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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, October 1, 1992

32-Across : This could be arabic or elastic

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,668
Across
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Shoot : SPRIG
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Sassy : PERT
10
"___ the mornin' ... !" : TOPO
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Mikhail's mate : RAISA
15
Humdinger : ONER
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Keen; grasping : AVID
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Target-practice place : SHOOTINGGALLERY
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___ Royal, Quebec : MONT
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A memorable Rehan : ADA
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Headland : RAS
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Central African lake : ALBERT
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Forms building blocks for shipment : PRECASTS
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Fibber : LIAR
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Publius Naso : OVID
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Onetime S. Korean leader : RHEE
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This could be arabic or elastic : GUM
33
Nice girlfriend : AMIE
34
Fastidious : CHOOSY
36
Umbrella : BUMBERSHOOT
39
Makes up for : ATONES
41
Causerie : CHAT
42
Protrude : JUT
45
Crucifix : ROOD
46
Baltic island : AERO
47
Kismet : FATE
48
Grass clumps : TUSSOCKS
51
Became less aloof : THAWED
53
I, in Frankfurt : ICH
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A ubiquitous article : THE
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Stadium section : TIER
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Scenarios : SHOOTINGSCRIPTS
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Binge : TOOT
63
Tidal stage : NEAP
64
Pungent bulb : ONION
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Within: Comb. form : ENTO
66
Nile menaces : ASPS
67
Smart : NATTY
Down
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Grad. class : SRS
2
Word of disgust : PAH
3
Bravo or Grande : RIO
4
Chemical compound : ISOMER
5
Croc's cousin : GATOR
6
___ l'Évêque cheese : PONT
7
H.S. subject : ENG
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Consider : REGARD
9
Vocation : TRADE
10
Indian cymbals : TAL
11
Canine facial feature : OVERSHOTJAW
12
Corsairs : PIRATES
13
Adventurous wandering : ODYSSEY
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Buries, old style : INTOMBS
19
Varnish ingredient : LAC
23
Form of math. : ALG
24
The Blackbirds' inst. : LIU
25
Giant panda's tidbit : BAMBOOSHOOT
26
Barbara Bush's family : PIERCES
27
Buck follower : AROO
30
Contend : VIE
33
Soul, in Saint-Malo : AME
34
Disordered : CHAOTIC
35
Torrid : HOT
37
Berlin conjunctions : UNDS
38
N.Y.S.E. client's holding : SHR
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Dancer like Martha Graham : ARTISTE
40
Treat of in passing : TOUCHON
43
John Duncan was one : UTE
44
Spread hay : TED
46
One-seeded fruits: Var. : AKENES
47
Flour for puddings : FARINA
49
Baseball great : OTT
50
Twentieth-anniversary gift : CHINA
52
Cousin of a hammerhead : HERON
55
Chefs' amts. : TSPS
57
Winnebago's cousin : OTO
58
Lacuna : GAP
59
Set in opposition : PIT
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Add up : TOT
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Curve of a ship's plank : SNY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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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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