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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, May 5, 1990

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 23.1
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,788
Across
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Dutch genre painter : MAAS
5
Like a good cake : MOIST
10
Cranny : GAP
13
French river : ORNE
14
Rite site : ALTAR
15
Body of an organism : SOMA
16
Town in Alberta : OLDS
17
Frat letter : SIGMA
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Green-winged duck : TEAL
19
Former British wool weights : TODS
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Ditto : TOO
21
Out of use : PASSE
22
River to the Seine : OISE
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Facial features : EYELIDS
27
A whaleboat rower : BOWOAR
29
Calm, in Calabria : SERENO
30
P.G.A.'s Wadkins : LANNY
31
City in Turkey : ADANA
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Naut. dir. : WBN
35
Nile killers : ASPS
36
Venerate : ADORE
37
Mrs., in Portugal : SNRA
38
Amt. of heat : BTU
39
Hammock rigging : CLEWS
40
Quiché speaker : MAYAN
41
Forecastle dwellers : SEAMEN
43
Mexican painter: 20th century : TAMAYO
44
Boudoir illuminator : BEDLAMP
45
"There ought to be ___" : ALAW
46
Be slowly destroyed : ERODE
47
Einstein's birthplace : ULM
49
___ victory (Churchill sign) : VFOR
52
Volt preceder : MEGA
53
Charpentier opera subject : MEDEA
55
Besides : ELSE
56
Wilander of tennis : MATS
57
This may be alimentary : CANAL
58
Statistic, e.g. : DATA
59
Solomon servant: Ezra 2:57 : AMI
60
Short-billed rail : CRAKE
61
Attention-getting sound : AHEM
Down
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Kind of court or hall : MOOT
2
A Guthrie : ARLO
3
A yo-yo does this : ANDDOWNPUSEOGTI
4
U.S. composer: 1896-1985 : SESSIONS
5
Conquer : MASTER
6
Mishmash : OLIO
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A yo-yo also does this : ITGOESDOWNPUDNA
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U.S. missile : SAM
9
Horse-racing gp. : TRA
10
A yo-yo on a short string does this : GOESDOWNYAWFLAH
11
Pile up : AMASS
12
Fence picket : PALE
15
Ensanguine : STAIN
21
Court action : PLEA
23
Opinion : SAY
25
Thurber's "The ___ With Ross" : YEARS
26
Irish lake : ERNE
27
Squeal : BLAB
28
Oven : OAST
31
Revoke, as a legacy : ADEEM
33
Pulverize : BRAY
34
Dwarf: Comb. form : NANO
36
___-Ata, Soviet city : ALMA
37
Hindu sacred writings : SAMAVEDA
39
Racing driver Yarborough : CALE
40
___ de mer : MAL
42
Icelandic literary works : EDDAS
43
Southwestern dish : TAMALE
44
Clean a ship's bottom, in a way : BREAM
46
Austen novel : EMMA
48
Security breach : LEAK
50
Roman host : OSTE
51
Twenty quires : REAM
53
Year in the reign of King John : MCC
54
"At each ___ a hearer": Hamlet : EAR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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