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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, December 3, 1990

23-Across : Siberian plains

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,000
Across
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Courage, colloquially : GUTS
5
Nut tree : BEECH
10
Chatter : GAB
13
Lie adjacent to : ABUT
14
Roman chamber : ATRIUM
16
Inventor Whitney : ELI
17
Links shout : FORE
18
Dance of the 1920's : CHARLESTON
20
Counterfeit : FAKE
21
Ring victories : KOS
22
Dumbfound : AMAZE
23
Siberian plains : STEPPES
25
___ up (arrive) : SHOW
26
Time period : YEAR
27
Actor Erwin: 1903-67 : STU
28
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
32
Item on a list : ENTRY
34
Tarnish : SOIL
35
Copperfield's first wife : DORA
36
Gob : TAR
37
Learned person : SCHOLAR
40
Ref's relative : UMP
41
Shortly : ANON
43
Comic Johnson : ARTE
44
Heating lamps : ETNAS
46
Tardy : LATE
47
___ West, Fla. : KEY
48
Funny fellow : CARD
49
Not up : ABED
51
Marched in a procession : PARADED
54
Grain stalk : STRAW
56
Vessel for "three men" : TUB
57
Singer Vikki : CARR
58
Cio-Cio-San, e.g. : GEISHAGIRL
60
Little Sheba's creator : INGE
61
___ King Cole : NAT
62
Snow vehicle : SLEDGE
63
Sgts., e.g. : NCOS
64
One, to Juan : UNO
65
Limb joints : KNEES
66
___ even (retaliates) : GETS
Down
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Large fishing hooks : GAFFS
2
Submarine of W.W. I : UBOAT
3
Ragtime dance : TURKEYTROT
4
More precipitous : STEEPER
5
Broadway "angel" : BACKER
6
Character of a people : ETHOS
7
Ages : ERAS
8
Round: Abbr. : CIR
9
Polynesian dance : HULAHULA
10
Saxophonist Stan : GETZ
11
Liliaceous plant : ALOE
12
Storage container : BIN
15
Brief note : MEMO
19
Did a carpenter's chore : SAWED
24
Discharges a debt : PAYS
25
Fence crossing : STILE
27
Black : SOOTY
29
Old-time ballroom favorite : ROUNDDANCE
30
"___ virumque cano": Virgil : ARMA
31
Army bugle call : TAPS
32
Relative of etc. : ETAL
33
Nursemaid in Newcastle : NANA
34
Particle : SHRED
38
Strutting dance : CAKEWALK
39
Raise : REAR
42
Approaches : NEARS
45
Following the trail of : TRACING
48
Sends by telegraph : CABLES
50
Cries of contempt : BAHS
51
Cleanse : PURGE
52
Plant fungus : ERGOT
53
Mother Hubbard, e.g. : DRESS
54
Connery or O'Casey : SEAN
55
Memorable Yugoslav : TITO
56
Ebb is one : TIDE
58
African antelope : GNU
59
Army off. : GEN

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