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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Thursday, December 29, 1988

21-Across : Proof of purchase

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,296
Across
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Pub orders : ALES
5
In the hold : BELOW
10
Mass : HEAP
14
Take a taxi : RIDE
15
Skip town with a lover : ELOPE
16
Aleutian isle : ATTU
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Prague couple? : CZECHMATES
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Rack's partner : RUIN
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Peaceful : HALCYON
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Proof of purchase : RECEIPT
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Seraglio chamber : ODA
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Yule ditty : CAROL
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Cow, in a way : AWE
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Conductor Akira ___ : ENDO
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Old Testament book : MICAH
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Mythomaniac : LIAR
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Diva Berger : ERNA
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Maternally related : ENATE
39
Prom-dress material : ORGANDY
41
Kane's sled : ROSEBUD
43
Madrid festival : FERIA
44
In ___ (in its original place) : SITU
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Warble : SING
47
Lock : TRESS
48
Verbal invitation : LETS
50
Bess Truman, ___ Wallace : NEE
51
Picasso prop : EASEL
54
Joplin work : RAG
56
Prepared to land a plane : CIRCLED
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Sincere : EARNEST
63
Bhutan's larger locale : ASIA
64
Ball hosted by a king? : REIGNDANCE
66
Harrow's rival : ETON
67
Nanook's craft : UMIAK
68
Go away, Garfield! : SCAT
69
Memo : NOTE
70
Sewers : MAINS
71
Goddess of youth : HEBE
Down
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Chief : ARCH
2
Singer-actress Minnelli : LIZA
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A biographer of Willa Cather : EDEL
4
Short, to Verdi : SECCO
5
Lamented : BEMOANED
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Dash : ELAN
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Fate : LOT
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"Lulu" or "Louise" : OPERA
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North Sea feeder : WESER
10
Script for Bugs? : HARELINES
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Needle case : ETUI
12
Expectant : ATIP
13
Flat-bottomed boat : PUNT
18
London's ___ Park : HYDE
22
Shows up : COMES
24
Pro's opposite : CON
25
High up : ALOFT
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Electrician : WIRER
27
Tidal flood : EAGRE
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W.C.T.U. backers : DRYS
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Summer house : CABIN
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Carry ___ (retain a melody) : ATUNE
33
Tergiversate : HEDGE
35
Run a sugar plantation? : RAISECANE
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Funny Johnson : ARTE
40
Twangy : NASAL
42
Has a higher position : OUTRANKS
45
Under the weather : ILL
49
Chalcedony variety : SARD
52
Antitoxin : SERUM
53
Tomato blight : EDEMA
55
Bite, in a way : GNASH
56
City on the Orne : CAEN
57
Ratio words : ISTO
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Kind of gun or squad : RIOT
59
Actor Richard from San Francisco : EGAN
60
Suffix with exist : ENCE
61
Eschar : SCAB
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Place for a chapeau : TETE
65
A "Rocky" film : III

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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