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Elio Desiderio
Elio Desiderio

New York Times, Thursday, September 30, 1982

Author:
Elio Desiderio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 40.0
Elio Desiderio has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,014
Across
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National park in Okla. : PLATT
6
Uncommon : RARE
10
N.L. team : METS
14
Like a banshee's wail : EERIE
15
Spirit : ELAN
16
Black, to bards : EBON
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Mellivorous quadruped : RATEL
18
Sadly, to conductor Muti : CONDOLORE
20
Chaucer's "___ Nun's Tale" : THESECOND
22
Upper ___, Africa : VOLTA
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Study, with "over" : PORE
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Disowned : DENIED
25
Levied : TITHED
28
Mien : AIR
29
Strasberg's way, with "the" : METHOD
30
Urgent : PRESSING
35
Writer Chekhov : ANTON
36
Mix or Swift : TOM
37
Organic pigment : TONER
38
Amassed : STOREDUP
40
Alaska, in relation to Texas : LARGER
41
Kind of stripe : PIN
42
Eligible : FITTED
43
A former governor of Ga. : MADDOX
47
This may be over your head : TILE
48
Tatum, for one : ONEAL
49
Masseur's supply : LINIMENTS
54
Type of service : ANSWERING
56
Material for grinding : EMERY
57
Louvre attraction : NIKE
58
Impel : URGE
59
Thornton ___ Wilder : NIVEN
60
Mtg. : SESS
61
Pilsener, e.g. : BEER
62
Pompadour item : TRESS
Down
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Saucy : PERT
2
Jacob's substitute bride : LEAH
3
TV's Johnson : ARTE
4
Haberdasher's display : TIES
5
Spoiler of a rustic scene : TELEPHONEPOLE
6
LP, e.g. : RECORD
7
Solo : ALONE
8
She wrote "The Fountainhead" : RAND
9
Sake : END
10
Casaba : MELON
11
Town near Salerno : EBOLI
12
Viennese cake : TORTE
13
Slammin' Sammy : SNEAD
19
Exaggeration : OVERSTATEMENT
21
"Betty ___," 1930 Vallee hit : COED
24
Cutting tool : DIE
25
Voluminous dress : TENT
26
"Tell ___ the Marines!" : ITTO
27
Sif's husband : THOR
28
Slot-machine part : ARM
29
Bell and Barker : MAS
30
How goes the weasel? : POP
31
Ilk : SORT
32
Playwright from Kansas : INGE
33
CARE concern : NEED
34
Preface to a bark : GRR
36
Cask for amontillado : TUN
39
Trump worth 10 points in pinochle : DIX
40
Actress Damita : LILI
42
One of the dactyls : FINGER
43
Bewails : MOANS
44
Broadway heroine : ANNIE
45
Office equipment : DESKS
46
Coolidge's Vice President : DAWES
47
Hue that's light and slight : TINGE
49
Money for Mario : LIRE
50
Turkish title : EMIR
51
Glacial snowfield : NEVE
52
Very, to René : TRES
53
Roget's entries: Abbr. : SYNS
55
Chafe : RUB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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