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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, April 6, 1992

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 33.1
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,490
Across
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___ up (pays to play) : ANTES
6
Army : HOST
10
Dips bait lightly : DAPS
14
Brag : BOAST
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Resident of Tallinn : ESTH
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Actress Raines : ELLA
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Pet-rights org. : ASPCA
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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He portrayed Sonny Corleone : CAAN
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Popular rock group : REM
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Semblance : FACE
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Northern European : LAPP
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Duned desert area : ERG
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Feeble lights : TAPERS
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Brit. decoration : OBE
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Morally weak : FRAIL
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Secure firmly : RIVET
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Chocolate source : CACAO
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"Thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
44
Sound of mild rebuke : TUT
45
Chief deity of Egypt : AMENRA
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Charlemagne's dom. : HRE
48
Annie Oakley : PASS
49
Vasco da ___ : GAMA
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"Norma ___" : RAE
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O'Neill's daughter : OONA
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Back of the neck : NAPE
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Make amends : ATONE
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Hidden obstacle : SNAG
65
___ and the Belmonts : DION
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Ranch in "Giant" : REATA
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Suburb of Padua : ESTE
68
Actor Ray : ALDO
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Mistake : ERROR
Down
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Blind as ___ : ABAT
2
Snack : NOSH
3
Recording ribbon : TAPE
4
Steep slope : ESCARP
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Condition : STATE
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Learn : HEAR
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Capital on a fjord : OSLO
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Hard : STIFF
9
TV's "Jake and ___ Man" : THEFAT
10
Weak : DECREPIT
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Kyrgyz range : ALAI
12
Sketch : PLAN
13
Warbled : SANG
21
Kind of bag or board : EMERY
22
Two-handed card game : ECARTE
25
Spanish playwright : LORCA
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Opposite the middle of a ship's side : ABEAM
27
Kind of pipe : PEACE
29
Shankar melody : RAGA
30
Encircle : GIRTH
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One of the Peróns : EVITA
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Twin of Rome's founder : REMUS
34
Printers' directions : STETS
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Type of wreath : FLORAL
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Cordelia's father : LEAR
40
English or Latin : LANGUAGE
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Nimble : ALERT
46
Kate Jackson TV role : AMANDA
48
Annoy : PESTER
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Thin as ___ : ARAIL
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Molière's "L'___" ("The Miser") : AVARE
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Thorny bloomer : ROSE
54
Very long periods of time : EONS
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Small pest : GNAT
56
Footless : APOD
57
"But ___ buts": Fielding : MENO
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White with age : HOAR
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Knowledgeable about : ONTO
60
Have on : WEAR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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