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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Monday, August 4, 1986

55-Down : "And giving ___ ... ": C. Moore

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 27.0
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,418
Across
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Hijack : ROB
4
Saint-Saëns's "___ Macabre" : DANSE
9
Frolic : ROMP
13
Salt Lake City team : UTES
15
Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
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Assam spinner : ERIA
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Artie or Robert : SHAW
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Approaches : NEARS
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Opening : VENT
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Sandwich favorite : HAMANDCHEESE
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Wigwam : TEPEE
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Yen : URGE
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Fare for campers : PORKANDBEANS
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Bridge expert : GOREN
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Arrow poisons : INEES
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Bleat : BAA
38
"Amores" author : OVID
39
Rose essence : ATTAR
40
Pawn : HOCK
41
Chaney : LON
42
Broad, in Bonn : BREIT
43
Catalogues : SORTS
44
London nosh : FISHANDCHIPS
47
Letter starter : DEAR
48
Words to a hitchhiker : GETIN
51
Breakfast order : BACONANDEGGS
57
Skirt variety : MAXI
60
Fictional bell town : ADANO
61
Insult : SLAP
62
Blue-pencil : EDIT
63
Drive : MOTOR
64
Clubs, for one : SUIT
65
Clark's girlfriend : LOIS
66
Rust : ERODE
67
Mayday's kin : SOS
Down
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Hurry : RUSH
2
"___ this too too solid flesh ... ": Hamlet : OTHAT
3
Koch's predecessor : BEAME
4
Ire : DANDER
5
Guinness or Clunes : ALEC
6
A Webster : NOAH
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Parched : SERE
8
To be, in old Rome : ESSE
9
Memorable silversmith : REVERE
10
Galena or bauxite : ORE
11
Andy Gump's wife : MIN
12
Singer Boone : PAT
14
Made a trade : SWAPPED
21
Garish light : NEON
22
Replacements, for short : SUBS
25
Eva or Magda : GABOR
26
Portray : ENACT
28
Soared : KITED
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Huxley's "___ Hay" : ANTIC
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Under, to poets : NEATH
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"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
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Broadway director Gene : SAKS
33
Palmer's game : GOLF
34
Like Humpty Dumpty : OVOID
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Salon offering : RINSE
39
Prince Valiant's son : ARN
40
Airline figure : HOSTESS
42
Theda of silents : BARA
43
Tore : SPED
45
Wonts : HABITS
46
Snub or neglect : IGNORE
49
Arctic abodes : IGLUS
50
Marsh of mystery : NGAIO
52
Arrived : CAME
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Kitchen emanation : ODOR
54
Western-alliance letters : NATO
55
"And giving ___ ... ": C. Moore : ANOD
56
N.Y.C. et al. : SPTS
57
Actor Ferrer : MEL
58
Fuss : ADO
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Dial numeral : XII

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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