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Alfio Micci
New York Times, Monday, July 5, 1976
Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 5.0
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 D | 2 A | 3 N | 4 P | 5 I | 6 A | 7 N | 8 O | 9 S | 10 L | 11 E | 12 T | 13 T |
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14 E | D | E | 15 A | C | C | O | S | T | 16 E | C | H | O |
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17 N | E | W | 18 S | L | E | T | T | E | R | 19 T | R | O | W |
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20 E | L | E | C | 21 B | O | A | R | 22 U | T | U | R | N |
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23 B | E | L | A | 24 B | O | R | S | 25 U | L | E | ||||
26 R | E | X | 27 G | S | T | R | 28 I | 29 N | 30 G |
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31 F | 32 H | 33 O | L | E | 34 X | 35 E | N | O | 36 P | R | I | M |
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37 E | A | S | E | S | 38 R | E | A | 39 H | E | I | N | E |
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40 L | I | L | T | 41 W | A | N | T | 42 A | R | S | O | N |
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43 T | R | O | L | 44 L | E | Y | 45 F | F | F | |||||
46 E | Y | E | 47 G | 48 R | A | T | E | 49 F | 50 U | 51 L |
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52 C | 53 N | 54 O | T | E | 55 G | A | E | L | 56 C | A | S | A |
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57 H | A | L | T | 58 L | O | V | E | L | 59 E | T | T | E | R |
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60 I | S | L | E | 61 E | L | E | V | E | N | 62 E | R | G |
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63 S | T | A | R | 64 G | A | L | E | N | A | 65 D | S | O |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,823
Across
1
Dapper one : DAN
4
Instruments : PIANOS
10
Latvian : LETT
14
Dutch commune : EDE
15
Confront : ACCOST
16
Resound : ECHO
17
Frequent Xmas-card enclosure : NEWSLETTER
19
Believe, old style : TROW
20
Utility: Abbr. : ELEC
21
Wild animal : BOAR
22
Road maneuver : UTURN
23
Assails : BELABORS
25
Rubber tree : ULE
26
Reed or Harrison : REX
27
Violinist's need : GSTRING
31
Violin sound opening : FHOLE
34
Foreign: Prefix : XENO
36
Stiff : PRIM
37
Comforts : EASES
38
Cartoonist Gardner : REA
39
German poet : HEINE
40
Tune : LILT
41
Privation : WANT
42
Certain crime : ARSON
43
Bus's victim : TROLLEY
45
Very loud, in music : FFF
46
Look at : EYE
47
Obliged : GRATEFUL
52
Certain bill : CNOTE
55
Scot : GAEL
56
Señor's house : CASA
57
Stem : HALT
58
Amorous epistle : LOVELETTER
60
Capri, for one : ISLE
61
Dice throw : ELEVEN
62
Work unit : ERG
63
Celebrity : STAR
64
Ore of lead : GALENA
65
British decoration : DSO
Down
1
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
2
Astaire : ADELE
3
Stair post : NEWEL
4
Chum : PAL
5
Place for a night raid : ICEBOX
6
Equity member : ACTOR
7
"___ a Stranger" : NOTAS
8
Dare, in Paris : OSER
9
Liner: Abbr. : STR
10
Correct : LETTERPERFECT
11
Beige : ECRU
12
Norse god : THOR
13
House or crier : TOWN
18
Badge for Miss Prynne : SCARLETLETTER
22
Final: Abbr. : ULT
24
Buzzers : BEES
25
Servicemen's org. : USO
27
Insect : GNAT
28
Garden bloom : IRIS
29
Spanish boy : NINO
30
Feds : GMEN
31
Touched : FELT
32
Broadway musical : HAIR
33
European capital : OSLO
34
Certain picture : XRAY
35
Poetic time : EEN
39
Handle : HAFT
41
Small : WEE
44
Caustic : LYE
45
Out of favor : FALLEN
47
Chairman's need : GAVEL
48
Administrative officer : REEVE
49
Doomed : FATED
50
Employers : USERS
51
Favorite from "Xerxes" : LARGO
52
Greek letters : CHIS
53
Political cartoonist : NAST
54
Stew pot : OLLA
55
Indian storeroom : GOLA
58
Journey segment : LEG
59
Spanish queen : ENA
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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