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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, January 7, 1991

34-Across : Succors

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, 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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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,035
Across
1
Handle roughly : MAUL
5
Argentine politico : PERON
10
Haggard novel : SHE
13
Prefix with bus : OMNI
14
Stood up : AROSE
15
Oscillate : SWAY
16
Salad ingredient : WATERCRESS
18
Stack : PILE
19
Glistened : SHONE
20
Bears witness : ATTESTS
22
Family car : SEDAN
26
Killer whales : ORCS
27
Pismire : ANT
30
Attractive : CUTE
31
Germany's Third ___ : REICH
33
Emulate Willie Sutton : ROB
34
Succors : HELPS
36
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
38
Popular dessert : CHOCOLATEECLAIR
42
Put an edge on : HONE
43
Billow : SURGE
44
Road-map abbr. : RTE
45
___ one's way (goes) : WENDS
48
Come close to : NEAR
49
"The butler ___ it" : DID
50
Dumbfound : STUN
51
Writer Gardner etal. : ERLES
53
Quiet place : RETREAT
56
Oahu greeting : ALOHA
60
Bailiwick : AREA
61
Breakfast item : CORNFLAKES
65
Small container for liquids : VIAL
66
Use a prie-dieu : KNEEL
67
Arduous journey : TREK
68
Printer's need : INK
69
Three score : SIXTY
70
Boobs : SAPS
Down
1
Does lawn work : MOWS
2
Asian nursemaid : AMAH
3
Biblical preposition : UNTO
4
Legal claims : LIENS
5
Soft shoe : PAC
6
Misjudge : ERR
7
Caviar : ROE
8
Greek peak : OSSA
9
Wise old man : NESTOR
10
Variety of beet : SWISSCHARD
11
Drill sergeant's order : HALT
12
Potato buds : EYES
15
Kind of delivery : SPECIAL
17
Reverberate again : REECHO
21
Due follower : TRE
23
Fencer's bout : DUEL
24
Reference book : ATLAS
25
Roman god of the sea : NEPTUNE
27
Duke or bishop preceder : ARCH
28
Not at all : NOHOW
29
Meat dish : TBONESTEAK
32
West Indian nation : HAITI
35
More arid : SERER
37
Raised : BRED
39
Part of C.S.T. : CENTRAL
40
Equal, in Dijon : EGAL
41
See 61 Across : CEREAL
46
Payable on demand : DUE
47
Light meals : SNACKS
52
Thin wood strips : SLATS
53
Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
54
Hibernia : ERIN
55
Singer Tennille : TONI
57
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
58
Dickens's Uriah ___ : HEEP
59
Invites : ASKS
62
Harrison or Stout : REX
63
Seine : NET
64
Fishing lure : FLY

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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