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Ernie Furtado
New York Times, Monday, February 8, 1988
43-Down : TV sleuth
Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { F J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 14.1
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 R | 4 A | 5 C | 6 P | 7 L | 8 S | 9 A | 10 L | 11 E | 12 M | |||
13 E | L | I | S | 14 L | E | A | 15 O | P | E | R | A | 16 S |
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17 S | A | D | H | 18 E | A | R | T | 19 L | I | G | A | T | E |
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20 T | S | E | 21 R | I | S | E | 22 S | 23 A | S | T | E | R |
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24 C | A | M | E | R | A | 25 S | 26 D | O | S | E |
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27 A | 28 G | 29 I | O | 30 A | L | I | 31 B | I | ||||||
32 A | N | N | U | 33 L | 34 S | 35 L | E | G | R | A | 36 N | 37 D | ||
38 M | A | G | N | A | T | 39 E | 40 S | H | E | M | A | A | 41 L |
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42 R | A | T | L | I | N | 43 S | 44 T | R | O | P | I | C |
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45 R | A | N | U | P | 46 N | E | S | T |
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47 N | 48 O | 49 S | Y | 50 T | R | E | 51 S | 52 S | 53 E | D | ||||
54 O | R | A | C | 55 H | 56 E | N | T | E | R | 57 G | 58 I | 59 N |
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60 L | I | L | L | I | 61 E | 62 S | A | M | S | 63 P | A | D | E |
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64 I | N | S | U | L | T | 65 E | R | I | 66 A | M | O | R |
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67 S | A | B | L | E | 68 R | E | S | 69 W | E | L | D |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,971
Across
1
Zhivago's love : LARA
5
Pfc.'s superior : CPL
8
Capital of Ore. : SALEM
13
Yalies : ELIS
14
Meadow : LEA
15
"Tosca" et al. : OPERAS
17
"Through the ___ of Ruth ... ": Keats : SADHEART
19
Bind a certain way : LIGATE
20
Monogram of Prufrock's creator : TSE
21
"The Sun Also ___" : RISES
23
Daisy's relative : ASTER
24
Movie equipment : CAMERAS
26
Ply with a potion : DOSE
27
Exchange premium : AGIO
30
Whodunit feature : ALIBI
32
Invalidates : ANNULS
35
Music man Michel : LEGRAND
38
Big wheel : MAGNATE
40
Persian Gulf wind : SHEMAAL
42
Small ropes on ships : RATLINS
44
___ of Capricorn : TROPIC
45
Amassed : RANUP
46
Aerie : NEST
47
Prying : NOSY
50
Braided; plaited : TRESSED
54
Spinach cousin : ORACH
56
Stage direction : ENTER
57
Martini ingredient : GIN
60
Beatrice of comedy : LILLIE
62
A Bogart role : SAMSPADE
64
Injury addition : INSULT
65
Anagram for ire : ERI
66
Cupid : AMOR
67
Valuable fur : SABLE
68
Second notes : RES
69
N.Y.C.'s Tuesday : WELD
Down
1
"___ we forget" : LEST
2
Woeful word : ALAS
3
Astronaut Sally : RIDE
4
Residue : ASH
5
Stake : CLAIM
6
Dark blue or purple : PERSE
7
Football pass : LATERAL
8
Sun god : SOL
9
Capital of W. Samoa : APIA
10
Capone contemporary : LEGSDIAMOND
11
Muse of poetry : ERATO
12
Spouses : MATES
16
Withered : SERE
18
Epoch : ERA
22
Soupy of radio and TV : SALES
24
Where the elite meet : COUNTRYCLUB
25
Spectacle : SIGHT
27
Weapon letters : AAM
28
Growl : GNAR
29
Actress Swenson : INGA
31
Word with Rabbit or Fox : BRER
33
Tra chasers : LALA
34
Task : STINT
36
Scruff : NAPE
37
Podium : DAIS
39
Accustom : ENURE
41
W.W. II craft : LCT
43
TV sleuth : SPENSER
47
___ me tangere : NOLI
48
O'Neill character et al. : ORINS
49
Sauce for pasta : SALSA
51
Rubberneck : STARE
52
Behemoths of the road : SEMIS
53
Forage plant : ERS
55
Cleland's Fanny : HILL
57
Plucky : GAME
58
Fan-club hero : IDOL
59
Wimp's cousin : NERD
61
When Paris sizzles : ETE
63
Pussy foot : PAW
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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