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Bert Rosenfield
Bert Rosenfield

New York Times, Wednesday, October 30, 1991

31-Across : ___ dlvy. (rush!)

Author:
Bert Rosenfield
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.14, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Bert Rosenfield has 60 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,331
Across
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V. Hugo's wife and daughter : ADELES
7
Clairvoyance : ESP
10
Toadfish : SAPO
14
"A maid ... ___ praise": Wordsworth : NONETO
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Law-and-order G.I.'s : MPS
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Pub drinks : ALES
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Decorative style : ARTNOUVEAU
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Cubs or Mets : NINE
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"Mack the Knife" singer : DARIN
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Scottish alder : ARN
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Hall of Fame pitcher Lyons : TED
23
Felicitous regions : EDENS
24
Alger starting points : RAGS
26
Burden : ONUS
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Spark's "Memento ___" : MORI
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Property-transfer instrument : BILLOFSALE
31
___ dlvy. (rush!) : SPL
33
Marginal marking : DELE
34
Work on a doily : TAT
35
Rendered helpless : HOGTIED
39
Game dogs : SETTERS
41
French article : UNE
42
Fearful, in a way : AWED
44
Man in the van : NEO
45
Doing good : BENEFICENT
48
N.Y.C.'s modernism showplace : MOMA
52
Actor Farrell : SHEA
53
It precedes rank : NAME
54
Primavera month : ABRIL
55
Goddess of plenty : OPS
56
Fourth-rate mark : DEE
57
Early Norse chieftain : ROLLO
58
Log-splitting wedge : FROE
59
Sportswear fabric : TERRYCLOTH
61
Old-time zither : ASOR
62
Tickbird : ANI
63
Lack of vital energy : ATONIA
64
Semisolid colloids : GELS
65
Communications logo : ITT
66
Crook chasers in oaters : POSSES
Down
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Chaplet : ANADEM
2
Sport fish : DORADO
3
To come in: Fr. : ENTRER
4
A Marxian : LENINIST
5
Short jackets : ETONS
6
Trifle : SOU
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Shade of green : EMERALD
8
Garment decorations : SPANGLES
9
Nittany Lions: Abbr. : PSU
10
Brazilian port : SANTOS
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Estrange : ALIENATE
12
Oscillating : PENDULAR
13
Simple sugar : OSE
18
Combiner with form or color : VARI
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The ___, English channel : SOLENT
27
Matched golf clubs : SETS
29
Arrived unexpectedly : BLEWIN
30
Jubilee : FETE
32
Chanteuse Edith: 1915-63 : PIAF
35
Centers of activity : HUBS
36
Trivial : ONEHORSE
37
Total of interest to biologists : GENEPOOL
38
Effete : DECADENT
40
Island-to-mainland sandbars : TOMBOLOS
43
Bad-conduct mark : DEMERIT
46
Loom bars : EASERS
47
___-do-well : NEER
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Soft synthetic fabrics : ORLONS
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Avuncular early-TV host : MILTIE
51
Greetings from wahines : ALOHAS
54
Bear: Comb. form : ARCTO
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Exhaust : FAG
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Skater Babilonia : TAI
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One of the Carolines : YAP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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