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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Friday, September 20, 1974

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.53, Missing: { K Q V X }, Scrabble score: 378 (avg 2.09)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 5.5
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,169
Across
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Cake : BABA
5
Certain drs. : GPS
8
Slip : LAPSE
13
Old oath : EGAD
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Seed covering : ARIL
16
U.C.L.A. player : BRUIN
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Sphere : AREA
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Places : LOCI
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___ up (judged) : SIZED
20
Flashy stuff : RAZZMATAZZ
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Animal parks: Abbr. : ZGS
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Reverberate : ECHO
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Roman official : AEDILE
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Thor's wife : SIF
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Kind of bones : LAZY
33
Tiny opening : PORE
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Small hood : COIF
36
John or Jane : DOE
37
Desert sight : CAMEL
40
Seeped : OOZED
42
Peak : ALP
44
Metric unit : STERE
45
Trattoria offering : PIZZA
46
Ace : PRO
48
Austrian river : ENNS
49
Spring time : LENT
51
Evening, in Rome : SERA
53
Far East holiday : TET
54
Close anew : RESEAL
56
Prefix with thon or vision : TELE
58
Ethiopian prince : RAS
59
Early talkie : JAZZSINGER
64
Chemical compound group : AZOLE
67
Versifier : POET
68
Nap : DOZE
69
Rakes : ROUES
70
Fish : SOLE
71
Other: Sp. : OTRA
72
Shaw : ARTIE
73
Concerns of eds. : MSS
74
Comic-strip sound : WHAM
Down
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Stand : BEAR
2
Indian city : AGRA
3
Songstress Joan : BAEZ
4
In ___ (stupefied) : ADAZE
5
Arthurian knight : GALAHAD
6
Amoeba's family : PROTOZOA
7
Filmmaker Vittorio De ___ : SICA
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Wts. : LBS
9
Onassis : ARI
10
Perplexity : PUZZLEMENT
11
Prolonged trial : SIEGE
12
Partner of odds : ENDS
15
Judy's daughter : LIZA
21
1150, to Caesar : MCL
22
Airship, for short : ZEP
26
Dwarf's namesakes : DOCS
27
Angry : IRATE
28
Old English bard : SCOP
29
Arabian Nights count : IOOI
30
Comes to naught : FIZZLESOUT
32
Canine cries : YELPS
35
Turkish caps: Var. : FEZES
38
Sea eagle : ERNE
39
"___ we forget" : LEST
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Hamlet, for one : DANE
43
Cocktail snacks : PRETZELS
47
Electra's brother : ORESTES
50
___ Mahal : TAJ
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Muhammad ___ : ALI
54
Shaving item : RAZOR
55
Seats for tots : LAPS
57
Provide with : ENDOW
58
___ avis : RARA
60
TV-camera lens : ZOOM
61
Teuton : GOTH
62
Poet Pound : EZRA
63
Paper order : REAM
65
Garland : LEI
66
Compass point : ESE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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