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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 1992

21-Across : Like Gatsby

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { K Q U Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,688
Across
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Left, at sea : PORT
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Private hoard : STASH
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In the thick of : AMID
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Actress McClurg : EDIE
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Neighbor of Chad : NIGER
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Life, to Luis : VIDA
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Hayes's Vice President : WILLIAMAWHEELER
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Less well-to-do : NEEDIER
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Like Gatsby : GREAT
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An Olympic medal : GOLD
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Dray : CART
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Choker components : PEARLS
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Leave the neighborhood : MOVE
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Feathery neckpiece : BOA
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Helpers : AIDES
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North Pole worker : ELF
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Wilson's Vice President : THOMASRMARSHALL
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Cookie holder : TIN
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Nominates : NAMES
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China setting : ASIA
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Rocks at the bar : ICE
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Scott of legal note : DRED
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Group of seven : SEPTET
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Droughty : ARID
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Respond to a shock : GASP
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Pursue : CHASE
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Sweet age : SIXTEEN
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Van Buren's Vice President : RICHARDMJOHNSON
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Hunter in the sky : ORION
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Luncheon ending : ETTE
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Chow follower : MEIN
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Computer units : BYTES
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Homeowner's holding : DEED
Down
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Seat for the masses? : PEW
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Valhalla god : ODIN
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Get one's goat : RILE
4
Wire : TELEGRAM
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Slowpokes : SNAILS
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Used a stopwatch : TIMED
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Seaweed product : AGAR
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Make hems : SEW
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Kingly letters : HRH
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Forestall : AVERT
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Eight furlongs : MILE
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Brainstorm : IDEA
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Move like a dragonfly : DART
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Singer Billy ___ : IDOL
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Way out : EGRESS
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Musical endings : CODAS
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State with confidence : AVER
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Page of music : PATTI
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Professional standard : ETHIC
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Expiate : ATONE
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Emulated Marceau : MIMED
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Beauty lover : BEAST
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TV dragon : OLLIE
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G-sharp equivalent : AFLAT
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Ready for battle : ARMED
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___ Doria, ill-fated ship : ANDREA
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Delhi wear : SARI
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Came to pass : HAPPENED
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Angles' partners : SAXONS
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Bk. before Job : ESTH
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Bloodless : ASHEN
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Enlisted man : GIJOE
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Stuff : CRAM
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Put on the payroll : HIRE
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Overture follower : ACTI
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Hit hard, old style : SMIT
52
Ferrara family name : ESTE
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Quaver, e.g. : NOTE
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Stick up : ROB
56
Martini preference : DRY
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A Beatty of films : NED

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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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