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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Friday, December 4, 1992

23-Down : City S of Green Bay

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,732
Across
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Lady Macbeth's problem : SPOT
5
___ to (paved the way for) : LEDUP
10
Egyptian dwarf god : BES
13
Ponte Vecchio spans it : ARNO
14
Meadowlands, for one : ARENA
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Turpitude : EVIL
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Hepburn stage role: 1969 : COCOCHANEL
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Kun or Bartók : BELA
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Verb ending : OSE
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Approximately : ORSO
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Paradisiacal : EDENIC
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Seed cases : PODS
26
All-purpose truck : UTE
28
Draw out : EDUCE
29
"Le ___," aria from "Manon" : REVE
30
Actress in "Zorba the Greek" : IRENEPAPAS
32
Horse : TRESTLE
34
Kind of plaid : GLEN
35
Leading, in match-play golf : DORMIE
36
Eye inflammation : IRITIS
40
Wavy, in heraldry : ONDE
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In a perpendicular way : SHEERLY
43
Noted "planes man" in 1991 : JOHNSUNUNU
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Very small pin : LILL
48
Ammonia derivative : AMIDE
49
U.K. military award : DSO
50
Edomite's ancestor : ESAU
51
Mother's whistler? : KETTLE
53
Fold residents : EWES
55
Cleveland-to-Akron dir. : SSE
57
Where Ewa and Kahuku are : OAHU
58
Oo-la-la leading lady of the 30's : FIFIDORSAY
61
Maverick a k a James Garner : BRET
62
Crosier : FROND
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Aqueduct, to fans : BIGA
64
Indonesia's ___ Islands : ARU
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Calif. grunt : SARGO
66
Sherbets' kin : ICES
Down
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Me. city SW of Portland : SACO
2
Ariel's master : PROSPERO
3
Quick appraisal : ONCEOVER
4
Also : TOO
5
He waited for Godot : LAHR
6
Deler's choice : ERASURE
7
Betoken : DENOTE
8
French article : UNE
9
Fence stake : PALE
10
"Rio Rita" star: 1929 : BEBEDANIELS
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Tied : EVENUP
12
Material for ceramics : SILICA
16
Punches up the punch : LACES
18
Romaine lettuce : COS
23
City S of Green Bay : DEPERE
25
Peace Nobelist: 1984 : DESMONDTUTU
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Our lang. : ENG
29
Sent back: Abbr. : RTD
30
___ Levant, one of the Hyères : ILEDU
31
Root or Yale : ELIHU
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Specious : TINSEL
37
Mesozoic Era period : TRIASSIC
38
Maltreatment : ILLUSAGE
39
Pt. of a word : SYL
41
Objective : END
42
Welcome word at Killington : SNOWING
43
A Grimm brother : JAKOB
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P.G.A. star Mark ___ : OMEARA
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Yon's partner : HITHER
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Have no ___ (dislike) : USEFOR
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That, in Taxco : ESO
52
Gee preceders : EFFS
54
Taro root : EDDO
56
Nestling hawk : EYAS
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Name meaning "watchful" : IRA
60
Stat for Canseco : RBI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 8 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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