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Thomas W. Schier
Thomas W. Schier

New York Times, Friday, December 28, 1990

9-Across : Thick, heavy air

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { B J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Thomas W. Schier has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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H
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A
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T
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H
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D
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A
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D
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A
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M
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U
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R
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K
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A
R
A
G
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P
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A
P
I
E
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M
A
X
W
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E
L
L
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D
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E
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P
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O
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L
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T
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E
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N
T
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F
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D
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W
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E
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L
L
T
O
D
O
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A
F
R
E
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S
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H
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A
D
O
S
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I
T
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T
H
E
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D
A
Y
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G
U
N
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G
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E
T
W
E
L
L
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O
D
O
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E
C
G
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E
T
H
E
L
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W
W
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D
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F
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A
M
E
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L
E
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A
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V
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N
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D
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E
L
I
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F
L
O
R
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L
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P
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G
E
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E
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L
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E
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S
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W
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E
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N
T
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O
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D
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A
L
O
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A
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F
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G
Y
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N
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T
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T
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A
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F
L
O
E
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,025
Across
1
"What God ___ joined ... " : HATH
5
Art cult : DADA
9
Thick, heavy air : MURK
13
Limp as ___ : ARAG
14
Argentine bigwig : PERON
15
Cap-___ : APIE
16
"Both Your Houses" playwright : MAXWELLANDERSON
19
Michelangelo sculpture : PIETA
20
Egyptian god : OSIRIS
21
Not clearly visible : LATENT
24
Nourished : FED
25
Comfortably situated : WELLTODO
28
Over again : AFRESH
31
Blathers : ADOS
32
"Ain't ___ truth?" : ITTHE
34
In-and-out time period : DAY
35
Desperado's weapon : GUN
36
Kind of card : GETWELL
38
Wharton hero : ODO
39
Hosp. test : ECG
40
Waters or Barrymore : ETHEL
41
In which D.D.E. headed E.T.O. : WWII
42
Libel : DEFAME
44
Infused : LEAVENED
47
Cole Porter's "Bingo ___ Yale" : ELI
48
Kind of display : FLORAL
49
Enter impetuously : PLUNGE
51
Writer Gardner and namesakes : ERLES
54
Striving for goodness, but faulty : WELLINTENTIONED
58
___ vera : ALOE
59
Kite's home : AERIE
60
Old-fashioned individual : FOGY
61
Semiaquatic salamander : NEWT
62
Despot : TSAR
63
Icy mass : FLOE
Down
1
Shortwave buff : HAM
2
Not care ___ : ARAP
3
N.Y.C. yellow streaker : TAXI
4
"War of the Worlds" author : HGWELLS
5
Singer Shannon : DEL
6
Football commentator Parseghian : ARA
7
"___ disturb" : DONOT
8
Connective words : ANDS
9
Careless person : MARRER
10
Topsy-turvy : UPSIDEDOWN
11
Bravo and Mayo : RIOS
12
Berry or Venturi : KEN
14
"The Republic" writer : PLATO
17
Maine, e.g., to Pierre : ETAT
18
French tower builder : EIFFEL
22
Bunker's spouse : EDITH
23
"Mark Antony shall say I am ___": Shak. : NOTWELL
25
Carried on : WAGED
26
Reason out : EDUCE
27
"Excelsior" author : LONGFELLOW
28
U.S. painter-sculptor: 1869-1953 : AHL
29
Hawkins or Thompson : SADIE
30
Bone at base of the tongue : HYOID
33
Complete: Comb. form : TELEO
36
U.S. spacecraft : GEMINI
37
Hot time in Paris : ETE
41
Prosperous : WELLOFF
43
Part of a fly : ALULET
45
Sharp-crested ridge : ARETE
46
Ruffed lemur : VARI
48
Some garden parties : FETES
49
Soccer great : PELE
50
Midge : GNAT
52
Chemical compound : ENOL
53
Trumpet-shaped lily : SEGO
54
Lusterless : WAN
55
Stat for Clemens : ERA
56
Amiram ___, Iran-contra figure : NIR
57
Recolor : DYE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 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.

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