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Manny Miller
Manny Miller

New York Times, Friday, October 11, 1963

30-Across : Peridot.

Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { K X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,185
Across
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Deadlock. : IMPASSE
8
Folklore queen. : MAB
11
Sine ___ non. : QUA
14
Traced from source. : DERIVED
15
In the style of. : ALA
16
Downs' associate. : UPS
17
Session with a polygraph. : LIEDETECTORTEST
20
Existence: Lat. : ENS
21
Woolly. : LANATE
22
Eldest son. : HEIR
23
Botheration! : TUT
25
Articles of clothing. : TIES
26
Of an Asian country: Prefix. : INDO
27
Part of West Germany. : RHINELAND
30
Peridot. : JEWEL
31
Eastern language. : URDU
32
Shoshonean. : UTE
33
Moslem mystic. : SUFI
34
Part of a weather report: Abbr. : THI
35
Tavern serving. : ALE
36
Metal tooth. : COG
37
July's sign. : LEO
40
Deceive. : GULL
42
Jutting rock. : TOR
43
Quid of tobacco. : CHEW
44
Location. : POINT
46
Sudden occurrence. : BOMBSHELL
48
Great deal: Colloq. : LOTS
49
Entrechat. : LEAP
50
Presidential nickname. : CAL
51
Petals, in botany. : ALAE
52
Stand. : ENDURE
54
Mamma ___. : MIA
57
All the same. : NOTWITHSTANDING
60
Conceit: Colloq. : EGO
61
Solar deity of Egypt. : SHU
62
Understanding. : ENTENTE
63
Scandinavian god of war. : TYR
64
Pronoun. : HER
65
Term in bridge. : DISCARD
Down
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Not working. : IDLE
2
German possessive. : MEIN
3
Trickery expert. : PRESTIDIGITATOR
4
Washington agency. : AID
5
Slender. : SVELTE
6
___ precedent. : SETA
7
Toothless. : EDENTATE
8
Closely tangled. : MATTED
9
Bitter drug. : ALOES
10
Musical measure. : BAR
11
Former ruler. : QUEENWILHELMINA
12
___ down. : UPSIDE
13
Pseudo science: Abbr. : ASTROL
18
Fictional ship. : CAINE
19
Artful Dodger, for one. : THIEF
24
Burmese statesman. : UNU
27
In a ___. : RUT
28
Princely title: Abbr. : HRH
29
Temporary calm. : LULL
30
Container. : JUG
33
Tree of apple family. : SORB
35
Musical high. : ALT
36
Calculated. : COMPUTED
38
Conger. : EEL
39
Hoot ___. : OWL
41
Rip. : UNSEW
42
Small animals. : TOADS
43
Oriental tea. : CHA
44
Pluto. : PLANET
45
Study of birds' eggs. : OOLOGY
46
Book and screen classic. : BENHUR
47
Bloodhounds' specialties. : SCENTS
49
River of Hades. : LETHE
53
Wife of a ruler. : RANI
55
Preface: Abbr. : INTR
56
Venerable. : AGED
58
Rather: Suffix. : ISH
59
Month: Abbr. : DEC

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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