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George P. Sphicas
George P. Sphicas

New York Times, Thursday, November 19, 1981

33-Across : Word blindness

Author:
George P. Sphicas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
George P. Sphicas has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,699
Across
1
Long story : SAGA
5
Plant louse : APHID
10
Mondale's successor : BUSH
14
Bionomics: Abbr. : ECOL
15
June V.I.P. : BRIDE
16
Singer James : ETTA
17
Literary scholar : PHILOLOGER
19
Nobelist in Literature: 1925 : SHAW
20
Prof's security : TENURE
21
Lab animals : HAMSTERS
23
Something done by Donne : VERSE
25
___ latitudes : HORSE
26
Member of a certain class : PUPIL
29
Heretofore, poetically : ERENOW
32
Capital of Western Samoa : APIA
33
Word blindness : ALEXIA
34
Old French coin : ECU
37
Possessions of certain bachelors : COLLEGEDIPLOMAS
40
Chemical suffix : ENE
41
Crescent-shaped ornament : LUNULA
42
Small flute : FIFE
43
Raw wool : FLEECE
44
Following : AFTER
45
Frighten : SCARE
48
Saw : ADAGE
50
Prospector in 1848-49 : ARGONAUT
53
Alit : LANDED
57
Majors and Trevino : LEES
58
Dean's milieu : UNIVERSITY
60
Give ___ to (express) : VENT
61
One of Zeno's followers : STOIC
62
Slave of yore : ESNE
63
Chooses : OPTS
64
Color variations : TONES
65
Saurel : SCAD
Down
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Clan : SEPT
2
Yearn : ACHE
3
Enter : GOIN
4
Kind of deposit : ALLUVIAL
5
More qualified : ABLER
6
Expert : PRO
7
Certain schooling : HIGHEREDUCATION
8
Thought : IDEA
9
Skin: Comb. form : DERM
10
Confer; award : BESTOW
11
King Arthur's father : UTHER
12
Partner of stripes : STARS
13
Part of a ship's bow : HAWSE
18
City on the Oka : OREL
22
Reef : SHOAL
24
Moon goddess : SELENE
26
What the leader sets : PACE
27
Frequent follower of once : UPON
28
Heap : PILE
30
Banished : EXILED
31
Asiatic palm : NIPA
33
Chills and fever : AGUE
34
Discharge : EMIT
35
Bistro : CAFE
36
Buyer or borrower : USER
38
Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
39
Violations : OFFENSES
43
Adorns a cake : FROSTS
44
Culture medium : AGAR
45
Gun salute : SALVO
46
Fawn : CREEP
47
Proxy : AGENT
49
Guinness et al. : ALECS
51
Neighbor of W. Ger. : AUST
52
Biblical preposition : UNTO
54
Frisbee : DISC
55
Where Vulcan forged : ETNA
56
Like some hair : DYED
59
Contend : VIE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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