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Jack L. Steinhardt
Jack L. Steinhardt

AMADEUS

New York Times, Sunday, January 27, 1991

72-Across : Balloon cabin

Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 82, Avg Word Len: 5.20, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 577 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 115, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,055
Across
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West Coast nine : PADRES
7
Juniper : CEDAR
12
He cameth before the refrigerator : ICEMAN
18
Apply chrism : ANOINT
19
Intimidate : OVERAWE
22
Comb. form for 12 : DODECA
23
Mozart's bride in 1782 : CONSTANZEWEBER
25
Frittata, e.g. : OMELET
26
A deadly sin : ANGER
27
Unsubstantial : AIRY
28
Mental inventions : FIGMENTS
30
Mansard borders : EAVES
32
Diarized : ENTERED
34
Comes earlier than : PREDATES
38
Arithmetical sign : PLUS
39
Incongruity : ANOMALY
44
Outlying : REMOTE
45
Mecca for turiste : TREVI
47
Jay's cousin : PIE
48
Thought: Comb. form : IDEO
49
Calcar : OVEN
50
Italian town or gulf : ORISTANO
52
Roman historian : LIVY
53
Boxlike sleigh : PUNG
54
Absquatulated : FLED
57
Alpha, beta and gamma : RAYS
58
Man's slipper : ROMEO
59
Esculents : EDIBLES
61
Bolt-head sides : PANES
62
Niblick sockets : HOSELS
63
Invocational figure : ORANT
64
Jeep mfr. : AMC
65
Standoffish : ALOOF
67
Mathematically validated : PROVEN
70
Dike, Eunomia and Irene : HORAE
72
Balloon cabin : GONDOLA
75
Salieri, to Mozart : RIVAL
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Kin of "By Jove!" : EGAD
77
Rostrum : BEAK
78
Lurch : ROLL
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Uniform : EVEN
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Pine cone : STROBILE
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Grown-up chigger : MITE
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Set of three : TERN
86
Sounds at a shower : AHS
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Gula and cyma : OGEES
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Reserves : SPARES
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Stipulation in a contract : ARTICLE
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___ the Impaler (15th-century Romanian prince) : VLAD
94
Butter makers : CHURNERS
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Of a Mesolithic cultural stage : AZILIAN
98
Conductor Walter : BRUNO
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Rouen rooms : CHAMBRES
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Harsh; bleak : GRIM
103
Offensive odor : FETOR
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Radio's "___ the Magician" : CHANDU
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Mozart opera: 1791 : DIEZAUBERFLOTE
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Sadware alloy : PEWTER
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Racine tragedy: 1691 : ATHALIE
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Home of Abraham : HEBRON
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Velarium, e.g. : AWNING
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Teams of horses : SPANS
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Emulated Red Jacket : ORATED
Down
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S. American rodent : PACA
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Shortly : ANON
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Vietnamese monetary unit : DONG
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Upheave : RISE
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Importune : ENTREAT
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Dep. : STA
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Most comfortable : COZIEST
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Tinker's target : EVERS
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" ... ___-feather'd sleep": Milton : DEWY
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Modern art : ARE
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Mortar-mixing tool : RAB
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Mozart opera: 1781 : IDOMENEO
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Dermal blemish : COMEDO
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Whence the Pison flowed : EDEN
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Deliquesce : MELT
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Tops : ACES
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Actor Pendleton : NAT
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Certain fabrics : WEFTS
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Where Perry triumphed : ERIE
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Wheel hub : NAVE
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Millet : GRAIN
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Bolted : ATE
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Film featuring Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 : ELVIRAMADIGAN
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Nudnik or buttinsky : NUISANCE
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Buttress : PROP
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"George White's Scandals," e.g. : REVUE
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Correct : EMEND
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Mozart opera: 1787 : DONGIOVANNI
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Through; for each : PER
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"Amadeus" director : MILOSFORMAN
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Stop on ___ : ADIME
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Demolish : LEVEL
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Vacillates : YOYOS
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Punty or mandrel : ROD
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Defile : PASSAGE
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Nautical chain : TYE
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Spanish custard : FLAN
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Actor Cariou : LEN
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Williams and Ralston : ESTHERS
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Crucifix : ROOD
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Chanteur Jacques ___ : BREL
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Plane curve : PARABOLA
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Nene cry : HONK
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Chilean stream : LOA
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Disturbed ghost, in Hindu myths : PRETA
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Moon or Spoon : RIVER
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Unconcealed : OVERT
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U.S. satellite : OGO
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French area, rich in coal : LOIRE
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Permute : ALTER
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Apoidea member : BEE
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Slighter : LESS
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Mozart's birthplace: Jan. 27, 1756 : SALZBURG
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Possessive adjective : THEIR
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Conducted : LED
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Sopherim : SCRIBES
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Phoebus : SUN
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Suggest; volunteer : PROFFER
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Whitman died here: 1892 : CAMDEN
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Call on : VISIT
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Scottish philosopher: 1711-76 : HUME
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Wife of Tyndareus : LEDA
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Bobby Orr was one : BRUIN
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Use maxilla and mandible : CHEW
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A "Shampoo" star : HAWN
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Oppositionist : ANTI
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Jamboree : GALA
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Its chief town is Portoferraio : ELBA
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Illegality : TORT
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Western Indian : OTOE
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Lacerate : REND
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Acct., often : CPA
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Querying sounds : EHS
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Use a ray gun : ZAP
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Between pi and sigma : RHO

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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