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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, May 27, 1993

45-Across : Queen of Egyptian gods

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { H J Q X }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 82, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 28.8 Grid has duplicate clues.
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,906
Across
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Parrots : GRASSIES
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Parrot : KAKAPO
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Summer refresher : LEMONADE
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Peak topper : ICECAP
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Military expeditions : ANABASES
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The "lily maid" : ELAINE
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Twelve: Abbr. : DOZ
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Play on words : PUN
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Kind of shot : FLU
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Nabokov book : DAR
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Thames town : ETON
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Trig ratio : SINE
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Ash or cracker preceder : SODA
28
French legislative body : SENAT
30
Glazed fabric finish : CIRE
32
Coll. entrance test : PSAT
33
Nail aslant : TOE
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Quattro minus uno : TRE
36
River to the Seine : OISE
37
Parrots : BUDGERIGARS
40
Depreciate : SLUR
42
Nest-egg acct. : IRA
43
Pose : SIT
44
Lacerated : TORE
45
Queen of Egyptian gods : SATI
47
Resign : DEMIT
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Coastal raptors : ERNS
52
City NNW of Auxerre : SENS
54
Lady of Spain : DAMA
55
Mus. direction : RIT
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Disciple's emotion : AWE
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Peg for Palmer : TEE
60
Apr.'s season : SPR
61
Famed cow owner : OLEARY
63
Parrot : COCKATOO
65
Fall fallers : LEAVES
66
Excite curiosity : INTEREST
67
Emphasize : STRESS
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Babas, e.g. : DESSERTS
Down
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Open spaces in forests : GLADES
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Observe anew : RENOTE
3
Parrot : AMAZON
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Kind of story : SOB
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Cookie type : SNAP
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Atalanta's father : IASUS
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Paradisiacal : EDENIC
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French possessive : SES
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Baltic seaport : KIEL
10
Rights org. : ACLU
11
Parrot : KEA
12
A blood condition : ACIDOSIS
13
Foods for ailing ones : PANADAS
14
Manage : OPERATE
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Iron: Comb. form : FERRI
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" ... great ___ second course": Shak. : NATURES
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A fertilizer : NITRATE
27
Wore jauntily : SPORTED
29
Bushy mass : TOD
31
Diagnostic tests, for short : EEGS
34
Protection : EGIS
37
Grain affliction : BURNTEAR
38
Rub out : ERASE
39
It can be foreign : AID
40
Solid alcohols found in plants : STEROLS
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Parrot : LORILET
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Chant : INTONE
48
Chess expert : MASTER
49
Tax : IMPOST
50
Seer's cards : TAROTS
53
Schismatic groups : SECTS
56
Bellicose god : ARES
57
"Swiss Family Robinson" author : WYSS
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Makes do, with "out" : EKES
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Greeting from Gaius : AVE
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El ___, Spanish hero : CID
64
Land measure : ARE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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