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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Saturday, February 23, 1991

1-Across : Caribbean island

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,082
Across
1
Caribbean island : CURACAO
8
Hemp derivative : HASHISH
15
Sour liquids : ALEGARS
16
Loss of power to understand words : APHASIA
17
Recent ring retiree : SUGARRAYLEONARD
19
Houston player : ASTRO
20
Some wins by 17 Across : KOS
21
Pangolin's meal : ANTS
22
Epic translated by Pope : ILIAD
24
High, in Hebrew : ELI
25
Spice and staff : MACES
27
Symbol of nudity : JAYBIRD
31
Dine : SUP
32
Della and Lizette : REESES
35
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
36
A Wimbledon champion: 1981 : CHRISEVERTLLOYD
39
Descendant of Fatima : ALID
40
Kind of bond : YANKEE
41
Modernist : NEO
42
Pleistocene mammal : MYLODON
44
Kyle and Tobin of football : ROTES
46
Manager Piniella : LOU
47
Elbows or shells : PASTA
49
Adonis's killer : BOAR
51
Ouse feeder : CAM
52
Diminish : ABATE
56
N.B.A. scoring leader: 1960-66 : WILTCHAMBERLAIN
59
Minimally : ATLEAST
60
Bade : ORDERED
61
"Our hope for ___ come": Watts : YEARSTO
62
Wimple wearers : SISTERS
Down
1
Pedro's house : CASA
2
Small one: Suffix : ULUS
3
Command of a col. : REGT
4
Edible mushroom : AGARIC
5
Christmas singers : CAROLERS
6
Part of E.T.A. : ARR
7
Prefecture of Japan : OSAKA
8
"Herring Vender" artist : HALS
9
Morris's "The Naked ___" : APE
10
Full of shallow spots : SHOALY
11
Twain's boyhood home : HANNIBAL
12
"The Hun ___ the gate!": Kipling : ISAT
13
Bors and Kay : SIRS
14
Owned : HAD
18
Hebrew letter : YOD
23
Peek-a-boo phrase : ISEEYOU
24
Spring feasts : EASTERS
25
Grass type : MUHLY
26
Millay's "Second ___" : APRIL
27
Steve Martin role: 1979 : JERK
28
Perfume component : IRONE
29
Spanish kings : REYES
30
"Wonderland" bird : DODO
31
Confidence game : SCAM
33
Conductor Whallon : EVAN
34
Short for Long: 1931-35 : SEN
37
Devotee : IDOLATER
38
Tights named for their creator : LEOTARDS
43
Biblical seamstress : DORCAS
45
Inscribed slab : TABLET
47
Knave of clubs : PAM
48
Early Christian pulpits : AMBOS
49
Orthodontist's concern : BITE
50
Earthen jar : OLLA
51
Clouseau's servant : CATO
53
Rhine tributary : AARE
54
Rank : TIER
55
Means' justifiers? : ENDS
56
"Swann's ___": Proust : WAY
57
D.D.E.'s predecessor : HST
58
"___ tu," Verdi aria : ERI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 9 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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