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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Tuesday, December 26, 1978

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F Q }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 24.1
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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J
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A
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B
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S
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B
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A
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R
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C
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A
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B
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E
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B
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E
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A
L
A
W
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O
B
E
A
H
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E
V
E
R
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M
A
L
A
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Y
O
U
T
R
I
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G
G
E
R
S
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D
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N
E
T
T
E
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L
U
N
G
E
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D
A
I
S
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G
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O
O
N
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E
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M
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P
I
R
E
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S
L
A
B
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U
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T
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E
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L
E
O
V
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C
L
A
R
A
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N
E
A
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T
H
R
E
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E
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T
O
E
D
S
L
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O
T
H
S
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O
T
T
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X
R
A
Y
S
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V
I
E
T
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N
A
S
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T
O
S
S
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A
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B
E
L
E
S
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N
E
W
T
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I
S
A
R
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W
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O
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T
A
N
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I
N
S
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R
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T
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S
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E
G
Y
P
T
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I
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A
N
L
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Z
A
R
D
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S
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P
E
R
E
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R
I
C
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S
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T
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A
R
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T
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S
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A
M
A
T
I
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E
S
K
S
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,640
Across
1
Pokes : JABS
5
Hannibal's family name : BARCA
10
Daniels of old films : BEBE
14
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
15
Voodoo : OBEAH
16
As ___, letter sign-off : EVER
17
20
Eating area : DINETTE
21
Sudden thrust : LUNGE
22
Speaker's place : DAIS
23
Dolt or thug : GOON
25
Victoria's realm : EMPIRE
28
Large cut : SLAB
29
Shoshonean : UTE
32
Pope in A.D. 903 : LEOV
33
Barton or Bow : CLARA
34
Educators' org. : NEA
35
39
Mel of baseball : OTT
40
Medical photos : XRAYS
41
Cong or Nam predecessor : VIET
42
Nose: Comb. form : NAS
43
Prepare a salad : TOSS
44
White poplars : ABELES
46
Salamander : NEWT
47
Munich's river : ISAR
48
Wagnerian role : WOTAN
51
TV cut-ins : INSERTS
54
58
French breadwinner : PERE
59
Prepares potatoes : RICES
60
Rend : TEAR
61
Links items : TEES
62
Cremona artisan : AMATI
63
Arctic people: Abbr. : ESKS
Down
1
Tie-up : JAM
2
"When I was ___ ... " : ALAD
3
Indonesian isle : BALI
4
Graceful plunge : SWANDIVE
5
Layette item : BOOTIE
6
Touches : ABUTS
7
Plexus : RETE
8
Packard, e.g. : CAR
9
Yellowfin tuna : AHI
10
Started : BEGUN
11
Tied : EVEN
12
"Wozzeck" composer : BERG
13
Gaelic anagram for seer : ERSE
18
New or leap : YEAR
19
Worldwide : GLOBAL
23
Garden blooms, for short : GLADS
24
Sculls : OARS
25
Singer John of Middlesex : ELTON
26
Conductor Zubin : MEHTA
27
Cruise stops : PORTS
28
Weavers' reeds : SLEYS
29
To the time when : UNTIL
30
Giggle : TEHEE
31
Bridge positions : EASTS
33
Kind of line : COAST
36
Compass : EXTENT
37
Believe, old style : TROW
38
Think too highly of : OVERRATE
44
Birthplace of St. Francis : ASSISI
45
Folk singer Joan : BAEZ
46
Scruffs : NAPES
47
Ria : INLET
48
Displayed sorrow : WEPT
49
Molding : OGEE
50
British spare : TYRE
51
Ancient Peruvian : INCA
52
___ bien : TRES
53
Neb. neighbor : SDAK
55
Levin or Gershwin : IRA
56
Between ready and fire : AIM
57
Upperclassmen: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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