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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, September 13, 1989

68-Across : Writer Ludwig

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Grid flow: 36.2
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,554
Across
1
Pops : DADS
5
Soft mineral : TALC
9
Raised : BRED
13
Lamb's "Essays of ___" : ELIA
14
President of Costa Rica : ARIAS
16
Level : RAZE
17
Drivel : BLAH
18
Israeli statesman : BEGIN
19
As for : INRE
20
Of musical pitch : TONAL
22
Dom. of Otto : HRE
23
Thailand, once : SIAM
24
28
Actress Ekberg : ANITA
29
Procrastinates : DELAYS
33
Realtor: Abbr. : AGT
36
"___ Kapital" : DAS
37
Mercury, for one : METAL
38
Unsoiled : CLEANASAWHISTLE
43
Electrician-inventor: 1857-1943 : TESLA
44
Tuition : FEE
45
Evergreen tree : YEW
46
Purpose : INTENT
48
Poet Markham : EDWIN
51
Adamant; steely : HARDASNAILS
55
Kind of saxophone : ALTO
58
Ballet, e.g. : ART
59
Casaba : MELON
61
Charismatic leader : GURU
62
Crude person : YAHOO
65
Colombian city : CALI
66
A son of Seth : ENOS
67
___ for (represent) : SPEAK
68
Writer Ludwig : EMIL
69
To ___ (as yet) : DATE
70
Slips : ERRS
71
Radio's "Vic and ___" : SADE
Down
1
Liability : DEBT
2
Admit : ALLOW
3
Moon goddess : DIANA
4
Vast arid area : SAHARA
5
Bill : TAB
6
"We ___ the World" : ARE
7
Airy; almost weightless : LIGHTASAFEATHER
8
Egypt's capital : CAIRO
9
Stiff hairs : BRISTLES
10
Hindu princess : RANI
11
Pound or Stone : EZRA
12
Judge : DEEM
15
P.G.A.'s Sam : SNEAD
21
K-O connection : LMN
25
Verdi opera : AIDA
26
RR stops : STAS
27
Trucking rig : SEMI
30
A.B.A. member : ATTY
31
Whiffenpoof's home : YALE
32
Large amount : SLEW
33
Play opener : ACTI
34
Valley : GLEN
35
Rorschach ___ : TEST
39
Bar of a sort : ALEHOUSE
40
Dog in "Peter Pan" : NANA
41
Unites : WEDS
42
Cut down : HEWN
47
Salvers : TRAYS
49
"O, ___ fortune's fool!": Shak. : IAM
50
Certain relatives : NIECES
52
Hang limply : DRAPE
53
Woolly beast of burden : LLAMA
54
Kind of geometry : SOLID
55
Like a graybeard : AGED
56
Kind of moth : LUNA
57
Student's pony : TROT
60
Shade of green : NILE
63
Scull : OAR
64
Approves : OKS

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