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Elio Desiderio
Elio Desiderio

New York Times, Saturday, March 21, 1987

27-Down : Of course: Slang

Author:
Elio Desiderio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 13, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 17.9
Elio Desiderio has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,647
Across
1
One of the Pointer Sisters : ANITA
6
Prefix with thesis : ANTI
10
Where a padlock goes : HASP
14
Colo.'s Great Sand ___ : DUNES
15
Convivial : BOON
16
Medieval silk fabric : ACCA
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Nunki and Nekkar : STARS
18
Cases : INSTANCES
20
Unrefined : CRUDE
22
Actress Sarah ___: 1755-1831 : SIDDONS
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Look at fixedly : STARE
24
Lincoln portrayer: 1939 : MASSEY
25
Welk's Champagne Lady: 1955-59 : ALICELON
28
Landed : ALIT
29
Utter wildly : RAVE
30
Fur-bearing animal : MARTEN
32
Reverential fear : AWE
33
First words in Genesis : INTHE
34
Chi.'s locale : ILL
37
Queen of the Adriatic : VENICE
39
Snick and ___ : SNEE
40
Certain missiles, for short : SAMS
41
Needy people : HAVENOTS
44
Shade of red : CLARET
46
Native of Kerman : IRANI
47
Jean Harlow, née ___ Carpenter : HARLEAN
49
Angelic instrument, to Henri : HARPE
50
O'Neill's "Strange ___" : INTERLUDE
52
In a vertical line, at sea : APEAK
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Vendor's place : MART
56
Fibs : LIES
57
Pester : TEASE
58
Jays' cousins : PIES
59
Dele that dele : STET
60
Quiver article : ARROW
Down
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Classified items : ADS
2
Macadamia, e.g. : NUT
3
Retired : INACTIVE
4
O'Hara's "From the ___" : TERRACE
5
Make confident : ASSURE
6
Nichols hero : ABIE
7
Sine qua ___ : NON
8
Throw lightly : TOSS
9
Hint : INTIMATE
10
Gives over, as a term paper : HANDSIN
11
Approach abruptly : ACCOST
12
Diorama : SCENE
13
A Nobelist for Peace: 1901 : PASSY
19
Alan-___, Hood's friend : ADALE
21
Shofner of football fame : DEL
23
Cole ___ : SLAW
25
Goddess of vengeance : ARA
26
Atlanta arena : OMNI
27
Of course: Slang : NATCH
31
Perlman of "Cheers" : RHEA
33
Puts in place : INSTALLS
34
"___ and out ... " : INONEEAR
35
Indonesian island : LETI
36
Liszt's "___ Préludes" : LES
37
Rogues : VARLETS
38
Turkish title : EMEER
39
Food fish : SNAPPER
40
"No Exit" author : SARTRE
42
Amtrak's Canadian cousin : VIA
43
Printing mistakes : ERRATA
44
Jungle animal, for short : CHIMP
45
Hawaiian porch : LANAI
48
Night, to Pierre : NUIT
49
Command, old style : HEST
51
Actor Billy ___ Williams : DEE
53
Japanese national park : ASO
54
___ Gardens, Queens, N.Y. : KEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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