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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Saturday, December 29, 1990

33-Down : Arrow poison

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 32.5
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,026
Across
1
Author LeShan : EDA
4
Elec. units : AMPS
8
"Doe, ___ ... " : ADEER
13
The G in G.P.O. : GOVT
15
Equine tone : ROAN
16
Sap source : MAPLE
17
Pupil of Plato : ARISTOTLE
19
___ Vance, literary detective : PHILO
20
Charms : DISARMS
21
A hardwood : ASH
23
En tout ___ (in any case) : CAS
24
Cellular lava : SCORIA
25
Supplement : EKEOUT
27
Business-letter abbr. : ATTN
29
Marshal Dillon portrayer : ARNESS
32
Halved : DIMIDIATE
37
Lord ___, British historian : ACTON
38
___ about : ONOR
39
Salad ingredient : CRESS
41
French river : AUDE
42
"___ Work," G. Will best seller : MENAT
44
Some Cartesian coordinates : ABSCISSAE
46
Irish or English canine : SETTER
48
Summer-theater site : BARN
49
Microorganism : AEROBE
51
Military command : ATEASE
56
Purportedly psychic phenomenon : PSI
58
Six, in Siena : SEI
59
Attacks, in a way : STRAFES
60
Two-under-par score : EAGLE
62
Cartesians are his followers : DESCARTES
64
Valid for a year: Fr. : ANNAL
65
A Balt : ESTH
66
The___ Ranger : LONE
67
___-weeny : TEENY
68
Like Cyrano? : NOSY
69
Sine qua ___ : NON
Down
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Mild oaths : EGADS
2
Classic style of architecture : DORIC
3
Dispatch boat : AVISO
4
Fragrant : AROMATIC
5
Witticisms : MOTS
6
"___ Joey" : PAL
7
Skulk : SNEAK
8
Tall jar : AMPHORA
9
Dash, in Morse code : DAH
10
Stoic philosopher : EPICTETUS
11
First name in scat : ELLA
12
Old cars : REOS
14
Peter the Great, for one : TSAR
18
Group of three : TRIAD
22
Red, White or Black : SEA
25
"Raid on ___," 1977 TV film : ENTEBBE
26
One of the Mohicans : UNCAS
28
Hill near Dublin : TARA
30
Faro card : SODA
31
Old-time sticker : SNEE
32
Former titles of respect in Portugal : DOMS
33
Arrow poison : INEE
34
"Essais" author : MONTAIGNE
35
Angry : IRATE
36
Pronoun for the Andrea Doria : ESSA
40
Like old LP's : SCRATCHY
43
With succinctness : TERSELY
45
Within: Prefix : INTRA
47
Eggs : ROE
50
Senator from Del. : BIDEN
52
Mountbatten, for one : EARL
53
Gentle flower? : AFTON
54
"___ evil" : SEENO
55
German industrial city : ESSEN
56
Fuel from fens : PEAT
57
Freeze org.? : SANE
59
Heathrow swifties : SSTS
61
County in Sweden : LAN
63
Inner: Prefix : ESO

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

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