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Charles J. Matonti
Charles J. Matonti

New York Times, Saturday, May 14, 1988

Author:
Charles J. Matonti
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { K Q }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 23.1
Charles J. Matonti has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,067
Across
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Some are Nubians : GOATS
6
Ranee's wrap : SARI
10
Smear : DAUB
14
" ... Before ___, I am": John 8:58 : ABRAHAMWAS
16
Otherwise : ELSE
17
"War Requiem" composer : BENJAMINBRITTEN
19
"His ___ Is on the Sparrow" : EYE
20
Sibelius's "___ triste" : VALSE
21
Cacophony : NOISE
22
Grant : CEDE
23
A Udall, informally : STU
24
Hope-chest wood : CEDAR
27
Buy to establish a fixed price : VALORIZE
32
The third man : ABEL
33
"Grin and ___" : BEARIT
35
A U.S.A. neighbor : MEX
36
"Ave, verum corpus" composer : WOLFGANGAMOZART
39
Hebrew high priest : ELI
40
Voids : ANNULS
41
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
42
Identify an illness : DIAGNOSE
44
Sophia, to Carlo : SPOSA
45
Chief law officers: Abbr. : AGS
46
Horace's hope : SPES
48
Word with book or choir : STALL
51
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
53
Prefix with corn or sex : UNI
56
"Christus am Oelberg" composer : LUDWIGBEETHOVEN
59
Willow : ITEA
60
Title for Anna: Luke 2:36 : PROPHETESS
61
Weak : PUNY
62
Talk back : SASS
63
Romp for Rickles : ROAST
Down
1
Kaplan who was Kotter : GABE
2
Debated wedding-vow word : OBEY
3
"Thomas and Sally" composer : ARNE
4
___ Mahal : TAJ
5
Figaro, frequently : SHAVER
6
Umbrella in a song : SMILE
7
Barley beards : AWNS
8
Broccoli ___ : RABE
9
A neighbor of Syr. : ISR
10
Roundabout way : DETOUR
11
Preceder of meter or graph : ALTI
12
Employs : USES
13
Caesar's "well" : BENE
15
"Diary of ___ Housewife" : AMAD
18
Entirely : INTOTO
22
Little whale : CALF
23
Loses weight : SLIMS
24
Cried like a crow : CAWED
25
Christ stopped here : EBOLI
26
Festival honoring Apollo : DELIA
27
Shadowy : VAGUE
28
Soviet sea : ARAL
29
Adult insect : IMAGO
30
Six make one a million : ZEROS
31
Paper edition : EXTRA
33
Bogotá baths : BANOS
34
Danube tributary : ENNS
37
Mass of nerve cells: Comb. form : GANGLI
38
Fastens or hastens : ZIPS
43
Flutist James ___ : GALWAY
44
Rodgers and Hart's "Wait Till You ___" : SEEHER
46
Rome's Spanish ___ : STEPS
47
Heart : PITH
48
Lapse : SLIP
49
Skirt for Kirkland : TUTU
50
Arabian gulf : ADEN
51
Steinbeck siren : ABRA
52
Old cars : REOS
53
Eye part : UVEA
54
Tough tail : NESS
55
Part of M.I.T. : INST
57
Family drs. : GPS
58
American Indian : OTO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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