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Michael A. Rampino
Michael A. Rampino

New York Times, Wednesday, April 29, 1992

8-Down : Category lower than genus

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,513
Across
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Scraps for 47 Across : ORTS
5
Work units : ERGS
9
Dog in "The Thin Man" : ASTA
13
Michelangelo's Mother of Sorrows : PIETA
15
A tide : NEAP
16
Calm : COOL
17
Stylish : SMART
18
Amphora, e.g. : VASE
19
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
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A "purrfect" pet? : AKITTYTOCUDDLE
23
Org. Robert Gates heads : CIA
24
Other things: Lat. : ALIA
25
Theater, in Tivoli : TEATRO
28
Suffix with cash : IER
29
Type of dance : TAP
32
Debates : ARGUES
33
Election winners : INS
34
"Means of Ascent" author : CARO
35
Catafalques : BIERS
36
Hoosier humorist : ADE
37
Hindu social class : CASTE
38
Rosacea : ACNE
39
Correspondent's second afterthought : PPS
40
Toboggan slides : CHUTES
41
Manx, e.g. : CAT
42
"O sole ___" : MIO
43
In recent days : LATELY
44
Looped handle : ANSA
46
Friend, in Amiens : AMI
47
Pamperable pup? : APOOCHTOSMOOCH
54
Cossets : PETS
55
James ___ Carter Jr. : EARL
56
Marquetry : INLAY
58
"Honi ___ qui mal y pense" : SOIT
59
Piedmontese city : ASTI
60
Sight from Notre Dame : SEINE
61
Head of a tale : ONCE
62
A pair : DYAD
63
Basenjis and Samoyeds : DOGS
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Harvest goddess : OPS
2
"Green Mansions" girl : RIMA
3
Shipbuilding lumber : TEAK
4
Severe censure : STRICTURE
5
Begrudge : ENVY
6
Gaucho's lariat : REATA
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Reo's requirement : GASOLINE
8
Category lower than genus : SPECIES
9
This turns litmus red : ACID
10
Auctioneer's cry : SOLD
11
Ring slowly : TOLL
12
Not aweather : ALEE
14
Arrays : ATTIRES
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N.M. art colony : TAOS
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G. A. Nasser's alliance : UAR
25
Pierre's pipe filler : TABAC
26
Heather : ERICA
27
Deputy : AGENT
29
Sample : TASTE
30
Russian workers' cooperative : ARTEL
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Precious metered writing : POESY
33
Sources of instinctive energy : IDS
34
Alerted : CAUTIONED
36
Desertion of faith : APOSTASY
37
Soft, thin leather : CHAMOIS
39
Nitwit : PINHEAD
40
Quahog : CLAM
42
Singer Davis : MAC
45
Main artery : AORTA
47
Lhasa ___, Tibetan dog : APSO
48
Laborer : PEON
49
Aural : OTIC
50
Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
51
Slipped : SLID
52
Muse of history : CLIO
53
Pend : HANG
57
A referendum vote : YES

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

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