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Stephanie Spadaccini
Stephanie Spadaccini

New York Times, Wednesday, December 21, 1977

64-Across : To ___ (perfectly)

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Stephanie Spadaccini has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 36 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,357
Across
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Villapiano of the Raiders : PHIL
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Breaks, as a horse : TAMES
10
___ Aviv : TEL
13
Lucid : SANE
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Raise : HOIST
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Storm : RAVE
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Spat : TIFF
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Where Saul saw a seeress : ENDOR
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Footnote abbr. : IBID
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Retire : GOTOBED
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Hoof, claw or nail : UNGULA
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Sales item abbr. : IRR
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Device on a door : LATCH
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Ex-Olympic chief and family : BRUNDAGES
30
Sistrunk of the Raiders : OTIS
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Companion of 15 Across : RANT
34
Las Vegas machine : SLOT
35
Device on a destroyer : SONAR
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Height of a kangaroo at birth : INCH
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"___, so good" : SOFAR
40
Chimney part : FLUE
41
Musical symbol : GCLEF
43
Sweetsop : ATTA
44
Cheese from milk of sheep or goats : FETA
45
Norse goddess of the dead : HELA
46
Graham Greene's "The Heart of ___" : THEMATTER
48
Russian order : UKASE
50
Ebenezer's "___! Humbug!" : BAH
51
Frameworks : CADRES
54
Beauty-shop equipment : ROLLERS
58
Acronym for a fuel cartel : OPEC
59
Feed the flames : STOKE
61
Iris, for one : BULB
63
___ ha-Shanah : ROSH
64
To ___ (perfectly) : AHAIR
65
Mr. Levy of a Broadway play : ABIE
66
Amin : IDI
67
Styles : MODES
68
Exemplar : TYPE
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Attention-getter : PST
2
British field marshal, W.W. I. : HAIG
3
Dope : INFO
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Wearers of stars : THEBRASS
6
Super! : AONE
7
Political position : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
8
That: Sp. : ESO
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Sashay : STRUT
10
Verboten : TABU
11
Sinister : EVIL
12
Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
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Immediately : RIGHTOFFTHEBAT
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Fort ___, Calif. : ORD
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Sgts. : NCOS
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In ___ of nature (nude) : ASTATE
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Square-rigged ship : BRIG
27
Spread in the West : RANCH
28
Word of surrender : UNCLE
29
Exults maliciously : GLOATS
31
Fjord : INLET
32
Cooking term : SAUTE
36
Nurture : REAR
39
Popular roses : RAMBLERS
42
QB's feint : FAKE
47
E. Indian shrub : AAL
49
Valley where the Brahmaputra flows : ASSAM
51
Nobelist in Medicine: 1947 : CORI
52
... two peas in ___ : APOD
53
Arnaz : DESI
55
Dust Bowl fugitive : OKIE
56
Gift for 45th anniversary : RUBY
57
Word with cover or knot : SLIP
60
"Sweet is true love ___ given in vain": Tennyson : THO
62
Bonnet dweller : BEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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