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Mary S. Snyder
Mary S. Snyder

New York Times, Tuesday, January 7, 1992

54-Across : Dillon portrayer

Author:
Mary S. Snyder
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { G J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Mary S. Snyder has 21 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,400
Across
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Oh, to Hansel : ACH
4
Ages : EON
7
"___ d'Arthur" : LEMORTE
14
Easily fractured : BRITTLE
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Pig out : OVEREAT
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Sad name : DOLORES
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Heavenly name : CELESTE
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Spanish explorer : ONATE
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Stings : SMARTS
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Metz mothers : MERES
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Mel of baseball : OTT
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Kind of sch. : TECH
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Damascus is its cap. : SYR
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Dixie dish : PONE
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Ma's instrument : CELLO
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Caravansary : SERAI
34
Hajj pilgrim : MUSLIM
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Nigerian city : ABA
38
Toothy wheel : RATCHET
40
Copy : APE
41
Officer Gannon's friend : FRIDAY
43
Raised a check : KITED
45
Seconds : AIDES
46
Fountain or Rose : PETE
47
"___ Got a Secret" : IVE
50
Harvest : REAP
51
Letters at LAX : ARR
52
City WNW of Madrid : AVILA
54
Dillon portrayer : ARNESS
57
Granular snows : NEVES
58
Divine name : AMBROSE
61
Aristocratic name : PATRICK
63
They ring twice : POSTMEN
64
Echo : IMITATE
65
Fez features : TASSELS
66
Twitch : TIC
67
Austral. state : NSW
Down
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Body cav. : ABDOM
2
"Macbeth" has three : CRONES
3
Merry name : HILARY
4
Brest beings : ETRES
5
Musical Bull : OLE
6
Suffix for blessed : NESS
7
Settle : LOCATE
8
Turn outward : EVERT
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Fuse : MELT
10
Electra's brother : ORESTES
11
Legal matter : RES
12
Make picots : TAT
13
Gallic season : ETE
15
Carriers : TOTERS
21
Names : MONICKERS
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A Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Type of joint : CLIP
27
"___ Alone" : HOME
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Beg : PRAY
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Kind of meal : OAT
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Like a kitten : CUTE
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Time spans : ERAS
34
Apportion : METE
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From a distance : AFAR
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White cheese : BRIE
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Verdi opera : AIDA
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S.R.O. show : HIT
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Withdraws : DEPARTS
44
Amuse : DIVERT
46
Primps : PREENS
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Lively name : VIVIAN
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Chooses : ELECTS
51
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
52
Dido : ANTIC
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Crooked : ASKEW
55
Winter apple : ROME
56
Friend of polish : SPIT
58
Suited to : APT
59
Kiwi relative : MOA
60
Secretarial deg. : BSS
62
"___ Blue?" : AMI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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