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Manny Nosowsky
Manny Nosowsky

New York Times, Friday, October 29, 1993

23-Across : Victory

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.43, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 293 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2 Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Manny Nosowsky has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 246 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,061
Across
1
Inspired guesser : DIVINER
8
Relative of a Persian : SIAMESE
15
Come forth : EMANATE
16
Horse shackle : TRAMMEL
17
Where to go to start over : BACKTOSQUAREONE
19
Middle East honchos : AGAS
20
They may be proper, but never improper : NOUNS
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For men only : STAG
22
Spurious : TIN
23
Victory : WIN
24
Give ___ whirl : ITA
25
Suffix for differ : ENCE
27
Discourage : DETER
29
Cinematographer Nykvist : SVEN
30
Folklore fox : REYNARD
32
Most skillful : DEFTEST
34
Take a stab at : TRY
35
Coach Parseghian : ARA
36
Taking little risk : CAREFUL
40
Berry bush : BRAMBLE
44
Seas or sees lead-in : OVER
45
Water bearers : PAILS
47
Long, loud sound : PEAL
48
Guinea pig's milieu : LAB
49
Leander's love, Italian style : ERO
50
King's superior : ACE
51
Darn's kin : DRAT
53
Brains alternative : BRAWN
55
Mlle. in Mexico : SRTA
56
Undoubtedly : WITHOUTQUESTION
59
Needle-shaped : ACERATE
60
"Guernica" artist : PICASSO
61
Spas : RESORTS
62
Act like a snake : SLITHER
Down
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One engaged in logomachy : DEBATER
2
Fancy : IMAGINE
3
Good sign for a tired driver : VACANCY
4
Invisible, blue-black, etc. : INKS
5
King Cole : NAT
6
School on the Thames : ETON
7
Scattered new seed : RESOWED
8
Dazed or amazed : STUNNED
9
Keogh plain relatives : IRAS
10
Thun's river : AAR
11
Sras., in France : MMES
12
Showing excitement, e.g. : EMOTIVE
13
Deliberative bodies : SENATES
14
Classy : ELEGANT
18
Give up on : QUIT
26
Place in the log : ENTER
27
"Pipe down!" : DRYUP
28
Brings up : REARS
29
Use a die : STAMP
31
Comment from Annie's dog : ARF
33
Angelico, for one : FRA
36
Bloodless international hostility : COLDWAR
37
Cupidity : AVARICE
38
Car dealers' promotions : REBATES
39
Hamlet's killer : LAERTES
40
Angry outburts : BLOWUPS
41
Pessimistic on Wall Street : BEARISH
42
Milk sugar : LACTOSE
43
Fala's mistress : ELEANOR
46
Where Mosul is : IRAQ
52
"Comin' ___ the Rye" : THRO
53
Ram : BUTT
54
Armstrong or Simon : NEIL
55
23 Across for a pitcher, e.g. : STAT
57
Dory accessory : OAR
58
___-fi : SCI

Answer summary:
5 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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