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Jeffrey A. Mercer
Jeffrey A. Mercer

New York Times, Saturday, February 2, 1985

33-Across : Obscure

Author:
Jeffrey A. Mercer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jeffrey A. Mercer has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,870
Across
1
Feeds the hogs : SLOPS
6
Long in the tooth : AGED
10
Rinehart book : TISH
14
Famed beneficiary of Sir Edward Montagu : PEPYS
15
Type of cheese : BRIE
16
Preposition : ONTO
17
Vacuous : INANE
18
London lawyer : BARRISTER
20
Steatite : TALC
21
Mezzo-soprano Shirley : LOVE
22
Gallagher's partner : SHEAN
23
Duvalier's domain : HAITI
25
Uneasiness, in Paris : ALARME
26
Translate, in a way : DECODE
29
Grammatical features : TAXEMES
31
Byrd book : ALONE
32
Fool's gold, e.g. : PYRITES
33
Obscure : DIM
34
Stations : POSTS
35
Playwright Stoppard : TOM
38
Graze : PASTURE
41
Setting for a Marx Bros. film : OPERA
43
Choral piece : CANTATA
44
Led : GUIDED
45
Kind of shrimp : MANTIS
46
Teed off : IRATE
48
Type of vein : ILIAC
49
Bit : SNIP
50
An incarnation of Vishnu : RAMA
54
Latch releasers : DOORKNOBS
56
Moon of Uranus : ARIEL
57
Miler Andersson : ARNE
58
Medicinal plant : ALOE
59
"Ars ___ ... " : LONGA
60
Cong. meeting : SESS
61
Certain chains : TOWS
62
Flowery scent : ATTAR
Down
1
Rotisserie item : SPIT
2
Capp's "Hyena" : LENA
3
Oculus mundi : OPAL
4
Author of 7 Down : PYNCHON
5
Dir. from St. Louis to Memphis : SSE
6
Head monk : ABBOT
7
Best seller in 1973 : GRAVITYSRAINBOW
8
Celts' land : EIRE
9
German article : DER
10
Put ___ (embarrass) : TOSHAME
11
Concerned : INTERESTED
12
Cooks clams, in a way : STEAMS
13
Marilyn of the Met : HORNE
19
Key : ISLET
21
Recline : LIE
24
"Artie" author : ADE
25
Corncob, for one : AXIS
26
Palindromic family name : DAD
27
David ___ Lilienthal : ELI
28
Associates : COMPANIONS
30
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
32
Small European cod : POUT
34
School orgs. : PTAS
36
Tinstone, e.g. : ORE
37
Non compos mentis : MAD
39
Scorpion's Heart : ANTARES
40
Place for a muleta : STICK
41
Call at Wimbledon : OUT
42
Buffoon : PIERROT
43
Heat, in Milano : CALORE
44
Lacuna : GAP
45
Mythical king of Phrygia : MIDAS
47
Loses a lap : RISES
49
"Star Wars" hero : SOLO
51
"___ Misbehavin'" : AINT
52
Prefix with ton or phone : MEGA
53
Winged : ALAR
55
Writer Hentoff : NAT
56
S.E.C. member : ALA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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