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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, April 15, 1991

3-Down : Army truant

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F H K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 40.0
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,133
Across
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Pitcher's plate : SLAB
5
Afternoon socials : TEAS
9
Soufflé ingredient : EGGS
13
Missouri neighbor : IOWA
14
Declaim : ORATE
15
Haul : DRAG
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District attorney : PROSECUTOR
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Poet Whitman : WALT
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Picks : SELECTS
20
Leathernecks : MARINES
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Feel one's ___ (be sprightly) : OATS
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Hang fire : PEND
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Hold on (to) : CLING
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Stratum : TIER
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DiMaggio or Louis : JOE
33
Empty : VOID
34
Mediterranean port : ORAN
36
Maltreat : ABUSE
38
High-ranking law officer : ATTORNEYGENERAL
41
Fence crossing : STILE
42
Stamping devices : DIES
43
Cabin material : LOGS
44
Children's game : TAG
45
Deep black : EBON
47
Gawk : STARE
49
Cathedral section : APSE
51
___ up (matured) : GREW
53
Bernhardt or Terry : ACTRESS
56
Puzzles : ENIGMAS
61
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
62
Criminal charge : INDICTMENT
64
Early autos : REOS
65
Fictional Lorna : DOONE
66
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
67
Millions of years : EONS
68
Farm animals : EWES
69
Have to have : NEED
Down
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Tastes : SIPS
2
Body of knowledge : LORE
3
Army truant : AWOL
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Object often stolen : BASE
5
Rely on : TRUST
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___ crow (recant) : EAT
7
Unit of matter : ATOM
8
Mexican's blanketlike shawl : SERAPE
9
Poet Markham : EDWIN
10
Judicial system's participant : GRANDJUROR
11
Nor'easter : GALE
12
Some NCO's : SGTS
14
Geometrical figure : OCTAGON
17
Financier's sci. : ECON
21
Showed a film again : RERAN
23
Kind of power : STAYING
25
Surplice : COTTA
26
Legal action : LITIGATION
27
Baal, e.g. : IDOL
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He wrote "Come Back, Little Sheba" : INGE
31
Western Indian : OSAGE
32
Morays : EELS
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Enormous : VAST
35
Make over : REDO
37
Actor Lugosi : BELA
39
Baseball's Little Colonel : REESE
40
Perfume : ESSENCE
46
Except for : BESIDE
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Tease : TWIT
50
The Fourth Estate : PRESS
52
Holds back : REINS
53
Swiss river : AARE
54
Liz Taylor role: 1963 : CLEO
55
___ job (flattery) : SNOW
57
Feds : GMEN
58
Deal out : METE
59
Room or chamber preceder : ANTE
60
Kind of poker : STUD
63
Fawn's dam : DOE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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