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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Thursday, December 5, 1985

70-Across : Writer Mazo ___ Roche

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { G J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 3, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,176
Across
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Kind of tax : POLL
5
Fenced in : PALED
10
Speak gruffly : BARK
14
Caesar's sister : ATIA
15
Affirmed forcefully : SWORE
16
Air : ARIA
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With 28 and 49 Across, a riddle : WHATKINDOFWATCH
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Cheek : NERVE
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"___ the Moon," 1953 song : ISEE
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Hanker : YEN
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"___ deal!" : ITSA
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Arab garment : ABA
28
See 17 Across : HASACCURATETIME
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Prior to : ERE
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Priestly garb : HABIT
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Meanders : ROVES
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___ Islands, off Ireland : ARAN
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Topgallants : MASTS
43
Escape : MISS
44
Helicopter part : ROTOR
46
Dingles : DELLS
48
J.F.K. abbr. : ETA
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See 17 Across : TWOTIMESEACHDAY
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Nightfall, to Donne : EVE
53
To be, in Toulon : ETRE
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Expression of disbelief : HUH
57
Designer Schiaparelli : ELSA
60
Midterm and final : EXAMS
64
Answer to riddle : ANYSTOPPEDWATCH
68
Asiatic palm : NIPA
69
___ Parker (busybody) : NOSEY
70
Writer Mazo ___ Roche : DELA
71
Dither : STEW
72
Stone monument : STELE
73
Erotic : SEXY
Down
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Chess piece : PAWN
2
Will-___-wisp : OTHE
3
Mythomaniac : LIAR
4
A Soviet republic : LATVIA
5
Omega preceder : PSI
6
Barley beard : AWN
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Calif. city : LODI
8
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
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Down : DEFEAT
10
Barnyard sound : BAA
11
Chichi : ARTY
12
Risotto ingredient : RICE
13
Songwriter Gus : KAHN
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Sailing vessel : KETCH
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German composer: 1786-1826 : WEBER
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Con man's ruse : SCAM
25
Musical composition : AUBADE
27
Jot : ATOM
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Compassion : HEART
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Weapon in "Deliverance" : ARROW
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Former intl. pact : SEATO
31
Loses a lap : RISES
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English prime minister: 1945-51 : ATTLEE
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Like some walls : IVIED
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Perle ___, memorable socialite : MESTA
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Attempt : ESSAY
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Bank certificate : NOTE
42
Louver part : SLAT
45
Fasten securely : RIVET
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Kind of propeller : SCREW
50
Some pepos : MELONS
51
Groups of six : HEXADS
54
German novelist Hoffmann: 1848-1909 : HANS
55
Part of B.T.U. : UNIT
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Promotional gimmick : HYPE
58
Predicament : SPOT
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Cathedral's east end : APSE
61
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
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CCXC quadrupled : MCLX
63
Light carriage : SHAY
65
Aphorism : SAW
66
Wriggler : EEL
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Tincture : DYE

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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