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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, November 2, 1992

50-Down : Tall spar

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 233 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,700
Across
1
Thailand neighbor : LAOS
5
Charity : ALMS
9
Clutch : GRAB
13
O'Neill's Christie : ANNA
14
Connection : TIEUP
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Kan. city : IOLA
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Bustle : STIR
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Industrial city on the Mosel : TRIER
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Author Oz : AMOS
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Type of poem : ITALIANSONNET
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Longnose and shortnose fish : GARS
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Sulk : PET
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Moss Hart book : ACTONE
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Garfield's call : MEOW
30
Period : ERA
33
Cue on a musical score : PRESA
34
Knights : SIRS
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"So it is!" : AMEN
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Salad enhancer : RUSSIANDRESSING
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¿Cómo ___ usted? : ESTA
40
Bent : BIAS
41
Fragrant compound : ESTER
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Timid : SHY
43
Sculpture, music, etc. : ARTS
44
Elegant : CLASSY
45
Siderite or mispickel : ORE
46
Eins, zwei, ___ : DREI
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Rash cause : GERMANMEASLES
53
Hog fat : LARD
54
Stint : SCANT
55
Predicate : AVER
57
Cigar end : ETTE
58
Pierre's cup : TASSE
59
Agrippina's executioner : NERO
60
Vaticinator : SEER
61
Roscoe ___ of early films : ATES
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Olive or peach : TREE
Down
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___ Palmas : LAS
2
Oppositionist : ANTI
3
" ... with the blue ribbons ___" : ONIT
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City on the Ebro : SARAGOSSA
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Raiment : ATTIRE
6
Turkish money : LIRAS
7
Chow ___ : MEIN
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Petitions : SUES
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Brobdingnagian : GIANT
10
City of the Seven Hills : ROME
11
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
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À ___ (down with, in Nice) : BAS
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Pop the question : PROPOSE
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Hawaiian island : LANAI
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Fashionable : NEW
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"___ moi le déluge" : APRES
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Subdue completely : CRUSH
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Choleric : TESTY
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The man with the golden touch : MIDAS
29
Bobbles : ERRS
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Discharges : EMITS
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Descartes and Coty : RENES
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Inflamed and sore : ANGRY
34
Swivet : SNIT
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Attacker : ASSAILANT
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Side by side : ABREAST
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Monica of tennis : SELES
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Fortify : ARM
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Jalopies : CRATES
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Kind : ORDER
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Compact : DENSE
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Movable barrier : GATE
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Art Deco great : ERTE
49
Sports gp. : NCAA
50
Tall spar : MAST
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At all : EVER
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Dried up : SERE
53
"___ Misérables" : LES
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Caviar : ROE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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