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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, January 7, 1987

20-Across : Homesteaders

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,574
Across
1
Float airily : WAFT
5
Orange-yellow : AMBER
10
Stoker in "The Hairy Ape" : YANK
14
Capital place for a solo? : OSLO
15
"___ But Me," Kern song : NOONE
16
Mediterranean port : ORAN
17
Horner's smug comment : WHATAGOODBOYAMI
20
Homesteaders : SETTLERS
21
Sign causing many a rent : TOLET
22
Hibernia : EIRE
23
Songwriter Domino : FATS
25
Tocsins : ALERTS
28
Kind of bean : SOYA
29
Pt. of a warship's name : USS
32
Knowledge : LORE
33
Threshed grain stalks : STRAW
34
Expression of indifference : HUH
35
Happy-go-lucky fellow : GOODTIMECHARLIE
39
U.S.N.A. grad : ENS
40
Circuit : ROUTE
41
"I could ___ horse!" : EATA
42
Gypsy gentleman : RYE
43
Slugger Mel's family : OTTS
44
Creator of the leitmotif : WAGNER
46
"___ Doing All Right," Gershwin song : IWAS
47
A tribe of Israel : LEVI
48
Tea cake : SCONE
51
Move : RELOCATE
55
St. Nicholas's farewell : TOALLAGOODNIGHT
58
Gaelic language : ERSE
59
Silly : INANE
60
O.T. book : DEUT
61
Dillon, in "Gunsmoke" : MATT
62
Piano-factory employee : TUNER
63
Brink : EDGE
Down
1
Amazes : WOWS
2
Wimbledon winner: 1975 : ASHE
3
Lacking sparkle : FLAT
4
Walked unsteadily : TOTTERED
5
Nettles : ANGERS
6
Poet Marianne : MOORE
7
Jeers : BOOS
8
Position for Russ Francis : END
9
Johnny ___ : REB
10
Toys with strings attached : YOYOS
11
Fourth-largest inland sea : ARAL
12
Hood's handle : NAME
13
Link firmly : KNIT
18
Touched down : ALIT
19
Capital once called Bytown : OTTAWA
23
Pressure : FORCE
24
Indian maid : AYAH
25
"Luck and Pluck" author : ALGER
26
Daft : LOONY
27
Jagged : EROSE
28
Galley-proof words : STETS
29
Prussian cavalryman: 19th century : UHLAN
30
Musical composition : SUITE
31
Fleece : SHEAR
33
S. African statesman : SMUTS
36
Gardener's utensil : TROWEL
37
Whit : IOTA
38
Macbeth's crime : REGICIDE
44
Metalworker : WELDER
45
Severn feeder : AVON
46
Ria : INLET
47
Sierra ___ : LEONE
48
Originate : STEM
49
Actress Witherspoon : CORA
50
Tobacco kiln : OAST
51
Sheepskin leather : ROAN
52
Mellowed : AGED
53
Goon : THUG
54
Luncheon ending : ETTE
56
Little island : AIT
57
Bearded antelope : GNU

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1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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