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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Tuesday, September 30, 1980

36-Across : Congressman from Buffalo who became President

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 24.5
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,284
Across
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Reprimand : SCOLD
6
Box : SPAR
10
Traveled on : RODE
14
Section of TV equipment : AUDIO
15
Staff member : AIDE
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Balanced : EVEN
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Mayor of Buffalo who became President : GROVERCLEVELAND
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To exist, in Paris : ETRE
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Mamie's man : IKE
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Glorifies : EXALTS
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Part of L.A. : LOS
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Court order : WRIT
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Narrow water passage : STRAIT
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Attaches : FASTENS
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Seed coverings : ARILS
33
Verdi opus : AIDA
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Choose : OPT
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Congressman from Buffalo who became President : MILLARDFILLMORE
40
Fish : EEL
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Blende and prill : ORES
42
Lets up : EASES
43
Vitiates : DEBASES
46
"Angel ___," 1941 play : STREET
47
Detail : ITEM
48
Sudermann's "___ Hohe Lied" : DAS
49
Hebrew greeting : SHALOM
52
Business-letter word : SIR
53
Steady pain : ACHE
57
President slain in Buffalo : WILLIAMMCKINLEY
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Inactive : IDLE
61
Defeat : ROUT
62
Flat : STALE
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Fermented beverage : MEAD
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System of exercises : YOGA
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Packs down lightly : TAMPS
Down
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Cooking herb : SAGE
2
Abrupt in speech : CURT
3
Repute : ODOR
4
Not recorded : LIVE
5
Female kangaroo : DOE
6
Gives the ax to : SACKS
7
Heap : PILE
8
Fruit drink : ADE
9
Turnabout : REVERSAL
10
Tell : RELATE
11
Elliptical : OVAL
12
Unsightly sight on a sedan : DENT
13
Results : ENDS
18
Mob violence : RIOT
19
Way out : EXIT
23
Jurgen's wife : LISA
24
North African riverbeds : WADIS
25
Identical : SAME
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Made an effort : TRIED
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Lunar surface feature : RILLE
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Mosel's "___ the Way Home" : ALL
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Band instruments : FIFES
30
Snare : NOOSE
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Drinking bout : SPREE
33
Pertinent: Lat. : ADREM
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The Army's alpha, e.g. : TEST
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Evergreen plant of the mint family : ROSEMARY
38
Allows : LETS
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Spoil : MAR
44
Charged : BILLED
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Thine: Fr. : ATOI
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One of the Channel Islands : SARK
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Pronouncements : DICTA
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Do the crawl : SWIM
50
Cache : HIDE
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___ breve (musical passage) : ALLA
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Complacent : SMUG
53
Theatrical org. : ANTA
54
Stop talking, with "up" : CLAM
55
Cry of distress : HELP
56
Potato buds : EYES
58
Pasture sound : MOO
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Adherent of: Suffix : IST

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