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George P. Sphicas
George P. Sphicas

New York Times, Friday, March 11, 1983

Author:
George P. Sphicas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 64, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.91, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 53.2
George P. Sphicas has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,176
Across
1
Aviated : FLEW
5
Ship-shaped clock : NEF
8
Alice's TV friend : FLO
11
Equal : LEVEL
13
Emulate J. L. Seagull : SOAR
14
Where Xenophanes philosophized : ELEA
15
Overweight : OBESE
16
Approximately : ORSO
17
Points : DOTS
18
Craves : WANTS
19
Extreme : UTTERMOST
21
Beings, in Barcelona : ENTES
22
Storehouse : THESAURUS
23
Kind of course : REFRESHER
25
P.D. rank : INSP
26
Abbr. used by electrical engineers : ESU
27
Adjacent, in Aberdeen : NEARHAND
29
Walter ___ Mare : DELA
31
Talk endlessly : RUNON
32
Pouches : SACS
36
S.A. capital : BRASILIA
39
Ostrich's extinct cousin : MOA
40
Wind instrument : OBOE
42
Huge numbers : TRILLIONS
44
Exhausted : OVERTIRED
46
Fats : LARDS
47
Neighbor of El Salvador : GUATEMALA
48
H.R.E. ruler : OTTOI
49
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
50
Pinter product : PLAY
51
Group of three : TRINE
52
Memorable anthropologist : MEAD
53
Zwei predecessor : EINS
54
M, L, XL and others : SIZES
55
Reno-to-L.A. dir. : SSE
56
Youth : LAD
57
"___ la vie!" : CEST
Down
1
Bloomed : FLOWERED
2
Some Tripolitans : LEBANESE
3
Significant : EVENTFUL
4
Wind often bringing a storm : WESTER
5
Spot often in world news : NORTHERNIRELAND
6
Spring recess : EASTERHOLIDAYS
7
Cleaving tools : FROES
8
Stories : FLOORS
9
Abates : LETSUP
10
Kilns : OASTS
12
Diminish : LESSEN
13
Adelaide is its capital : SOUTHAUSTRALIA
14
Hillary et al. : EDMUNDS
20
April forecast : RAIN
24
Antitoxins : SERA
28
Blue dye : ANIL
30
Stopped a launching : ABORTED
33
Put money into a sinking fund : AMORTIZE
34
Overlooks (a wrong) : CONDONES
35
Least respectful : SASSIEST
37
Network of a sort : RETE
38
Distributes : ALLOTS
40
Small eggs : OVULES
41
Blessed women : BEATAE
43
Relating to doctors : IATRIC
44
Old Irish letters : OGAMS
45
Force : IMPEL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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