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Maver
Maver

New York Times, Friday, September 23, 1983

Author:
Maver
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 38.7
Maver has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,372
Across
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Source of a powder : TALC
5
Bar at the bar : ESTOP
10
Fleeting odor : WAFT
14
Margarine : OLEO
15
Goddess of the hunt : DIANA
16
Bakery employee : ICER
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Average : MEAN
18
Enrage : ANGER
19
Redactor's word : DELE
20
Great breadth : EXPANSE
22
Village cynosure : STEEPLE
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On edge : TENSE
26
De Soto contemporary : NASH
27
"Nine ___," film or sitcom : TOFIVE
30
Afternoon naps : SIESTAS
33
Sunny's ___, 1983 Derby winner : HALO
34
Lab vessel : RETORT
36
He wrote "The Brave Bulls" : LEA
38
Mussorgsky's "Pictures ___ Exhibition" : ATAN
39
Mosaic contribution : LAW
40
Geological divisions : EONS
41
Opposite of pos. : NEG
42
Vermicelli and ravioli : PASTAS
45
Beer: Slang : SUDS
46
Wine-decanter ornamentation : RIGAREE
48
A dessert : MOUSSE
50
Soviet news agency : TASS
51
Where to find a nosing : STAIR
53
Jogger's woe : BLISTER
56
Elongated circle : ELLIPSE
60
Chess piece : ROOK
61
Himalayan kingdom : NEPAL
63
Wearers of teeth : ELKS
64
"The ___ of the skeleton": T. S. Eliot : AGUE
65
Cordial flavoring : ANISE
66
Orderly : NEAT
67
Expense : COST
68
Recluse : LONER
69
Grace ___, in "A Rage to Live" : TATE
Down
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Volume : TOME
2
Author Comfort : ALEX
3
Vault : LEAP
4
Striving : CONATION
5
He portrayed Lou Grant : EDASNER
6
Trigonometric terms : SINES
7
Children's game : TAG
8
Small bills : ONES
9
Ray, to Bob : PARTNER
10
Most spacious : WIDEST
11
Without a chief : ACEPHALOUS
12
Took a header : FELL
13
Honey locust, e.g. : TREE
21
Neighbor of Ore. : NEV
23
A side of Manhattan : EAST
25
Properties : ESTATES
27
Holier ___ thou : THAN
28
Horse opera : OATER
29
Grossly wicked : FLAGITIOUS
31
Big Ten competitor : IOWA
32
Dispatches : SENDS
35
Otherwise : ELSE
37
S. African fox : ASSE
40
Voracious : ESURIENT
42
Bygone days : PAST
43
Longfellow's "The ___ at Springfield" : ARSENAL
44
Not so big : SMALLER
47
Seal on a piston : GASKET
49
Lubricate : OIL
52
Harass : TEASE
53
Bric-a-___ : BRAC
54
Co. trademark : LOGO
55
Slots spot : RENO
57
Entreaty : PLEA
58
Card game for three : SKAT
59
Ariosto's patron : ESTE
62
Wrestling coup : PIN

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