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Carduff
Carduff

New York Times, Thursday, December 3, 1981

63-Across : Past in the past

Author:
Carduff
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Carduff has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,713
Across
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Anthropophagous giant : OGRE
5
Coptic bishops : ABBAS
10
Blemish : SPOT
14
The Kettles or McGees : PAIR
15
One of the "k" sounds : VELAR
16
Cover on the inside : LINE
17
Tamora and Aaron plotted his ruin : TITUSANDRONICUS
20
Kind of stone : STEPPING
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Hoard : AMASS
22
Conte : TALE
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___ le Moko : PEPE
25
Space capsules' interiors : CABINS
28
"___ Without Hope": Coleridge : WORK
29
Punjab's associate in "Little Orphan Annie" : ASP
32
Woody's son : ARLO
33
Prefix with body or dote : ANTI
34
Simon and Garfunkel, e.g. : DUO
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Chew the fat : RAP
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Pointed arch : OGEE
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Balaam's mount : ASS
44
Den : LAIR
45
Their job is really not appealing : PARERS
47
Universe or America : MISS
48
Czarist parliament: 1905-17 : DUMA
49
Super follower : SONIC
52
Woman's undergarment : CAMISOLE
56
Palamon and Arcite, The ___ : TWONOBLEKINSMEN
59
Not enough, according to Susann : ONCE
60
Golden : AURIC
61
Within: Comb. form : ENTO
62
Invites : ASKS
63
Past in the past : AGONE
64
Tends to others' tots : SITS
Down
1
Elects : OPTS
2
What some horses are given : GAIT
3
Solemn act : RITE
4
Event in southern Italy: A.D. 79 : ERUPTION
5
Net proceeds, to a lawyer : AVAILS
6
Sesame : BENNE
7
Hse., e.g. : BLDG
8
Swiss river : AAR
9
Letters loved by angels : SRO
10
J. Preston ___, hypocrite in "Little Orphan Annie" : SLIME
11
Twelve points, to a typesetter : PICA
12
Burden : ONUS
13
Tracy's sweetheart : TESS
18
Hand's-breadth : SPAN
19
Serviette : NAPKIN
23
There's a famous one near Concord : POND
24
Russian-born designer for fashion and stage : ERTE
25
Director of "It's a Wonderful Life" : CAPRA
26
Wall hanging : ARRAS
27
Radar-screen images : BLIPS
28
Thin cake : WAFER
29
Saw : ADAGE
30
Not so dubious : SURER
31
Little bags for sourdoughs : POKES
36
Spotted like certain cats : CALICO
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Cicero's "you were" : ERAS
38
Elevator man : OTIS
39
Places to get bogged down : MORASSES
45
Rock used for polishing : PUMICE
46
Ugandan exile : AMIN
47
Colorado School of ___ : MINES
48
English chemist famous for an antiseptic solution : DAKIN
49
Structure for a Stoic : STOA
50
Admits to : OWNS
51
Where an arrow meets a bowstring : NOCK
52
Tropical American game fish : CERO
53
Guccione publication : OMNI
54
European who sounds permissive : LETT
55
TV sitcom : ENOS
57
Noise heard by Abel : BAA
58
Kind of nut : LUG

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 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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