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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Thursday, November 21, 1991

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q U W }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.9
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,353
Across
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Arlen's old black art? : MAGIC
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Riskless : SAFE
10
___ es Salaam : DAR
13
Image: Comb. form : ICONO
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Netman Camporese : OMAR
15
Bell the cat : DARE
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Capital of Ore. : SALEM
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Paw pamperers for Reynard in the garden? : FOXGLOVES
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Strange : ODD
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"My ___ Lady" : FAIR
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Ammonia derivative : AMINE
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Stowe's ice crosser : ELIZA
25
Native environment : HABITAT
27
Frigate mackerel's kin : BONITO
29
Consumed : EATEN
30
___-ski : APRES
31
Plants of the parsley family : ANGELICAS
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Hit sign : SRO
36
Kind of sleeve : SETIN
37
Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
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Shrub of the saxifrage family : HYDRANGEA
41
Rich cake : TORTE
43
How winners walk? : ONAIR
44
Where Hannibal defeated the Romans: 216 B.C. : CANNAE
45
Newsmongers : GOSSIPS
48
Famed caravel : PINTA
49
Muse of poetry : ERATO
50
Soprano Lisa Della ___ : CASA
51
Hyson or oopak : TEA
54
Pale purple flowers : LAVENDERS
57
Capital ___ tax : GAINS
59
Road to ancient Rome : ITER
60
Kind of back, in football : SLOT
61
Methuselah's father : ENOCH
62
Berg's "___ Wein" : DER
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Muscovite : MICA
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Indian princess : RANEE
Down
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Hatred: Comb. form : MISO
2
Part of U.S.M.A. : ACAD
3
Auric wand in the garden? : GOLDENROD
4
Suffix with serpent : INE
5
Candied fruits : COMFITS
6
Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
7
Cupid : AMOR
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Modern office machine : FAX
9
Unit of work : ERG
10
Ship's crane : DAVIT
11
Bradley Center, in Milwaukee : ARENA
12
Alley button : RESET
15
Anno ___ : DOMINI
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Tag : LABEL
21
Kind of dye : AZO
24
Golf ball's position : LIE
25
___ Sophia, church built by Justinian : HAGIA
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Solar disk : ATEN
27
Shindig : BASH
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Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
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Record : ENTER
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Sponsorship : AEGIS
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Variety of clove pink : CARNATION
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Utah ski resort : ALTA
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Graf ___ : SPEE
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Easy task : SNAP
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Roll : ROSTER
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Negatively charged atom : ANION
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Passerine bird : TANAGER
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Prov. in Canada : ONT
44
On this side of: Prefix : CIS
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Frozen : GELID
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Speechify : ORATE
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Magpie or pack rat : SAVER
48
Shells or elbows : PASTA
50
Gator's cousin : CROC
52
Suffix with infer : ENCE
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Davis Cup figure : ASHE
55
Mil. decoration : DSM
56
Yalie : ELI
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Collection of anecdotes : ANA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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