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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, July 30, 1986

60-Down : Glasses case

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 321 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 53.0
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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W
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J
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S
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R
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M
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G
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C
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N
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S
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K
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N
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,413
Across
1
Dumbfounded : AWED
5
Window-frame part : JAMB
9
Painter of "Absinthe" : DEGAS
14
Lecher : ROUE
15
Song for Sills : ARIA
16
Cross : IRATE
17
Bass horn : TUBA
18
Singer from Dartford, England : MICKJAGGER
20
Techniques : SKILLS
22
Listen to : HEED
23
Gen. Pershing's command : AEF
24
Antonym of hiver : ETE
25
Hitch : FASTEN
27
Calloway : CAB
29
Where La Chine is : ASIE
31
Antiquated : MOSSY
35
Gram. case : ABL
36
Hewed : FELLED
39
One of the Near Islands : ATTU
40
Songwriter from Bloomington, Ind. : HOAGYCARMICHAEL
43
Reactor, for short : NUKE
44
Shudder : TREMOR
45
Lorna Ridd, ___ Doone : NEE
46
Rises : STEMS
48
Venture : DARE
49
G.I.'s, at times : KPS
50
Overcharges : STINGS
53
___ out (make do) : EKE
55
Fidel's former aide : CHE
58
Shebat's follower : ADAR
59
Kitchen device : OPENER
62
Film star from Vienna : HEDYLAMARR
65
Kett of comics : ETTA
66
Character in "The Tempest" : ARIEL
67
Malefic : EVIL
68
Common or proper word : NOUN
69
Scene of violence in 1965 : WATTS
70
Challenge : DEFY
71
Geraint's wife : ENID
Down
1
Judo and karate, e.g. : ARTS
2
"The Caine Mutiny" author : WOUK
3
Pianist from Baltimore, Md. : EUBIEBLAKE
4
Started a poker game : DEALT
5
Plays jazz : JAMS
6
"Exodus" hero : ARI
7
Actor from Bristol, England : MICHAELREDGRAVE
8
Certain gatherings : BAKES
9
Royal headband : DIADEM
10
Work unit : ERG
11
Cuckoo : GAGA
12
Fits to ___ : ATEE
13
Medieval toiler : SERF
19
Kind of stream : JET
21
Like a thicket in June : LEAFY
25
Pertaining to threads : FILAR
26
Beery or Webster : NOAH
27
Lyricist Sammy's kin : CAHNS
28
Roughly : ABOUT
30
Schismatic group : SECT
32
Bandleader from Wichita, Kan. : STANKENTON
33
Saturate : STEEP
34
Certain feast days : YULES
37
Woodhouse and Lazarus : EMMAS
38
Name in fashion : DIOR
41
Cat's-eyes, e.g. : GEMS
42
___ up on (surprise) : CREEP
47
Booths : STALLS
51
Writer Tarbell : IDA
52
Identified : NAMED
54
N.H. city : KEENE
55
Quid, in Dogpatch : CHAW
56
Zeus's sister and mate : HERA
57
Copyread : EDIT
59
Paris suburb : ORLY
60
Glasses case : ETUI
61
Dancer who had very few fans : RAND
63
However : YET
64
Moroccan coastal region : RIF

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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