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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Saturday, August 13, 1977

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,227
Across
1
Light-switch position : OFF
4
Bridegroom's buss fare : KISS
8
Apportion : ALLOT
13
Ne ___ ultra (acme) : PLUS
15
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
16
Silly one : GOOSE
17
Anthony's female counterpart : TONI
18
Star that brightens, then fades : NOVA
19
Frome or Allen : ETHAN
20
Tchaikovsky hero : EUGENONEGIN
23
Stretch (with "out") : EKE
24
Italian composer Riccardo : DRIGO
25
Dispatch : SEND
26
Turner or Cole : NAT
27
Kind of market : FLEA
30
Famed puppeteer : SARG
32
Make limp and soiled : BEDRAGGLE
37
Lorelei : SIREN
40
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
41
Gratings : GRIDS
43
Relative of a 'copter : GIRO
44
Sharpened : HONED
46
Implications : OVERTONES
48
Double CCII : CDIV
50
Yule song : NOEL
51
Half a dance : CHA
53
Weak-eyed worm hunter : MOLE
56
Pierre's dreams : REVES
60
"Leave ___ to heaven ... ": Hamlet's father's ghost : HER
61
Rossini hero : WILLIAMTELL
64
Chou ___ : ENLAI
66
Totals : ADDS
67
Server : TRAY
68
Derisive sound : SNORT
69
Liquefy : MELT
70
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
71
Chores : TASKS
72
Alaska's is 585,412 sq. mi. : AREA
73
Poet's "forever" : EER
Down
1
Chose : OPTED
2
Cooking staple : FLOUR
3
Mushrooms, e.g. : FUNGI
4
Bingo's relative : KENO
5
Shackle : IRON
6
Makes a bank deposit : SAVES
7
Actors' milieu : STAGE
8
Orders of business : AGENDAS
9
Destiny : LOT
10
Wagner hero : LOHENGRIN
11
Honshu city : OSAKA
12
Belief : TENET
14
Wagner hero : SIEGFRIED
21
Popular piano number : NOLA
22
Those elected : INS
28
Breakfast item : EGG
29
Field: Comb. form : AGRO
31
Verdi hero : RIGOLETTO
32
Scrooge utterance : BAH
33
Ike's command : ETO
34
Verdi hero : DONCARLOS
35
Ullmann of films : LIV
36
Idyllic place : EDEN
38
"Maid of Athens, ___ we part ... " : ERE
39
1, 2, etc.: Abbr. : NOS
42
Producer's favorite letters : SRO
45
Fools; blockheads : DIMWITS
47
School session : TERM
49
"___, che sapete" (Mozart aria) : VOI
51
Word with hope or treasure : CHEST
52
Hair rinse : HENNA
54
Andean denizen : LLAMA
55
Church official : ELDER
57
Frost forte : VERSE
58
Puff up : ELATE
59
Not so straightforward : SLYER
62
Inactive : IDLE
63
___ de bandera (Spanish flagstaff) : ASTA
65
Noah's refuge : ARK

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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