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Peter Swift
New York Times, Wednesday, March 8, 1989
29-Down : Night bird
Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 38.5
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 F | 4 D | 5 E | 6 B | 7 T | 8 S | 9 B | 10 R | 11 A | 12 Y |
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13 V | O | L | 14 U | N | E | A | S | Y | 15 I | O | N | A |
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16 I | C | Y | 17 M | A | L | L | A | R | 18 D | D | U | C | K |
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19 D | U | C | 20 A | L | 21 T | R | I | E | S | T | E | |||
22 S | A | R | A | 23 S | 24 I | S | A | W | ||||||
25 T | R | U | I | 26 S | M | 27 N | E | 28 L | 29 S | 30 O | 31 N |
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32 P | 33 A | C | 34 T | A | C | O | 35 S | 36 D | E | C | A | Y |
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37 A | C | H | 38 E | 39 M | O | R | T | 40 E | 41 A | R | T | E |
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42 S | T | E | W | 43 S | 44 W | E | I | R | 45 S | 46 E | S | T |
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47 S | I | R | E | N | 48 S | 49 O | R | N | A | 50 T | E | |||
51 E | W | 52 E | R | 53 S | L | I | C | 54 E | ||||||
55 I | 56 S | 57 R | A | E | L | I | 58 T | E | H | E | 59 E |
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60 C | A | N | A | D | A | G | O | 61 O | 62 S | E | 63 O | R | R |
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64 I | N | I | T | 65 T | I | L | L | E | D | 66 W | I | G |
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67 A | S | P | S | 68 S | N | E | E | R | 69 L | E | O |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,365
Across
1
TV alien : ALF
4
Arrears : DEBTS
9
Donkey's sound : BRAY
13
Bk. : VOL
14
Apprehensive : UNEASY
15
Hebrides island : IONA
16
Gelid : ICY
17
Water bird : MALLARDDUCK
19
Noble : DUCAL
21
Italian seaport : TRIESTE
22
Teasdale and others : SARAS
24
"___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" : ISAW
25
Platitude : TRUISM
27
Trafalgar Square figure : NELSON
32
Moccasin : PAC
34
Mexican food : TACOS
36
Disintegrate : DECAY
37
Yearn : ACHE
39
"Le ___ d'Arthur" : MORTE
41
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
42
Simmers : STEWS
44
Dams : WEIRS
46
Archaic verb ending : EST
47
They tempted Ulysses : SIRENS
49
Flowery : ORNATE
51
Pitcher : EWER
53
Cut into pieces : SLICE
55
Beersheba native : ISRAELI
58
Giggle : TEHEE
60
Long-necked bird : CANADAGOOSE
63
Hockey great : ORR
64
Part of T.S.E. : INIT
65
Did farm work : TILLED
66
Peruke : WIG
67
Horned vipers : ASPS
68
Utter scornfully : SNEER
69
Papal name : LEO
Down
1
Enthusiastic : AVID
2
Place : LOCUS
3
Insectivorous bird : FLYCATCHER
4
Heredity initials : DNA
5
Conger : EEL
6
Songbird : BALTIMOREORIOLE
7
Despots : TSARS
8
Aleppo citizen : SYRIAN
9
Offers : BIDS
10
Complete defeat : ROUT
11
Suffix with assist : ANCE
12
Jabber : YAK
14
Diacritical mark : UMLAUT
18
Moistened, in a way : DEWED
20
Timetable abbr. : ARR
23
Thailand, once : SIAM
26
Freight boat : SCOW
28
Grazing ground : LEA
29
Night bird : SCREECHOWL
30
Stable owner's purchase : OATS
31
Gorbachev's denial : NYET
32
Bridge word : PASS
33
Play part : ACTI
35
Clink : STIR
38
Lamb's dam : EWE
40
Sea birds : ERNS
43
P.G.A.'s Sam : SNEAD
45
Seasoned : SALTED
48
___ out (awaits anxiously) : SWEATS
50
Foulard : TIE
52
City in Ill. or Tex. : ELGIN
54
Creepy : EERIE
55
Hunter and Fleming : IANS
56
Cut : SNIP
57
Word of annoyance : RATS
59
Therefore : ERGO
60
Agcy. once headed by G.H.W.B. : CIA
61
Comic Olsen : OLE
62
Sun.discourse : SER
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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