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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

New York Times, Tuesday, June 15, 1993

8-Down : Earl or duke

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { J K Q }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 20.5
Peter Gordon has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 109 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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C
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R
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A
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F
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T
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A
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N
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D
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L
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C
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C
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H
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A
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M
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C
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Y
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O
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P
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M
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V
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H
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D
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,925
Across
1
Special skill : CRAFT
6
Declined : WANED
11
Is in the past : WAS
14
"Santa ___," Italian song : LUCIA
15
Worship : ADORE
16
Presidential nickname : ABE
17
Magician's magic word : ABRACADABRA
19
King, to Caesar : REX
20
Ball-___ hammer : PEEN
21
Pastoral poem : IDYL
22
Gould's Warbucks : DADDY
24
Yield : CEDE
26
Famous garden : EDEN
28
Grasshopper ingredient : CREMEDEMENTHE
33
Wingtips, e.g. : SHOES
34
A Bobbsey twin : NAN
35
After-hours banking option: Abbr. : ATM
37
Chows down : EATS
38
Astute : CANNY
40
"___ Steverino!": Steve Allen book : HIHO
41
Comedian Philips : EMO
42
Columbus campus, for short : OSU
43
"Understand?" : GOTIT
44
Like Stone Age culture : PRIMITIVISTIC
49
Arhus resident : DANE
50
Author LeShan and others : EDAS
51
Shaving need : RAZOR
54
Neural network : RETE
56
Miami basketball team : HEAT
60
Lennon's widow : ONO
61
What witch doctors use : VOODOODOLLS
64
Robert of "Quincy" : ITO
65
Omit in pronunciation : ELIDE
66
Roman burial stone : STELA
67
Guitarist Paul : LES
68
___-slipper : LADYS
69
Felix's roommate : OSCAR
Down
1
Applaud : CLAP
2
Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
3
Land measure : ACRE
4
Betrotheds : FIANCEES
5
The middle X? : TAC
6
Stuffed with cotton : WADDED
7
"An apple ___..." : ADAY
8
Earl or duke : NOBLEMAN
9
Be human : ERR
10
Make less sensitive : DEADEN
11
District : WARD
12
Tucked in : ABED
13
Risqué : SEXY
18
Helper : AIDE
23
Earth mover : ANT
25
Bad ___, German spa : EMS
27
Gainsay : DENY
28
Title holder : CHAMP
29
Helicopter part : ROTOR
30
Boredom : ENNUI
31
Half of Hispaniola : HAITI
32
Moral precept : ETHIC
33
Spot : SEE
36
Bon ___ (witticism) : MOT
38
Invent, as a word : COIN
39
Body between Mars and Jupiter : ASTEROID
40
Flamboyantly successful people : HOTSHOTS
43
J. Low group : GSA
45
Knot-tying phrase : IDO
46
Wonder : MARVEL
47
Nixes a bill : VETOES
48
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
51
Disturb : ROIL
52
Poker-pot starter : ANTE
53
Chaotic places : ZOOS
55
Whirlpool : EDDY
57
Kind of engr. : ELEC
58
___ breve (2/2 time) : ALLA
59
Peter, for one : TSAR
62
Ending for pay or play : OLA
63
Brit. military award : DSO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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