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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Thursday, November 5, 1992

23-Across : Minus

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { D Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,703
Across
1
The same, in Sens : EGAL
5
Port in Sumatra : JAMBI
10
Togo's capital : LOME
14
"Ah! fors'___," Verdi aria : ELUI
15
Swiss philosopher-poet: 1821-81 : AMIEL
16
Sacred Egyptian bull : APIS
17
Willing : LIEF
18
Assigns roles : CASTS
19
Aswan Dam site : NILE
20
Wins big : BREAKSTHEBANK
23
Minus : LESS
24
False propaganda : LIES
25
"Kingsblood Royal" author : LEWIS
28
Picture puzzle : REBUS
31
City having a casbah : ORAN
32
Angry fan : HOOTER
34
Some Brit. statesmen : PMS
37
The pause that refreshes : FIVEMINUTEBREAK
40
Contemporary of W.H.A : TSE
41
Certain products of glaciation : ARETES
42
River in Ireland : ERNE
43
Between, in Brest : ENTRE
44
Hockey infraction : ICING
45
Realize : EARN
47
Barnyard sound : OINK
49
Don McNeill's radio show, with "The" : BREAKFASTCLUB
55
Light heavyweight champ: 1934-5 : OLIN
56
Region in Asia Minor : IONIA
57
Common abbr. : ETAL
59
Italian philosopher: 1668-1744 : VICO
60
Actor Conrad ___ : NAGEL
61
Yemen's capital : SANA
62
"___ What You Did," 1965 movie : ISAW
63
Corundum : EMERY
64
Bandleader Fields : SHEP
Down
1
Anguine fish : EEL
2
Like Leno : GLIB
3
Heifetz's teacher : AUER
4
It's in the palm of your hand : LIFELINE
5
Child's play? : JACKS
6
Build up : AMASS
7
Haze : MIST
8
A March sister : BETH
9
Pianist von Alpenheim : ILSE
10
Oahu verandas : LANAIS
11
Reckon : OPINE
12
Draws out, as information : MILKS
13
Compass point : ESE
21
Loser to H.C.H. : AES
22
Word coined by F.B. Burgess : BLURB
25
Hay's here : LOFT
26
Discordia, to Greeks : ERIS
27
Comber : WAVE
28
Way : ROUTE
29
Launder suffix : ETTE
30
Followers of birds? : BEES
32
Al the trumpeter : HIRT
33
Kayo blow : ONER
34
Lovely lass : PERI
35
"Marty" director : MANN
36
Rudder support : SKEG
38
Kind of grass : MANNA
39
Like Jehu : RECKLESS
43
Before, to Byron : ERENOW
44
Ltd.'s relative : INC
45
Muslim Satan : EBLIS
46
Chilean port : ARICA
47
Wickerwork material : OSIER
48
Byron and Keats lived here : ITALY
50
Lowing herd : KINE
51
Pilsener topping : FOAM
52
Harpe player : ANGE
53
D-day beach : UTAH
54
Scourge : BANE
55
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
58
Luxury site? : LAP

Answer summary:
3 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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