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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Wednesday, December 11, 1991

72-Across : Confined

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J W }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,373
Across
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Theda Bara, e.g. : VAMP
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Cord and Hudson : CARS
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Painter of "Olympia" : MANET
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Cartoon light bulb : IDEA
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"There'll be ___ time ... " : AHOT
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Wear away : ERODE
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Metrician : POET
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Stern Roman : CATO
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Fleet St. name : TIMES
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Christie novel : THEABCMURDERS
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Angel's favorite letters : SRO
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Club instructor : PRO
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Once around the track : LAP
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P.D.Q. : ASAP
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Broad cravats : ASCOTS
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Dostoyevsky's "The ___" : IDIOT
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End : GOAL
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Crosswords ox : ANOA
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Be careful re words and actions : MINDONESPSANDQS
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Ratio words : ISTO
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Actual being : ESSE
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Dr. ___, of "The Merry Wives ... " : CAIUS
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Chest : THORAX
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Way out : EXIT
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"Brat Farrar" author : TEY
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Letters from Greece : NUS
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Filbert : NUT
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Indicatory statement : XMARKSTHESPOT
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Disgust : REPEL
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Routine : ROTE
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Annie Oakley : PASS
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Take for ___ : ARIDE
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Ovid's love : AMOR
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Countertenor : ALTO
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Froth : YEAST
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Confined : PENT
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Sleeper's production? : ZEES
Down
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Big shot : VIP
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Excitement : ADO
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Face : MEET
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Trails : PATHS
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Chocolate sources : CACAOS
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Melville protagonist : AHAB
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Campus gp. : ROTC
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Lively jazz tune : STOMP
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European subways : METROS
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Lifeless : ARID
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Alaskan city : NOME
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River in Hesse : EDER
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Angel Clare's wife : TESS
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Thalia sib : ERATO
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Eurasian range : URALS
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Prescribe : LIMIT
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" ... ___ fit for the gods": Shak. : ADISH
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Piebald : PINTO
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Generations : AGES
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Sheriff's helpers : POSSE
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Biblical wedding place : CANA
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Piece of gossip : ONDIT
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Brimless hat : TOQUE
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Impudent : SASSY
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Pervasive quality : ODOR
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Tip : APEX
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Link : NEXUS
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Misbehave : ACTUP
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Short sock : ANKLET
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Introduce : INSERT
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Leather band : STRAP
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Uris novel : TOPAZ
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Medical beam : XRAY
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Bare : MERE
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Samoan seaport : APIA
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Beatty film : REDS
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Living quarters : HOME
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Where Waterloo was won? : ETON
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Lie : TALE
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Fr. holy woman : STE
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Help! : SOS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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.

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