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 Tangredi
Tangredi

New York Times, Tuesday, May 29, 1984

23-Across : Former First Family

Author:
Tangredi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q W Y }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1
Tangredi has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,621
Across
1
Eastern European : SLAV
5
Yellowish alloy : BRASS
10
Secluded valley : GLEN
14
Gambling game : KENO
15
Ransack : RIFLE
16
Annoy : RILE
17
Ambler's "Journey ___ Fear" : INTO
18
Transition from significance to triviality : ANTICLIMAX
20
Short length of track : SIDING
22
Wise; cautious : PRUDENT
23
Former First Family : FORDS
24
Conclusion : END
25
Drive or putt : STROKE
27
Far surpass : OUTCLASS
32
Dead heat : TIE
33
Storage bins : SILOS
35
Reddish brown : HENNA
36
Poetic tributes : ODES
38
Dimensions : SIZES
40
Wild guess : STAB
41
Cutting tool : RAZOR
43
Typographer's fine line : SERIF
45
Anger : IRE
46
Components : ELEMENTS
48
English surgeon: 1827-1912 : LISTER
50
Sense of self : EGO
51
Attain : REACH
52
Nervous; impatient : RESTIVE
56
Rallying song : ANTHEM
58
___ surgery (founded by 48 Across) : ANTISEPTIC
60
O.T. figure : ESAU
62
Unit : ITEM
63
Let : LEASE
64
Brume : MIST
65
Cupola : DOME
66
Meal at Passover : SEDER
67
To be: Lat. : ESSE
Down
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Go schussing : SKI
2
Part of the eye : LENS
3
Wintertime necessity, on the road : ANTIFREEZE
4
Primitive sorcery : VOODOO
5
U.S. jurist: 1856-1941 : BRANDEIS
6
Gifts to Super Bowl champs : RINGS
7
Astern : AFT
8
Lose footing : SLIP
9
Christie's "The ___ Adversary" : SECRET
10
Flat, heavy pans : GRIDDLES
11
Calcium compound : LIME
12
Ardor : ELAN
13
Proximate : NEXT
19
Midday event : LUNCH
21
Bothers : IRKS
25
Hoard : STORE
26
___ wave : TIDAL
27
Seeps : OOZES
28
One who takes advantage : USER
29
Opposite : ANTITHESIS
30
Trap : SNARE
31
Type of sword : SABER
34
Roll; catalogue : LIST
37
At an unspecified date : SOMETIME
39
Pistol accessory : SILENCER
42
Actor Toomey : REGIS
44
Decree : FIAT
47
Trollope offerings : NOVELS
49
Plot : SCHEME
51
Rear : RAISE
52
Sudden invasion : RAID
53
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
54
Stalk : STEM
55
Foil's kin : EPEE
57
Bulk : MASS
59
Bit : TAD
61
Pueblo's foe : UTE

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1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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