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Peter Swift
New York Times, Monday, December 10, 1990
70-Across : Some are proper
Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 D | 5 S | 6 A | 7 N | 8 T | 9 S | 10 A | 11 D | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 U | S | U | A | L | 15 B | O | R | E | 16 B | A | R | N |
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17 R | H | I | N | O | 18 A | S | I | A | 19 E | L | I | A |
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20 R | E | N | E | W | 21 S | T | A | R | 22 T | L | I | N | G |
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23 S | P | 24 A | 25 O | L | E | O | ||||||||
26 H | 27 I | 28 D | 29 O | V | 30 E | N | 31 D | E | 32 S | 33 I | 34 S | 35 T |
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36 O | D | E | 37 K | O | R | E | 38 A | 39 O | D | O | R |
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40 W | E | L | 41 L | E | N | O | U | G | 42 H | 43 A | L | O | N | E |
44 L | A | T | E | 45 S | N | E | E | R | 46 L | A | Y |
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47 S | L | A | N | 48 T | 49 S | 50 T | S | A | R | 51 S | R | S |
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52 E | C | 53 R | U | 54 L | O | 55 G | ||||||||
56 M | 57 U | 58 T | 59 I | N | E | E | R | 60 S | 61 G | A | 62 B | 63 L | 64 E |
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65 O | R | A | L | 66 N | A | N | A | 67 A | B | L | E | R |
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68 O | G | R | E | 69 I | T | E | M | 70 N | O | U | N | S |
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71 N | E | T | S | 72 C | A | D | S | 73 T | R | E | A | T |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,007
Across
1
Lyric poets : BARDS
6
Hill dwellers : ANTS
10
Summer quaffs : ADES
14
Customary : USUAL
15
Use an auger : BORE
16
Hayloft's location : BARN
17
Horned animal, for short : RHINO
18
Where Kuwait is : ASIA
19
Kazan : ELIA
20
Start over : RENEW
21
Alarming : STARTLING
23
Watering place : SPA
25
Pseudo butter : OLEO
26
Secreted : HID
29
Hot spot : OVEN
31
Abstain : DESIST
36
Pindaric work : ODE
37
Where Inchon is : KOREA
39
Repute : ODOR
40
Leave ___ (accept the status quo) : WELLENOUGHALONE
44
Tardy : LATE
45
Scornful look : SNEER
46
___ an egg (flop) : LAY
47
Viewpoints : SLANTS
50
Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
51
Grads-to-be : SRS
52
Tannish : ECRU
54
Captain's record : LOG
56
Rebels against Queeg : MUTINEERS
61
Butler portrayer: 1939 : GABLE
65
School test : ORAL
66
Newborn's nursemaid : NANA
67
More competent : ABLER
68
Fabled monster : OGRE
69
Bit of information : ITEM
70
Some are proper : NOUNS
71
Makes, as profit : NETS
72
Varlets : CADS
73
Pick up the tab : TREAT
Down
1
Hamilton's killer : BURR
2
Wimbledon winner: 1975 : ASHE
3
Devastate : RUIN
4
Hamlet's people : DANES
5
Dawdler : SLOWPOKE
6
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
7
Leave ___ (be thorough) : NOSTONEUNTURNED
8
Error's partner : TRIAL
9
Burned : SEARED
10
Fourth person : ABEL
11
Melting-watch painter : DALI
12
The old sod : ERIN
13
Hidden obstacle : SNAG
22
Low digit : TOE
24
English river : AVON
26
Wails : HOWLS
27
Perfect : IDEAL
28
River-mouth area : DELTA
30
God of love : EROS
32
Impresario Hurok : SOL
33
Graven images : IDOLS
34
Marine sound system : SONAR
35
Deuce takers : TREYS
38
Stone and Iron : AGES
41
Actor Cariou : LEN
42
Get well : HEAL
43
Haughty : ARROGANT
48
Sawbuck : TEN
49
Like the Grand Canyon : SCENIC
53
Lasso : REATA
55
Eva or Zsa Zsa : GABOR
56
Night light : MOON
57
Exhort : URGE
58
Small pie : TART
59
Seine sights : ILES
60
Snead and Spade : SAMS
62
Cerulean : BLUE
63
Capp's ___ the Hyena : LENA
64
Formerly, formerly : ERST
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.