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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, January 25, 1986

31-Across : Panther, old style

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.23, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,227
Across
1
Cpl.'s superior : SMAJ
5
Gangster's exit : LAM
8
Derby rider, for short : JOCK
12
Finale for Flotow : CODA
13
City in Turkey : ADANA
16
"Casta diva," e.g. : ARIA
17
One more time : ANEW
18
Former Yankee Irv ___ : NOREN
19
American educator : MANN
20
Prince John in TV's " ... Robin Hood" series : DONALDPLEASENCE
23
Author of "Gabriel Conroy" : HARTE
24
Brazilian Indians : GES
25
Multifarious : MANY
26
Outlawed weapon : NERVEGAS
31
Panther, old style : PARD
32
Greek mountain chain : OETA
33
"Judith" composer : ARNE
34
Uncle Charley O'Casey in "My Three Sons" : WILLIAMDEMAREST
37
Document, in Durango : ACTA
38
"Ada ___," novel by Lady Caroline Lamb : REIS
39
Happiness : GLEE
40
The Italian Stallion : STALLONE
42
Miner's tool : PICK
43
Recent, in Bonn : NEU
44
Bigger ___ breadbox : THANA
46
"Julia" Oscar winner: 1977 : VANESSAREDGRAVE
53
Engrave : ETCH
54
In ___ (up a tree) : ABIND
55
Moussorgsky's Godunov, e.g. : TSAR
56
Reaction to a touchdown : ROAR
57
Sometimes it's filthy : LUCRE
58
Latin abbr. : ETAL
59
Quaff for Hans : BRAU
60
Stashed : HID
61
Noted Jesuit lexicographer : RALE
Down
1
Saurel's cousin : SCAD
2
Plane prefix : MONO
3
Arabian port : ADEN
4
First prime minister of India : JAWAHARLALNEHRU
5
Dallas Cowboys' coach : LANDRY
6
Give a foundling a home : ADOPT
7
Filmdom's Blue Angel : MARLENEDIETRICH
8
He wrote "Why Not the Best?" : JAMESEARLCARTER
9
A casbah city : ORAN
10
Title for R.W.R. : CINC
11
"Boop-a-doop" girl : KANE
14
Bess Truman, ___ Wallace : NEE
15
Relation, to Oriental : ANAGRAM
21
Elissa of old movies : LANDI
22
More than one: Abbr. : SEV
25
Knights of ___ : MALTA
27
Vous ___ (René's "you are") : ETES
28
What Urdu is to a Bantu : GREEK
29
Faulkner hero : ANSE
30
Solidify : SET
31
Early Scot : PICT
32
Peck movie, with "The" : OMEN
34
Kipling's "The Man Who ___" : WAS
35
Act of bestirring : AROUSAL
36
Vintner's step : AGING
41
Bandleader Brown : LES
42
Like some accounts : PADDED
45
Painter Matisse : HENRI
46
Action word : VERB
47
Suffix with origin : ATOR
48
Collegiate org. : NCAA
49
Irish battle cry : ABU
50
Star with a tail : ASTA
51
South African river : VAAL
52
Dashiell contemporary : ERLE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 10 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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