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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

SINS OF OMISSION

New York Times, Sunday, September 11, 1983

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 539 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 102, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 44.5
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,360
Across
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"The Consul" heroine : MAGDA
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___ Gay : ENOLA
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Prefix with light : TWI
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Knight's garb : MAIL
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Wickerwork material : OSIER
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Skirt inserts : GORES
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Leather from sheepskin : ROAN
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Church calendar : ORDO
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Art letter : MISSINGLINK
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Focal point : EPICENTER
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Full of gusto : ZESTY
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A for sore eyes : SIGHTUNSEEN
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"On ___ Boat to China" : ASLOW
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Musical sense : EAR
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Blue Eagle meas. : NRA
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Monotonous life style : RUT
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Sideways : ASKANT
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Worried : AFRET
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Roi's mate : REINE
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Part of the Pacific : CHINASEA
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Ger. : TEUT
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Less lenient : STERNER
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Curr. unit : AMP
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Patterns : IDEALS
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Footless : APOD
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Homeless one, for short : VAG
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Fleet : RAPID
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"of All Flesh" : LOSTTHEWAY
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Copter's relative : GIRO
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Windflower : ANEMONE
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Laconic Pres. : CAL
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Road shoulder : BERM
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Type of prof : ASST
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Roastmaster Martin's nickname : DINO
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Like some silks : WATERED
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"I am monarch of ___ survey" : ALLI
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Report-card foursome : ABCD
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Redolence : ODOR
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"Dolce ___ niente" : FAR
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Was far from cordial : SNUBBED
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Cotton quantity : BALE
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"A in time ... " : DROPSTITCH
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Ravel's "La ___" : VALSE
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Explorer Johnson : OSA
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"When I was ___" : ALAD
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Japan's largest island : HONSHU
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Agcy. Eric Johnson headed : ESA
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Be bratty : DISOBEY
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Eke Crater locale : MAUI
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Municipal officials : ALDERMEN
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Succeed : ENSUE
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Short narrative : CONTE
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Unreasonable : INSANE
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Postal abbr. : RLO
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Take an unfair share : HOG
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Serling or Laver : ROD
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In agreement : ATONE
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"Tell, in mournful numbers": Longfellow : FORGETMENOT
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"___ evil ... " : SEENO
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American inventor : ELIASHOWE
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"upon a time ... " : ONCEREMOVED
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So be it : AMEN
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Eternally : EVER
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Wild hogs : BOARS
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Dissimulation of a sort : IRONY
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Wagnerian tetralogy : RING
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Glowing : RED
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White-plumed bird : EGRET
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Perfume the air : CENSE
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P. Wylie's target : MOM
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"___ was going to ... " : ASI
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James Jones heroes : GIS
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___ Moines, Iowa : DES
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Site of Horse Mesa Dam : ARIZONA
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Fowl products : EGGS
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Nick of films : NOLTE
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Indic language : ORIYA
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Actor Cariou : LEN
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Invites : ASKS
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Astaire-Rogers film: 1935 : TOPHAT
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Bide one's time : WAIT
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Bring on oneself : INCUR
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Chiller heavy : MONSTER
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TV's Johnson : ARTE
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Brainstorm in Brest : IDEE
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Bereft, old style : LORN
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Emulate Miss Otis : REGRET
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Tritons : NEWTS
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Habituated : ENURED
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Flood : INRUSH
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Cinders collector : ASHMAN
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"A Touch of" : SKIPPEDCLASS
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County in Sweden : LAN
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Sound heard in a parade : RATATAT
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Kin of the sunfish : ACARA
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"Then I like some watcher of the skies": Keats : FELTLEFTOUT
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"A for All Seasons" : INVISIBLEMAN
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Approaches : NEARS
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Bane of grain : ERGOT
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Haste, in Hanover : EILE
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Fuss : ADO
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Box : SPAR
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Busy Yuletide person : TOYMAN
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Steep slope : ESCARP
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In wonder of : AWED
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Chemical compound : IMIDE
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Pasquale or Giovanni : DON
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Germany's first First Family: 1919-25 : EBERTS
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Emperor after Nero : GALBA
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Kind of soup : NOODLE
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Artist Grant : WOOD
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Mount or Prince : RAINIER
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Murray Schisgal play : LUV
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Domicile : ABODE
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Street of songdom : BASIN
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Cart : DRAY
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Synagogue : SHUL
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Early ascetic : ESSENE
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Silas ___, U.S. patriot : DEANE
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Yoruban deity : SHANGO
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Half or third of a dance : CHA
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Poplars : ABELES
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Book by Philip Roth : OURGANG
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Dog that barks at Luna : MOONER
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A Keaton : DIANE
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Relating to insects : ENTOMIC
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Army V.I.P. in charge of provisions : RSO
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Masticated : CHEWED
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Second of two : OTHER
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Levant or Hammerstein : OSCAR
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Steel-plow pioneer : DEERE
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Dread : FEAR
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Noted Italian film director : OLMI
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Zilch, to Pierre : RIEN
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Budge : MOVE
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Start of a famous soliloquy : TOBE
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Once, once : ERST
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Ale's cousin : NOG
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Mispickel or bauxite : ORE
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Otto ___ Bismarck : VON
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Em followers : ENS
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Recolor : DYE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 13 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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