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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, September 10, 1986

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { H Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 50.4
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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V
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F
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J
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,455
Across
1
News broadcaster's summary : RECAP
6
Auricular : OTIC
10
Statutes : ACTS
14
"___ Paris," Porter song : ILOVE
15
Hawaiian bird : NENE
16
Recipe direction : BOIL
17
Choice oysters : BLUEPOINTS
19
Heraldic border : ORLE
20
Undermine : SAP
21
Nudge : PROD
22
Basked : SUNNED
24
"Michel Strogoff" author : VERNE
25
Lucy Hayes, ___ Webb : NEE
26
Debussy work : LAMER
29
Decisions at a P.O. : RTES
32
___ volente : DEO
35
Gemayel of Lebanon : AMIN
36
Declare without proof : ALLEGE
38
Lingerie item : BRA
39
Salad ingredients : DANDELIONGREENS
42
Trygve of the U.N. : LIE
43
Circumscribes : LIMITS
44
___-majesté : LESE
45
Duo in mayonnaise : ENS
46
Author Barstow : STAN
47
Strains : SIFTS
48
Thee, in Tours : TOI
50
Sage or pimento : SPICE
53
Grain used in making whisky : BARLEY
56
" ... ___clock scholar" : TENO
57
Vestment : ALB
60
Plant with fleshy leaves : ALOE
61
Summer drink : ICEDCOFFEE
64
Pantheon goddess : JUNO
65
TV's Jack : PAAR
66
Crustacean for a gourmet : PRAWN
67
French souls : AMES
68
Nev. city : ELKO
69
N.Y. restaurateur : SARDI
Down
1
Pork cuts : RIBS
2
Cinders : ELLA
3
Masterstroke : COUP
4
"___ atque vale" : AVE
5
Pungent condiment : PEPPER
6
Lyonnaise potatoes essential : ONION
7
Popular main course : TENDERLOINSTEAK
8
Part of I.R.S. : INT
9
Levy : CESS
10
" ... her poor dog ___" : ABONE
11
Cabbage accompaniment : CORNEDBEEF
12
Game piece : TILE
13
Coaster : SLED
18
Hockey great : ORR
23
Indy 500 star : UNSER
24
Peddle : VEND
26
Soup server : LADLE
27
Greatly, poetically : AMAIN
28
Thick vegetable soup : MINESTRONE
30
Big top : TENT
31
___ Benedict : EGGS
33
Director Lubitsch : ERNST
34
Wadis, at times : OASES
36
Landed : ALIT
37
Sieva bean's relative : LIMA
40
Longfellow heroine : ELSIE
41
Author Wiesel : ELIE
47
Ice-cream servers : SCOOPS
49
Pseudobutters : OLEOS
51
Dodger Guerrero : PEDRO
52
Kind of tax: Abbr. : INC
53
___ California : BAJA
54
Grad. : ALUM
55
Cry out sharply : YIPE
57
Way off : AFAR
58
Lecherous : LEWD
59
Bolivian river : BENI
62
First Lady Grace's man : CAL
63
Spaghetti ___ diavolo : FRA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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