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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Wednesday, April 27, 1983

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { G J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 240 (avg 1.30)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 24.5
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,223
Across
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Historic periods : ERAS
5
Flattens a flat : RASES
10
RCA network : NBC
13
Alban Berg opera : LULU
14
Ring around Old Sol : CORONA
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Neighbor of Fla. : ALA
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Words from "Richard III" : SHINEOUTFAIRSUN
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Most grating : RASPIEST
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Cafe sign : EATS
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Poetic time : EEN
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Assuage : EASE
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Cudgel : BASTE
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Arizona State gridders : SUNDEVILS
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Keats effusions : ODES
34
Do a floor chore : MOP
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Tranquil : IRENIC
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An Ingmar protégée : LIV
37
Freckle : SUNSPOT
39
Highest Philippine mountain : APO
40
Perch precariously : TEETER
42
River to the North Sea : EMS
43
Minx : SNIP
44
Jeweled brooches : SUNBURSTS
46
Blue footwear of songdom : SUEDE
47
Protected at sea : ALEE
48
Ending for object or subject : ION
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Old Sol is one : STAR
52
Vacation spots : SEASIDES
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Novel of 1926 : THESUNALSORISES
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Roth's "___ Gang" : OUR
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Tarry : REMAIN
63
In ___ (ruffled) : APET
64
Tizzy : ADO
65
Word Hamlet said he didn't know : SEEMS
66
Harp overhead : LYRA
Down
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Bx. trains : ELS
2
Mülheim's river : RUHR
3
Inter ___ : ALIA
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Periods of decline : SUNSETS
5
Possible orgiast : ROUE
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Courses for collegians : ARTS
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Alleviate : SOFTEN
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Queen before Sophia : ENA
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Capuchin monkey : SAI
10
Launching org. : NASA
11
Strauss's "Wiener ___" : BLUT
12
Fires : CANS
14
Quarter, e.g. : COIN
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Rigid-bladed weapon : EPEE
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Run a rope through : REEVE
23
José's farewell : ADIOS
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Spanish muralist : SERT
25
Breaks away : BOLTS
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Jean's farewell : ADIEU
27
A natural at Reno : SEVEN
28
Step or grand follower : SON
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Discombobulate : UPSET
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Empty : INANE
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Fatty cell component : LIPID
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Breadth : SCOPE
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Guillermot's cousin : MURRE
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Ballet's pas ___ : SEUL
38
British V.I.P.'s : PMS
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Upslope assists : TBARS
43
Timepiece of a sort : SUNDIAL
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"Opening" statement : SESAME
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Epinal evening : SOIR
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"The heat ___" : ISON
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Promenade for Pericles : STOA
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It's often dull : THUD
51
Prefix with space : AERO
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Rival of Babylonia : ELAM
54
Garage-sale stipulation : ASIS
55
Spot : ESPY
56
Palmist : SEER
58
Hesitations on the dais : URS
59
Society-page adjective : NEE
60
RR depot : STA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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