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Alfio Micci
New York Times, Monday, May 2, 1977
Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.66, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 19.4
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 S | 4 P | 5 S | 6 P | 7 D | 8 F | 9 A | 10 T | 11 S | ||||
12 A | L | T | O | 13 P | E | E | 14 P | 15 I | D | E | A | 16 L |
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17 L | A | I | R | 18 R | A | B | I | 19 R | O | N | D | O |
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20 F | I | R | E | 21 M | U | S | I | C | 22 E | B | O | A | T |
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23 A | N | I | T | A | 24 B | E | N | T | ||||||
25 C | 26 O | 27 N | 28 S | I | G | N | 29 D | 30 V | I | |||||
31 A | B | U | T | 32 B | O | E | R | 33 A | 34 A | 35 R |
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36 R | I | T | U | 37 A | 38 L | 39 F | I | R | E | D | 40 A | N | C | E |
41 P | E | S | 42 L | E | I | S | 43 R | O | T | I |
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44 L | A | R | 45 A | 46 B | 47 S | T | A | I | N |
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48 C | 49 L | 50 E | F | 51 E | 52 M | I | L | E | ||||||
53 N | A | O | M | I | 54 F | I | R | E | W | 55 O | 56 R | 57 K | 58 S |
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59 E | R | R | O | R | 60 L | A | I | N | 61 M | E | E | T |
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62 E | L | A | T | E | 63 Y | O | N | D | 64 E | D | N | A |
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65 O | N | E | D | 66 W | G | S | 67 N | O | O | N |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,124
Across
1
Fastener : HASP
5
Velocity: Abbr. : SPD
8
Oleo et al. : FATS
12
Choir member : ALTO
13
Kind of show : PEEP
15
Utopian : IDEAL
17
Den : LAIR
18
Noted physicist : RABI
19
Musical form : RONDO
20
"Die Walküre" highlight, for short : FIREMUSIC
22
Armed vessel, British style : EBOAT
23
Loos : ANITA
24
Inclination : BENT
25
Entrust : CONSIGN
29
Sixth-century date : DVI
31
Touch upon : ABUT
32
South African : BOER
33
Swiss river : AAR
36
De Falla favorite : RITUALFIREDANCE
41
Footlike part : PES
42
Oahu neckwear : LEIS
43
French menu item : ROTI
44
Gibbon : LAR
45
Forbear : ABSTAIN
48
Treble or bass : CLEF
51
Zola : EMILE
53
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
54
Stravinsky number : FIREWORKS
59
Slip : ERROR
60
"Lane" homophone : LAIN
61
Fit : MEET
62
Gladden : ELATE
63
"___ Cassius ... " : YOND
64
Millay : EDNA
65
Joined : ONED
66
Aircraft parts: Abbr. : WGS
67
Midday : NOON
Down
1
Moiety : HALF
2
Jai ___ : ALAI
3
Cooking direction : STIR
4
Minute orifice : PORE
5
Released from the slammer : SPRUNG
6
"Like two ___ a pod" : PEASIN
7
Red-ink item : DEBIT
8
Stravinsky ballet : FIREBIRD
9
Sun-dried brick : ADOBE
10
Carpenter's joint : TENON
11
Mideast V.I.P. : SADAT
14
Corrida figure : PICADOR
16
Destiny : LOT
21
Après avril : MAI
25
Find fault with : CARP
26
Off-Broadway award : OBIE
27
Pecans : NUTS
28
Actor Erwin : STU
30
Neckline : VEE
32
Encore! : BIS
33
Ox of Celebes : ANOA
34
When Hamlet sees the ghost : ACTI
35
Check : REIN
37
Excessive : ALLFIRED
38
Meadow : LEA
39
Friml operetta : FIREFLY
40
Skill : ART
45
TV broadcast : AIRING
46
Uses a mixer : BLENDS
47
Baste : SEW
48
Sophia's husband : CARLO
49
Navigational system : LORAN
50
Ham it up : EMOTE
52
Cat's cry : MIAOW
53
Wedding-announcement word : NEE
55
Grist for a soothsayer's mill : OMEN
56
Change the décor : REDO
57
Betting game : KENO
58
Laurel or Kenton : STAN
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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