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Peter G. Snow
Peter G. Snow

New York Times, Saturday, December 6, 1986

32-Across : Soap plants

Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q V W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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B
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A
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G
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S
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T
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N
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P
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,542
Across
1
Splendor : POMP
5
Proper : FIT
8
Sustain : PROP
12
Nanking nanny : AMAH
13
Earthnut: Var. : ARNUT
15
Loathe : HATE
16
Sensible : SANE
17
Jai-alai racquet : CESTA
18
Aware of : ONTO
19
Greek-to-English problem, e.g. : TRANSLITERATION
22
Galena, e.g. : ORE
23
Active prefix : RETRO
24
Hebrides hats : TAMS
26
Londoner's charabanc : BUS
27
Sarcastic : ACID
30
Glut : SATE
31
Kind of muffin : GEM
32
Soap plants : AMOLES
34
Self-activation : SPONTANEOUSNESS
37
F. Alda's "Men, Women and ___" : TENORS
38
Carp : NAG
39
Wayne : DUKE
40
Mexican President Miguel ___ Madrid : DELA
41
Hagiology subjs. : STS
42
Old Dodgers : BUMS
43
Superfamily: Comb. form : OIDEA
45
Band of sparks : ARC
46
Mother Shipton's forte : PROGNOSTICATION
53
Tamein's cousin : SARI
54
Contaminate : TAINT
55
Home of the Hawks : OMNI
56
Some accts. : IRAS
57
Dusky gray : SMOKE
58
Horse's gait : RACK
59
Dispatched : SENT
60
Annapolis grad. : ENS
61
Widgeon : SMEE
Down
1
A Christmas in "A Christmas Carol" : PAST
2
Important convert of Mohammed : OMAR
3
Supernatural power, in Polynesia : MANA
4
Classifier of facts or experiences : PHENOMENOLOGIST
5
Chilean President: 1964-70 : FREI
6
One of Nelson Riddle's fortes : INSTRUMENTATION
7
Some English undergraduates : TUTEES
8
Selenium, etc. : PHOTOCONDUCTORS
9
Gypsy wife : RANI
10
"Airplane!" autopilot: 1980 : OTTO
11
Calcutta cop : PEON
13
Ironwood : ACLE
14
Frangipane : TART
20
Grads-to-be : SRS
21
Family of Bulwer-Lytton protagonist : ARAMS
24
Like some TV shows : TAPED
25
Observe Yom Kippur : ATONE
26
Hogan or Hecht : BEN
28
Part of the alimentary canal : ILEUM
29
Sights in some bullpens : DESKS
30
Jet-set veh. : SST
31
Rap : GAS
32
Arrival time for H.C.H. : AUG
33
Frankfurt-to-Stuttgart dir. : SSE
35
Prepare : TRAIN
36
PAU's successor : OAS
41
Roll seed : SESAME
42
Bandeau, for short : BRA
44
Dowries : DOTS
45
Molière play division : ACTE
46
Letters from Greece : PSIS
47
Uncommon : RARE
48
Mediterranean port : ORAN
49
Signs : INKS
50
Mosque man : IMAM
51
Start of a Susann title : ONCE
52
Army guided missile : NIKE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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