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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Saturday, October 5, 1985

60-Across : Grimalkin's plaint

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q V }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,115
Across
1
Cheese made backward? : EDAM
5
Coopers' tools : ADZES
10
Canaanites' supreme god : BAAL
14
An incarnation of Vishnu : RAMA
15
Actress Nissen : GRETA
16
U.S.S.R. Baltic port : RIGA
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Stone of ___, in the Orkneys : ODIN
18
Bucolic : RURAL
19
Graven image : IDOL
20
Calif. affliction? : SANDIEGOLUMBAGO
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Dijon donkeys : ANES
24
Foulard : TIE
25
Archeologists' finds : SHARDS
28
Fleet commander's vessel : FLAGSHIP
33
Cliff-top shelter : AERIE
34
Pseudologist : LIAR
35
Em followers : ENO
36
Nightclubs near Yankee Stadium? : BRONXHONKYTONKS
40
Male gypsy : ROM
41
In the horse latitudes : ASEA
42
Hindu princess : RANEE
43
Having a glossy surface : ENAMELED
46
Delay : RETARD
47
Expanse west of Eur. : ATL
48
"Ulalume," e.g. : POEM
49
Chinese slammer? : FOOCHOWHOOSEGOW
57
Swedish pop quartet : ABBA
58
Keens : WAILS
59
Stage org. : ANTA
60
Grimalkin's plaint : MEOW
61
Wading bird : EGRET
62
"Waiting for Godot" actor : LAHR
63
Ophthalmologist's concern : EYES
64
Exploits : DEEDS
65
Punctuation mark in England : STOP
Down
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Libido : EROS
2
Art movement born in 1916 : DADA
3
Lebanon's ___ Gemayel : AMIN
4
Small orange : MANDARIN
5
Coincides : AGREES
6
Cargo of some smugglers : DRUGS
7
Memorable comic Mostel : ZERO
8
Relative of etc. : ETAL
9
Beneficial : SALUTARY
10
Temptations for politicians : BRIBES
11
Verdi work : AIDA
12
All excited : AGOG
13
Sugarcane shoot : LALO
21
Needle on a dial : INDEX
22
U.S.S.R. aircraft : MIG
25
Buffalo athlete : SABRE
26
Avian anagram for Rhone : HERON
27
Redolence : AROMA
28
Amerced : FINED
29
"Mighty ___ Rose": Nevin : LAKA
30
Reddish dyestuff : HENNA
31
Printer's roller : INKER
32
Got shot : POSED
34
What schlimazels usually do : LOSE
37
Sacrosanct : HALLOWED
38
Cycad and poon : TREES
39
Certain porridges : OATMEALS
44
Parrots : MACAWS
45
Biblical verb ending : ETH
46
Places for hen parties? : ROOSTS
48
Propelled a raft : POLED
49
Repute : FAME
50
Toe the line : OBEY
51
Heckelphone, e.g. : OBOE
52
Remuneration of a sort : WAGE
53
Take on : HIRE
54
Punkie : GNAT
55
He overthrew Galba : OTHO
56
Woof's partner : WARP

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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