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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

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New York Times, Sunday, July 15, 1984

59-Down : Buddhist monk

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 562 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 109, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,668
Across
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Ill-gotten money : PELF
5
Central point : NODE
9
Ungentlemanly chaps : CADS
13
Where King Hussein works : AMMAN
18
Cantata solos : ARIAS
20
First shepherd : ABEL
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Asian sea : ARAL
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Because of : DUETO
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Mime in search of a shade tree? : MARCARCEAU
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Actress lacking applause? : JUDITERSON
27
Branch of sculpture : STATUARY
28
Put up with : STOMACH
30
Apogee : ACME
31
Palm Beach-to-Boston dir. : NNE
32
Stringed instruments : VIOLS
33
Outbacker with big ears : KOALA
35
Where St. Paul was shipwrecked : MALTA
38
Book, in Berck : LIVRE
39
Colony founder : PENN
40
W.W. II beach assault vehicle : LST
43
"No ___!" : SIREE
44
Afflictions : SORES
45
Tequila cocktail : MARGARITA
47
Wrong : INCORRECT
49
Clowder members : CATS
50
Roman Aphrodite : VENUS
51
Cell constituent, for short : RNA
52
Violinist coinless in a phone booth? : YEHUNUHIN
55
City on the Aire : LEEDS
56
Countless ages : EON
57
Uses an abacus : ADDS
58
Shavian professor's pupil : ELIZA
59
Cattle genus : BOS
60
"___ Among the Nightingales" : SWEENEY
62
Small arch : HANCE
63
Court feat : LOVESET
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Manhood, to Marius : VIR
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Abraham's wife : SARAH
69
Capp's ___ the Hyena : LENA
70
Stout : ALE
71
More subdued : TAMER
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Admiral longing for a pet sea bird? : CHESIMITZ
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Ancient Roman spirit : LAR
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Conservationist Cleveland : AMORY
78
"Abbey ___," Beatles album : ROAD
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Firm attachments : ADHESIONS
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Rhythm instrument : CASTANETS
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"The ___ of Lammermoor" : BRIDE
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Diminish slowly : ERODE
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Outcries : OHS
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Collars : NABS
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Like a neglected garden : WEEDY
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Famous British family : EDENS
91
Flat-topped hill : BUTTE
93
Horace and Thomas : MANNS
94
Stein novel : IDA
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Bridge : SPAN
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Spanish mayor : ALCALDE
99
Novice : INITIATE
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Mystery writer without clues? : MICPILLANE
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Novelist not dealt winning cards? : WALLTEGNER
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Glacial ridge : ESKER
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" ... flies on summer ___": Keats : EVES
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Talented : ABLE
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Submarine apparatus : SONAR
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Didn't exist : WASNT
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Computer input : DATA
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Shoemaker's block : LAST
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Korean kin of G.I.'s : ROKS
Down
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Knaves of clubs, in loo : PAMS
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First-year-Latin word : ERAT
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Como coin : LIRA
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Reality : FACT
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Button material : NACRE
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Mind : OBEY
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Juno, to Caligula : DEA
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Baffling : ELUSIVE
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Wheedle : CAJOLE
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Calla lilies : ARUMS
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Arp's cult : DADA
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Raincoats : SLICKERS
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He wrote "The Sultan of Sulu" : ADE
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Orozco creation : MURAL
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Hallucinogen : MESCALINE
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Jot : ATOM
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"Therefore I'll ___ of it": Shak. : NONE
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Stroll : SAUNTER
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Indian prince : RANA
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Whiplash : THONG
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Rocky pinnacles : TORS
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Objets d'art : VIRTU
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Ballerina in need of a rest? : ANAVLOVA
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Fishing bait : MINNOW
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Esoteric : ARCANE
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Carroll or Carrillo : LEO
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Tay and Awe : LOCHS
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City on the Ganges : PATNA
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Scantling : STUD
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Soviet wire service : TASS
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Fathers : SIRES
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Unkempt : SEEDY
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Shade of yellow : MAIZE
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A.F.B. in Texas : REESE
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He painted "Toilers of the Sea" : RYDER
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Showy : CHICHI
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Approximated : NEARED
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Forelimb bones : ULNAS
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Singer waiting for the restaurant check? : ANIRYANT
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Buddhist monk : BONZE
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Shriver defeater in 1978 : EVERT
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Sunken fences : HAHAS
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Oblivion : LETHE
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Nation target : SALOON
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Kin of dik-diks : ELANDS
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Summary : TERSE
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Natives of Bathgate : SCOTS
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Watergate clam : LIDDY
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Mexican sandwich : TACO
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Oriental servant : AMAH
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Old turtles : MOSSBACKS
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"The ___," Genet play : MAIDS
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Emulated Daniel Shays : REBELLED
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Tranquilizes : SEDATES
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Dander : IRE
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Dating from birth : NATAL
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Flex : BEND
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Fresh start : RENEWAL
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Nobel Peace Prize winner: 1983 : WALESA
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Emulate Maxwell Perkins : EDIT
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Free the pigs : UNPEN
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Artist Zola defended : MANET
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Cove : INLET
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Hootamaganzy's cousin : SMEW
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Galileo's birthplace : PISA
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Nasal hollows : CAVA
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Misfortunes : ILLS
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Operatic prince : IGOR
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Part of A.D. : ANNO
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Strong, durable wood : TEAK
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Sins : ERRS
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N.Y.C. subway : IRT
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Mideastern fabric : ABA

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10 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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