEMS
61
Dance step in the 30's : SHAG
Down
1
A kind of rule : MOB
2
Goat-hair garment : ABA
3
Like an easy crossword puzzle : SOLVABLE
4
Sight at a truck stop : SEMI
5
NW Idaho city : MOSCOW
6
Reddish yellows : OCHERS
7
Expiate : ATONE
8
Yurt, e.g. : TENT
9
Some are high : STEPPERS
10
Furniture stuffings : FLOCKS
11
Least experienced : RAWEST
12
Electees : INS
15
Manufacturer's account to customers : PRICELIST
20
Comedian Louis : NYE
21
Less easy to find : RARER
22
Make ___ (impress) : AHIT
23
Grille or grid : MESH
27
Presale activity : REPRICING
28
Miss Piggy's query : MOI
30
One is called fair : SEX
32
Archeologist's find : RELIC
33
"___ are doubled ... ": Shak. : ILLDEEDS
34
Key : CAY
35
Monstrous : GHOULISH
36
"E.T." hostess Mary ___ : HART
37
"Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
40
Hospital's plastic bulb : AMPULE
41
It's sometimes fringed : SURREY
42
Kind of sampling : RANDOM
43
Matriculates : ENTERS
44
Indian unit of weight : SER
46
Featherweight fabric : VOILE
49
Compact group of people : CLOT
50
Beethoven work : OPUS
51
Check : TAB
54
Savanna : LEA
55
Vast sand area : ERG

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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