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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, February 20, 1988

39-Across : Balance-sheet item

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { F J Q W X Y }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 84, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,983
Across
1
Sainted pope: 417-18 : ZOSIMUS
8
Naval air station in Calif. : ALAMEDA
15
Nacre source : ABALONE
16
Roman Catholic devotions : NOVENAS
17
Small flashlight : PENLITE
18
___ dames (aristocratic women) : GRANDES
19
Old, in Oldenburg : ALT
20
Roomers : LODGERS
22
Japanese apricot : UME
23
Sobrino's relatives : TIAS
25
Dashiell contemporary : ERLE
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You or I: Abbr. : PRON
27
Ed from Kansas City : ASNER
29
___ gratia : DEI
30
Council city in Italy : TRENT
31
Jeweler's measure : KARAT
33
Player in a cast : ACTRESS
35
Greek god who protected beekeepers : ARISTAEUS
37
Subject of a Patti Page hit : CAPECOD
39
Balance-sheet item : ASSET
42
Oblivion : LETHE
43
Heel : CAD
45
John McCormack, e.g. : TENOR
47
Tolkien creatures : ENTS
48
Turner or Cantrell : LANA
49
Challenge : DARE
50
Capuchin monkey : SAI
51
Fragments : TAGENDS
54
British dandy of the 60's : MOD
55
Dickens character : SCROOGE
57
Jim or Lil preceder : DIAMOND
59
Soprano Steber : ELEANOR
60
"Ah! che ___ ... ": Verdi aria : LAMORTE
61
Avenge : REDRESS
62
He wrote "The Over-Soul" : EMERSON
Down
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Villa's comrade in arms : ZAPATA
2
Printer's dagger : OBELISK
3
Yankee infielder : SANTANA
4
Poorly : ILL
5
Drudge : MOIL
6
Biblical preposition : UNTO
7
Ranked, as in a tournament : SEEDED
8
___ tree (Hercules'-club) : ANGELICA
9
Mr. Moto portrayer : LORRE
10
Gardner's namesakes : AVAS
11
T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow ___" : MEN
12
Puts up with : ENDURES
13
Evil spirits : DAEMONS
14
Agree to : ASSENT
21
King Canute? : GREATDANE
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Celestial beings : SERAPHS
26
Advanced, with "on" : PRESSED
28
Street show : RAREE
30
Kind of fund : TRUST
32
Muscular contraction : TIC
34
Congou, e.g. : TEA
36
Old English land tenants : SOCAGERS
37
Last Supper room : CENACLE
38
Unlike Godiva : ATTIRED
40
Captivates : ENAMORS
41
Blue Jays' home : TORONTO
42
Inferior : LESSER
44
Pamper : DANDLE
46
Blush : REDDEN
48
Portuguese port : LAGOS
51
A star of "Advise and Consent" : TONE
52
Geom. line : DIAM
53
Ditto : SAME
56
Scull : OAR
58
Fine leather: Abbr. : MOR

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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