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Ernie Furtado
Ernie Furtado

New York Times, Wednesday, October 28, 1987

59-Across : Naso

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,868
Across
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Risky transaction, for short : SPEC
5
Roof edge : EAVE
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Corday victim : MARAT
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Reaction to a pinch : OUCH
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Go round and round : SPIN
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Soap substitute : AMOLE
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Critical attack : BROADSIDE
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A Peace Nobelist: 1978 : BEGIN
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Latin pop-rock style : SALSA
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Fiddler or pianist : NERO
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Hoopoe's home : NEST
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Buck novel : THEGOODEARTH
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Current : LATEST
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Priestly vestment : ALB
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Galena, e.g. : ORE
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Record : TAPE
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Gladden : ELATE
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Gardner film: 1948 : ONETOUCHOFVENUS
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Anagram for anima : MANIA
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Turner or Louise : TINA
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Frequently, in poesy : OFT
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Conjunction, for short : THO
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Find : LOCATE
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Resort near Jacksonville, Fla. : NEPTUNEBEACH
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Cyma : OGEE
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Naso : OVID
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Peruvian wayside tavern : TAMBO
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Super Bowl winners: 1986 : BEARS
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South Bender : INDIANIAN
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Ait : ISLET
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Garlands : LEIS
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Higgins, to Eliza : GENT
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Metric measure : STERE
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Note for a typesetter : STET
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Within: Prefix : ENDO
Down
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Weeps convulsively : SOBS
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Aqua ___ : PURA
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Environmentalist's sci. : ECOL
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Virtuous : CHASTE
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Type of curve : ESS
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Little's forte : APING
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Audio counterpart : VIDEO
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January, in Tijuana : ENERO
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Shakespearean queen : MAB
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Responsive : AMENABLE
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O.K. : ROGER
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Heeling : ALIST
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Agent's slice : TENTH
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Dash designators : DAHS
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Harem room : ODA
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Caesar's "And you!" : ETTU
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Hgt. : ELEV
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Oar part : LOOM
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Writer Bontemps : ARNA
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High schooler : TEEN
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Bill's possible future : ACT
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Greek letter : PHI
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Longest time division : EON
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Celebes ox : ANOA
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Cluster : TUFT
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Ferrara patron : ESTE
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Giggler : TITTERER
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Pearl Harbor site : OAHU
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F.D.R. pet : FALA
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Yoko : ONO
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Prefix with chord : OCTA
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Coins : CHANGE
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"Ora pro ___" : NOBIS
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Void : EGEST
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Washington portraitist : PEALE
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Iniquities : EVILS
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I.Q. man : BINET
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Murphy of comedy : EDDIE
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Bearing : MIEN
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Alexander's group : BAND
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Aware of : ONTO
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Fr. holy woman : STE
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Disciple : IST

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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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