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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Wednesday, February 24, 1993

40-Down : Flexible

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,814
Across
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Permits : LETS
5
The Pentateuch : TORAH
10
Resort near Venice : LIDO
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Sheltered at sea : ALEE
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Gluck product : OPERA
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Plunder : LOOT
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___ = 3 : SIXDIVIDEDBYTWO
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Parisian's pewter : ETAIN
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___ de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist : ECA
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Pointless : INANE
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Diva Scotto : RENATA
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Goya's duchess : ALBA
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___ = 5 : ONEPLUSFOUR
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"___ tale's best ... ": Shak. : ASAD
37
Boob tubes : TVS
38
Sporting a new décor : REDONE
39
Stanza : STROPHE
41
Book of rites : ORDINAL
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Doting : SENILE
43
From ___ Z : ATO
44
Lewis's Timberlane : CASS
45
___ = 4 : TWOTIMESTWO
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Grieg's "___ Death" : ASES
49
Shiny fabric : SATEEN
54
Clipped : SHORN
58
Comedian Skelton : RED
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Drummer Starr : RINGO
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___ = 1 : EIGHTMINUSSEVEN
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Pure and simple : MERE
65
Vulcan's workshop : AETNA
66
Stood : ROSE
67
Conceit : IDEA
68
Canadian figure-skating champ : ORSER
69
Makes a lap : SITS
Down
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Type of beam : LASER
2
Choice : ELITE
3
Eisenhower was one, by birth : TEXAN
4
Chair, to Ciano : SEDIA
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Mazel ___ (congratulations) : TOV
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Ron Howard TV role : OPIE
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Porters : REDCAPS
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" ... we ___ on our last cruise": R.L.S. : AREALL
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Owned : HAD
10
Pool, in Wales : LLYN
11
Jot : IOTA
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Eat : DOWN
13
County in Neb. : OTOE
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Division word : INTO
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Unfair, in a way : BIASED
24
Patriotic songs : ANTHEMS
26
Abe of Broadway : BURROWS
28
Second person : EVE
29
Fed. banking agency : FDIC
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Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
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Merkel et al. : UNAS
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Electrical units : RELS
33
Kind of prof. : ASST
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Fret : STEW
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Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
36
"Let George ___!" : DOIT
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Flexible : PLIANT
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Memorable Giant : OTT
43
Nods : ASSENTS
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More uncanny : EERIER
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Bireme features : OARS
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Stadium areas : TIERS
51
Postscript of a sort : ENVOI
52
Discharge : EGEST
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Canonical hours : NONES
54
Half: Prefix : SEMI
55
Made haste : HIED
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Grimm character : OGRE
57
Ostrich's kin : RHEA
59
Beach sight : DUNE
62
Former Chinese leader : MAO
63
Patriotic gp. : SAR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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