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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, March 9, 1991

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { G J K Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 23.1
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,096
Across
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Ostentatious display : POMP
5
Swiss theologian: 1886-1968 : BARTH
10
Salubrious spot : SPA
13
Ship's position : ALEE
14
Divert : AMUSE
15
Bone affliction : SPUR
16
Scripture verse : TEXT
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Scoundrel : LOSEL
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Priscilla of old movies : LANE
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Vibrissa : HAIR
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Underworld god : DIS
21
End : FINIS
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Concern : CARE
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Of the Muslim faith : ISLAMIC
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Altruistic one : SHARER
29
Observes Yom Kippur : ATONES
30
Prevention measure : OUNCE
31
Make cords in bed : SNORE
32
Chinese dynasty : HAN
35
Hebrew letter : RESH
36
This has strings attached : APRON
37
Tony's little cousin : OBIE
38
Sum, es, ___ : EST
39
Pry : SNOOP
40
N.Y.'s World ___ Center : TRADE
41
Spongy substance : AMADOU
43
Influenced : SWAYED
44
Half-hour on the Half Moon : ONEBELL
45
Movie dog : TOTO
46
Ancient Asian country : MEDIA
47
Noted painter of birds : EDE
49
Head of a tale : ONCE
52
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
53
Ulan ___, Mongolia : BATOR
55
Titubate : REEL
56
They penalize N.F.L.ers : REFS
57
Ballad lead-in : INTRO
58
New couple, to Barrett : ITEM
59
Sprite : ELF
60
Lennon's "___ and Glass" : STEEL
61
Benito's bone : OSSO
Down
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Garden area : PATH
2
Olive genus : OLEA
3
Impasse : MEXICANSTANDOFF
4
"Africa" was this poet's epic : PETRARCH
5
Norse god of light : BALDER
6
Mine, in Metz : AMOI
7
Dangerous game : RUSSIANROULETTE
8
Lao-___, Chinese philosopher : TSE
9
Loki's daughter : HEL
10
Yucca plants : SPANISHBAYONETS
11
Treacherous : PUNIC
12
Brother of Eris : ARES
15
Pond film : SLIME
21
Temple, old style : FANE
23
Female ruff : REE
25
Condescend : STOOP
26
Bereft, to Byron : LORN
27
Distressed : SORE
28
Man Ray's concerns : HUES
31
Reversed loops? : SPOOL
33
Right-hand person : AIDE
34
Penury : NEED
36
Peruvian Indian : ANDE
37
Handel forte : ORATORIO
39
Netherlands Antilles island : SABA
40
Tango number : TWO
42
Golda's family : MEIRS
43
Unsaturated alcohol : STEROL
44
German name for a Baltic island : OESEL
46
Flat lunar area : MARE
48
Golden : DORE
50
Quintet in catch-as-catch-can : CEES
51
Saint associated with fire : ELMO
53
Encore : BIS
54
Echidna's morsel : ANT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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