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Frank Miceli
Frank Miceli

New York Times, Thursday, May 10, 1990

Author:
Frank Miceli
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 21.1
Frank Miceli has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,793
Across
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Chips in chips : ANTES
6
Scorned lover's emotion : RAGE
10
Hawaiian foods : POIS
14
Right preceder : FORTH
15
Malachite and galena : ORES
16
"Do I dare to ___ peach?": Eliot : EATA
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Bryant or Gillette : ANITA
18
Type of fund-raiser : WALKATHON
20
Disney and Updike collaboration? : ROGERRABBITRUN
22
Play on words : PUN
23
Spring month, to Marcel : MAI
24
Powerful suit : SPADES
28
Impresario's hope : SRO
30
Hair: Comb. form : PIL
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Evita's land : ARGENTINA
35
Colombian's poncho : RUANA
37
Disney and Christie collaboration? : MICKEYMOUSETRAP
39
Moon crater : BAYER
40
Keys : SOLUTIONS
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Morning hrs. : AMS
42
Party of the 16th U.S. Pres. : GOP
43
Australian brushwood : MALLEE
44
Rock gp. : ELO
46
A top netman's nickname : MAC
47
Disney and Marx Brothers collaboration? : DONALDDUCKSOUP
55
Jones and O'Neill : JENNIFERS
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Actor Greene: 1915-87 : LORNE
57
Jesus, Matty or Felipe : ALOU
58
Robt. ___ of the C.S.A. : ELEE
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Make happy : ELATE
60
One of Odin's wolves : GERI
61
Disencumbers : RIDS
62
Title for a Sevillian : SENOR
Down
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At a distance : AFAR
2
Something forbidden : NONO
3
H.S. subject : TRIG
4
Kitchen follower : ETTE
5
Office gadget : SHARPENER
6
Half of a comic team : ROWAN
7
Syrian, e.g. : ARAB
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An expert on E. O'Neill : GELB
9
Inuit : ESKIMO
10
Lab dish : PETRI
11
Pacific island : OAHU
12
Lay ___ (flatter) : ITON
13
Texas's ___ Jacinto Day : SAN
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TV's "One Day ___ Time" : ATA
21
Lacking practice : RUSTY
24
Brazilian dance : SAMBA
25
Cassandra's father : PRIAM
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Org. subdivisions : AGCYS
27
Astronaut Slayton : DEKE
28
Spy : SNOOP
29
Actor Julia : RAUL
30
Word of mouth : PAROL
31
Fatuous : INANE
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Slight error : LAPSE
34
"___ Excited," Pointer Sisters hit : IMSO
35
Takes on again, as a problem : RETACKLES
36
Electric co., e.g. : UTIL
38
Poisonous plant : SUMAC
42
Faldo is one : GOLFER
44
Boredom : ENNUI
45
Chou En-___ : LAI
46
Ponders : MUSES
47
Cancel : DELE
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___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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Supermarket section : DELI
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Slave Scott : DRED
51
Lone : SOLE
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Algerian port : ORAN
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"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
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Equal : PEER
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Binge : JAG

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

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