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Peter Swift
New York Times, Monday, August 12, 1991
Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { B Q X }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Grid flow: 41.5
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 H | 3 A | 4 W | 5 S | 6 H | 7 A | 8 M | 9 S | 10 M | 11 O | 12 G |
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13 O | A | R | E | 14 D | 15 C | O | R | A | 16 P | A | P | A |
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17 P | U | T | T | I | 18 N | O | N | T | H | 19 E | R | I | T | Z |
20 E | L | I | 21 N | O | T | E | S | 22 M | A | N | S | E |
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23 S | E | 24 V | E | N | T | Y | 25 F | I | T | |||||
26 E | T | O | 27 S | 28 E | A | R | 29 O | 30 T | 31 T |
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32 A | 33 S | 34 S | E | T | 35 T | U | R | K | 36 S | L | U | E |
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37 J | E | E | P | E | 38 R | S | C | R | E | 39 E | P | E | R | S |
40 A | R | C | S | 41 Y | A | K | S | 42 G | O | O | F | S |
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43 M | E | T | 44 C | A | R | L | 45 S | O | U | |||||
46 F | A | N | 47 E | 48 N | T | I | T | 49 L | 50 E | |||||
51 E | 52 A | 53 G | L | E | 54 A | R | E | A | S | 55 A | R | 56 M |
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57 F | L | Y | I | N | 58 G | D | O | W | N | T | 59 O | R | I | O |
60 T | I | M | E | 61 N | O | S | E | 62 S | A | G | E | S |
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63 S | A | S | S | 64 U | S | E | R | 65 T | O | S | S |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,252
Across
1
Melt : THAW
5
Spurious imitation : SHAM
9
Urban health hazard : SMOG
13
Rowed : OARED
15
Actress Witherspoon : CORA
16
Dietrich's nickname for Hemingway : PAPA
17
Berlin hit song: 1929 : PUTTINONTHERITZ
20
Clockmaker Terry : ELI
21
Observes : NOTES
22
Clergyman's house : MANSE
23
LXX : SEVENTY
25
Suitable : FIT
26
D.D.E.'s command : ETO
27
Scorch : SEAR
29
Baseball's Mel : OTT
32
Cash or charm : ASSET
35
Ankara native : TURK
36
Veer; twist : SLUE
37
Mercer-Warren hit song: 1938 : JEEPERSCREEPERS
40
Curves : ARCS
41
Gabs : YAKS
42
Boo-boos : GOOFS
43
Lincoln Ctr. attraction : MET
44
Poet Sandburg : CARL
45
Old French coin : SOU
46
Strike out : FAN
47
Designate : ENTITLE
51
Duffer's thrill : EAGLE
54
Zones : AREAS
55
Limb : ARM
57
Kahn-Eliscu-Youmans hit song: 1933 : FLYINGDOWNTORIO
60
___ and again (often) : TIME
61
Proboscis : NOSE
62
Pundits : SAGES
63
Lip : SASS
64
Consumer : USER
65
Flip : TOSS
Down
1
Drink to excess : TOPE
2
Drags : HAULS
3
A Shaw : ARTIE
4
Soggy : WET
5
"Ivanhoe" author : SCOTT
6
Razaf-Waller hit song: 1929 : HONEYSUCKLEROSE
7
Music and ballet : ARTS
8
___-jongg : MAH
9
He ate lean : SPRAT
10
Principal : MAIN
11
Chooses : OPTS
12
Look intently : GAZE
14
Alcove near a kitchen : DINETTE
18
Taboo : NONO
19
Arabian prince : EMIR
24
D.C. officials : VEEPS
25
Fraudulent : FAKE
28
Bobbles the ball : ERRS
29
Pseudo-butter : OLEO
30
Sod : TURF
31
Hardy's ___ Durbeyfield : TESS
32
In ___ (troubled) : AJAM
33
Withered : SERE
34
Religious body : SECT
35
Dictator : TSAR
36
Harangue : SPOUT
38
Actor O'Neal : RYAN
39
Conceited ones : EGOISTS
44
City near St.-Lo : CAEN
45
Getz or Kenton : STAN
46
Pop-ups : FLIES
48
More modern : NEWER
49
Slow, in music : LARGO
50
Iroquoian Indians : ERIES
51
Salamanders : EFTS
52
Inter ___ : ALIA
53
Places for H.S. basketball : GYMS
54
Hubbubs : ADOS
56
Bog plant : MOSS
58
Large antelope : GNU
59
Cereal grass : OAT
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