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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 1974

13-Across : Machete

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 47, Avg Word Len: 4.68, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,245
Across
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Date: Abbr. : APPT
5
Noisy scene : BABEL
10
Boone or O'Brien : PAT
13
Machete : BOLO
14
Indian officials : AMALAS
16
Constellation : ARA
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
18
Famed Italian diva : GALLICURCI
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P. I. native : ATI
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___ distance : ATA
22
Force : DINT
23
Beethoven favorite : MINUETING
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Hatred : ODIUM
30
Outdoors : ALFRESCO
31
Famous last words : ETTU
32
Shout : YELL
33
"To ___ his own" : EACH
36
Roman bronze : AES
37
Kinsman: Abbr. : REL
38
___ nibs : HIS
40
Kind of scout : CUB
43
Spanish numeral : SEIS
46
Instrument, La Scala style : ARPA
48
Footless animal : APOD
50
Modern era : SPACEAGE
53
Courage : VALOR
55
Anton Rubinstein favorite : MELODYINF
57
Large : EPIC
59
Direction: Abbr. : EBN
60
Sesame : TIL
61
Famed Scottish diva : MARYGARDEN
64
___ Maggiore : LAGO
65
Fuss : ADO
66
Stick : ADHERE
67
Prefix for sphere : ATMO
68
Affirmative : YES
69
Classifies : SORTS
70
Way : ROAD
Down
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Nautical term : ABEAM
2
Shakespearean heroine : PORTIA
3
In a clear manner : PLAINLY
4
Moppet : TOT
5
Light piano piece : BAGATELLE
6
Violins : AMATIS
7
Bank-statement figure : BALANCE
8
Building wing : ELL
9
Put down : LAID
10
Musical suite : PARTITA
11
Rainbow : ARC
12
Pacific fish : TAI
15
Shadow: Prefix : SCIO
19
Wavy, in heraldry : UNDE
24
Fir pole : UFER
25
Gardner and others : ERLES
26
Gazelle of Tibet : GOA
28
Western Indian : UTE
29
Greek letters : MUS
34
Old Spanish dances : CHACONNES
35
Took on help : HIRED
39
Red deer : SPAY
40
Horse soldiers: Abbr. : CAV
41
___ tree : UPA
42
Spanish dances : BOLEROS
44
Doctrine : ISM
45
Highway menace : SPEEDER
47
Musical direction : AGITATO
49
Sluggish : DOPY
51
Violinist Spalding : ALBERT
52
Elgar's variations : ENIGMA
54
Latvian city : RIGA
56
Deluge : FLOOD
58
Bounders : CADS
61
Month : MAY
62
Summer drink : ADE
63
Greek letter : RHO
64
Gibbon : LAR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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