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Quivey
Quivey

New York Times, Friday, August 5, 1983

Author:
Quivey
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 29.6
Quivey has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,323
Across
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Soda jerk's utensil : SCOOP
6
Trilogy by Dos Passos : USA
9
Yearn : ACHE
13
Apollo 16 command ship : CASPER
15
Cold-weather threat : FLU
16
Hera's mother : RHEA
17
Grieg temptress : ANITRA
18
Row : OAR
19
Japanese aborigine : AINU
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Black ___ (patrol wagons) : MARIAS
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Tinges : CASTS
23
Light-fingered sneak : PICKPOCKET
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Flightless bird : EMU
29
Ar follower : ESS
30
Extinct wild ox : URUS
31
Vexes : RILES
33
Pang : STAB
34
Poem by Sandburg : LOSERS
35
Stud on a sole : HOBNAIL
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Sandhog, e.g. : LABORER
40
Root : ORIGIN
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Poet Nahum ___ : TATE
42
Some singers : ALTOS
43
Man of ltrs. : AUTH
44
Pride of Sen. Norris : TVA
47
Necktie fabric : REP
48
Dead wrong : OFFTHEBEAM
51
Record of a sort : ANNAL
53
Malodorous : RANCID
55
Pacific island staple : TARO
57
Minor member : COG
59
Durango or Hidalgo : ESTADO
60
Minutes of a meeting : ACTA
61
T-shaped staff : TAU
62
His fare is spare : DIETER
63
Interlock : MESH
64
Pen : STY
65
Mustard relative : CRESS
Down
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Sting : SCAM
2
Finger food : CANAPE
3
Egyptian deity : OSIRIS
4
Branch of physics : OPTICS
5
Malaysian state : PERAK
6
Extraterrestrial vehicle? : UFO
7
Informal wear : SLACKS
8
Subtle sensory stimuli : AURAE
9
Smell ___ : ARAT
10
Shady sculptor? : CHISELER
11
Mother ___ (guide carefully) : HEN
12
___ Claire, Wis. city : EAU
14
Ill-starred monk : RASPUTIN
22
Describing some lights : STROBE
24
Part of O.R.U. : ORAL
25
Beginner : CUB
27
Simple : MERE
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World's largest oil producer : USSR
32
Prefix with tope or type : ISO
33
Hiver or été : SAISON
34
Readied for the blade : LATHERED
35
Rime : HOAR
36
Heraldic band : ORLE
37
Walk-ons : BITPARTS
38
Dinh Diem : NGO
39
Trellis piece : LATH
41
Expression of impatience : TUT
43
Free of trouble or debt : AFLOAT
44
Frame for drying cloth : TENTER
45
Surrender possession : VACATE
46
Chemical compounds : AMIDES
49
Data : FACTS
50
Irreducible : BASIC
52
Early shipbuilder : NOAH
54
Actress from Swindon, Eng. : DORS
55
"___ Lin," Scottish ballad : TAM
56
Sleeve nestler : ACE
58
Writer de Maupassant : GUY

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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