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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Thursday, December 17, 1992

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 32.5
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,745
Across
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Maple-syrup source : SAP
4
Lombok neighbor : BALI
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Insensitive : CRASS
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Melville opus : OMOO
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Bronson Alcott's first name : AMOS
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Sun Devils' home : TEMPE
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Everglades transportation : AIRBOAT
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Acquiesces : ASSENTS
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Actress Andersson : BIBI
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Wrong: Prefix : MIS
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Kind of cone : NOSE
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Indited : WROTE
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Ancient monetary unit : TALENT
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Social reformer: 1849-1914 : RIIS
30
Actor Beatty : NED
31
Snuggle : NESTLE
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Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
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Balearic island : MINORCA
38
City in SE France : AIX
39
Wobble : TEETER
41
Scottish no : NAE
42
"Veni, ___, vici" : VIDI
43
Pre-Christmas period : ADVENT
45
Whale of a flier? : PILOT
46
Nine inches : SPAN
49
Autoist's org. : AAA
50
Pale blue : CIEL
51
Investing defensively : HEDGING
53
Pet herbs? : CATNIPS
56
Affaires d'amour, sometimes : ETERNALTRIANGLE
58
Kind of bar : SALAD
59
Novelist Hunter : EVAN
60
Attention-getting word : AHEM
61
Scene of a Tex. battle: 1836 : ALAMO
62
Kemo ___, Tonto's nickname for the Lone Ranger : SABE
63
___ chi (meditation system) : TAI
Down
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Divan : SOFA
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Pierre's "Help!" : AMOI
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Tip at a boîte : POURBOIRE
4
Middle East religion : BAHAI
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Legislative rider: Abbr. : AMDT
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Avocat's forte : LOI
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Persian king of the Safawid dynasty : ISMAIL
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Cardboard boxes: Abbr. : CTNS
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Is indignant : RESENTS
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Kind of acid : AMINO
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Maculations : SPOTS
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Taste or touch : SENSE
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Celestial paths : ORBITS
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Director Hooper : TOBE
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Pith : ESSENCE
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Rock entertainer : MADONNA
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Habeas corpus, for one : WRIT
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Mezzo-soprano Stevens : RISE
27
O'Hara's "___ North Frederick" : TEN
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D.C. cultural agcy. : NEA
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Buddhist state : NIRVANA
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Auto signal : TAILLIGHT
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Venetians' "playground" : LIDO
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I. S. Cobb's "___ Laughing" : EXIT
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Dr.'s order : MED
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Pied Piper follower : RAT
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Chinese puzzle : TANGRAM
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"Tales From the ___ Woods," Strauss waltz : VIENNA
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Some are bald : EAGLES
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Middle East bread : PITA
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"The Liner ___ Lady": Kipling : SHESA
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Segment of a corolla : PETAL
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Poet Nicolson : ADELA
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Queeg's command : CAINE
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___-European : INDO
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Zodiacal constellation : CRAB
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What a thief might cop : PLEA
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Road rig : SEMI
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U.S. agcy. since 1933 : TVA

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4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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