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Manny Nosowsky
Manny Nosowsky

New York Times, Saturday, December 26, 1992

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 290 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 7 (2 double stacks), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 81.0
Manny Nosowsky has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 246 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,754
Across
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Rock group : ABBA
5
Unbalanced : ALOP
9
Alphabetic quartet : ABCD
13
Commits oneself fully : GOESTHEWHOLEHOG
17
Flynn-O'Hara movie: 1952 : AGAINSTALLFLAGS
18
South Dakota, to Pierre : ETAT
19
Wicopy, e.g. : TREE
20
A.F.T. rival : NEA
21
Osaka coin : YEN
22
In operation : GOING
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Defense-policy gp. : NSC
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Banking device, for short : ATM
29
Carols : NOELS
32
Emulated 25 Across : SAT
34
Vast : HUGE
36
"Juno and the Paycock" playwright : OCASEY
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Gives extravagant assurances : PROMISESTHEMOON
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In installments : ONTIME
41
Lucigen : LAMP
42
Compass dir. : NNE
43
Giggle : TEHEE
44
Actor McKellen : IAN
45
Contemporary of e.e.c. : TSE
47
" ... but the ___ not yet": Matt. 24:6 : ENDIS
49
Cerastes : ASP
51
Quant's style : MOD
53
Roulette choice in Rouen : NOIR
56
Eight: Prefix : OCTA
57
Tell a fib : STRETCHTHETRUTH
62
The easy path? : LEASTRESISTANCE
63
Out of town : AWAY
64
Be otiose : LAZE
65
Annealing oven : LEHR
Down
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Muslim bigwig : AGA
2
Swim, in Australia : BOGEY
3
Slow at the showdown : BEATENTOTHEDRAW
4
Their Monday is our Sunday : ASIANS
5
Sounds in a physician's office : AHS
6
Native of Daugavpils : LETT
7
Man ___ (race horse) : OWAR
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Physiological humor of old : PHLEGM
9
TV alien : ALF
10
Golden apple : BEL
11
Is contrite, in a way : CHANGESONESTUNE
12
Erstwhile magistrate at Genoa : DOGE
14
Cable-TV choice : TNT
15
Toast topper : OLEO
16
Low org. : GSA
23
Receive an advanced degree at Cambridge : INCEPT
24
Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
26
Rang : CHIMED
27
Ripen : AGE
28
Inventor Nikola ___ : TESLA
30
Boxer Spinks : LEON
31
Year-end word : SYNE
32
Item on a calico cat : SPOT
33
Gov. Carlson of Minn. : ARNE
35
Exercise : USE
36
German physicist: 1787-1854 : OHM
38
Aspect : MIEN
39
Oribi's hue : TAN
44
Map line showing equal hours of sunshine : ISOHEL
46
Kind of plexus : SACRAL
48
Enlargement: Abbr. : INCR
50
Herd of seals : PATCH
51
Ocean-height standard: Abbr. : MSL
52
Great Barrier Island : OTEA
54
"___ long way ... " : ITSA
55
Root: Comb. form : RHIZ
56
Celebrated Giant : OTT
58
That, in Taxco : ESA
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Communication device: Abbr. : TTY
60
Suffix with Siam : ESE
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Part of H.M.S. : HER

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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