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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Tuesday, January 8, 1980

62-Across : Carpentry, for one

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
O
2
L
3
A
4
F
5
O
6
R
7
A
8
L
9
E
10
L
11
O
12
P
13
E
14
P
A
L
O
15
R
A
R
E
16
T
Y
P
E
D
17
E
T
T
U
18
A
S
I
A
19
C
E
A
S
E
20
S
H
O
R
21
T
C
H
A
N
22
G
E
23
L
O
N
24
F
A
L
25
S
E
T
26
H
27
S
28
C
29
A
L
P
E
30
L
31
S
32
S
C
O
33
R
34
E
35
S
36
H
A
G
U
E
37
O
I
38
L
S
39
R
I
L
E
40
E
R
A
S
41
K
A
Z
O
O
42
N
A
M
E
43
D
O
T
H
44
A
D
E
S
45
O
S
T
E
R
46
S
L
E
E
47
P
Y
48
S
T
49
A
R
W
A
R
S
50
R
O
A
51
M
52
M
I
O
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S
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A
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M
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S
K
U
57
L
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D
U
G
G
59
E
60
R
61
Y
62
C
R
A
63
F
T
64
T
A
O
S
65
G
N
U
S
66
A
N
N
I
E
67
E
T
R
E
68
L
O
B
E
69
B
O
X
E
R
70
S
E
E
D
71
E
W
E
R
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,018
Across
1
Common name in Svendborg : OLAF
5
By mouth : ORAL
9
Run off : ELOPE
14
With 3 Down, Western city : PALO
15
How some like their steak : RARE
16
Classified : TYPED
17
Famous last words : ETTU
18
"Region of the rising sun" : ASIA
19
Desist : CEASE
20
Swindle : SHORTCHANGE
23
Chaney : LON
24
___ la (part song) : FAL
25
He lived 912 years : SETH
27
Surgeons' needs : SCALPELS
32
Large numbers : SCORES
36
The ___ (European city) : HAGUE
37
Bribes: Slang : OILS
39
Get one's dander up : RILE
40
You were, in ancient Roma : ERAS
41
Musical instrument of a sort : KAZOO
42
Reputation : NAME
43
Does: Poet. : DOTH
44
Drinks : ADES
45
___ Dal, Swedish river : OSTER
46
Ready for bed : SLEEPY
48
Sci-fi flick : STARWARS
50
Stroll far and wide : ROAM
52
"Winterset" hero : MIO
53
Browne of belt fame : SAM
56
Flimflam : SKULDUGGERY
62
Carpentry, for one : CRAFT
64
Site of a Western art colony : TAOS
65
Bearded antelopes : GNUS
66
Orphan on B'way : ANNIE
67
To exist, in Dieppe : ETRE
68
Ear part : LOBE
69
Chinese rebellion: 1900 : BOXER
70
Offspring : SEED
71
Jug : EWER
Down
1
Uncovers: Poet. : OPES
2
Wood strip supporting plaster : LATH
3
See 14 Across : ALTO
4
Faker : FOURFLUSHER
5
Source of revelations : ORACLE
6
Too quick : RASH
7
Solo : ARIA
8
Tends : LEANS
9
Words of Anna's king, for short : ETCETC
10
Soap ingredient : LYE
11
Translucent gem : OPAL
12
Monetary unit : PESO
13
State of bliss : EDEN
21
Scotch ___ : TAPE
22
Plaster of paris : GESSO
26
Bamboozle : HORNSWOGGLE
27
Diffuses; radiates : SHEDS
28
Warble : CAROL
29
Child's marble : AGATE
30
Gun charge : LOAD
31
Estimates, with "up" : SIZES
33
Lasso : RIATA
34
Playwright Rice : ELMER
35
Clairvoyants : SEERS
38
Was beaten : LOST
41
Sealskin-covered canoe : KAYAK
45
First: Abbr. : ORIG
47
Toulouse-Lautrec specialty : POSTER
49
"We are not ___": Queen Victoria : AMUSED
51
Tones down : MUTES
53
Strikebreaker : SCAB
54
Memorable cartoonist : ARNO
55
Tailless cat : MANX
57
Off schedule : LATE
58
French illustrator-painter : DORE
59
"Oh, Wilderness were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
60
Hayseed : RUBE
61
Belgian canal : YSER
63
For shame! : FIE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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