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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

CRAFT-Y SHENANIGANS

New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 1991

105-Across : A 1965 U.S. Open winner

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 540 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 109, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,083
Across
1
Festoon : SWAG
5
City in Egypt : ASWAN
10
Expression : CAST
14
"___ a horse with wings!": Shak. : OFOR
18
Islamic judge : CADI
19
Be obtrusively conspicuous : STARE
20
Sacher or Linzer : TORTE
21
Director Clair : RENE
22
Yonder : AFAR
23
Chinese pleasure craft? : SUNYACHTSEN
25
Old strongbox : ARCA
26
Feed feasters : REGALE
28
Eurasian region of Middle Ages : TATARY
29
Good-for-nothing : WASTREL
31
Appeals : REFERS
33
Remote TV broadcast : NEMO
34
Surfeit : CLOY
35
Adieux, in Bath : TATAS
37
Some buoys : NUNS
39
Lacrimator : TEARGAS
42
Tires : IRKS
45
Dummy : SIMP
47
Psalm verse ender : SELAH
49
"Twelfth Night" heroine : VIOLA
50
Hind : ROE
51
___ Rapids, city in Minn. : COON
53
Lesions : SORES
55
One-eyed god : ODIN
56
Countertenor : ALTO
58
Suitcase marker : DOGTAG
60
Round : ORBED
62
"___ Merrilies," Keats poem : MEG
63
Boa : NECKLET
65
Brief piece of writing : SCRIP
67
Cause: Fr. : RAISON
69
Entanglement : HITCH
70
Valor : ARETE
71
"___ Get Started With You," 1936 song : ICANT
72
Denmark's ___ Islands : FAEROE
73
Type of maid : METER
74
Finder of the Holy Grail : GALAHAD
77
Birthplace of Hippocrates : KOS
78
Quarrel : SCRAP
80
During : AMIDST
82
Soccer great : PELE
83
Actress Sommer : ELKE
85
Daughter of David : TAMAR
87
He was Hutch on TV : SOUL
88
Kid : RIB
89
Property claims : LIENS
91
French pioneer in treating the mentally ill : PINEL
93
British actor Roger ___ : REES
95
Giant jets : SSTS
96
Clayware : POTTERY
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Knob on a pipe organ : STOP
100
Check for Checkers : LEASH
102
Canadian lake : CREE
103
Ovid's "you love" : AMAS
105
A 1965 U.S. Open winner : PLAYER
108
Stuck : ADHERED
111
Capital of Laconia : SPARTA
113
Exultant : ELATED
115
River mouth : BOCA
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Don Giovanni, as a seaman? : LATEENLOVER
119
Cry on a roller coaster : WHEE
120
Bureau attachment : CRAT
121
Was mistaken : ERRED
122
N.Y. city : OLEAN
123
___-majesté : LESE
124
Gainsay : DENY
125
Fume : REEK
126
Front cover of a book : RECTO
127
Monoski, e.g. : SLED
Down
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Hilum : SCAR
2
Disk for sealing letters : WAFER
3
Apothegm : ADAGE
4
Long-necked vessels? : GIRAFTS
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Avers : ASSERTS
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Erwin of early TV : STU
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Penury : WANT
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Indo-European : ARYAN
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Set in order : NEATEN
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President of France: 1954-59 : COTY
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Four in refrigerators : ARS
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Fret : STEW
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A-Q combo, in bridge : TENACE
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Handel specialty : ORATORIO
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Transport protectors? : FERRYGODMOTHERS
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Ever : ONCE
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Authentic : REAL
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High order of angels : THRONES
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Nobelist in Literature: 1957 : CAMUS
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Site of Gray's herd : LEA
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Pole, e.g. : SLAV
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Shipboard psychiatry? : SAICOTHERAPY
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Wheezer's menace : SMOG
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Great Lakes vessel? : SLOOPERIOR
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Slumber on a two-master? : THEBRIGSLEEP
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Strange : ALIEN
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Ratted : SANG
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Land of Qum : IRAN
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Aïda or Radamès : ROLE
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Phrase for a disorderly sailer? : KETCHASKETCHCAN
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Japanese galley utensils? : POTSAMPANS
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Pt. of E.T.A. : ARR
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Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
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Fur seal : SEACAT
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Tom Joad, e.g. : OKIE
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Boil down : DECOCT
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First name of a memorable loner : GRETA
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Horologe face : DIAL
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Alphabet: Abbr. : LTRS
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Hollywooders going steady : ITEMS
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Photo : SNAP
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Book leaf : FOLIO
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Landed : ALIT
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American Socialist: 1855-1926 : DEBS
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Large seaweed : KELP
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Friend, in Angers : AMI
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Affaire d'honneur : DUEL
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Plea : ENTREATY
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Recorded anew : RETAPED
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Fortuneteller : SEER
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Miller protagonist : LOMAN
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Italian gulf : SALERNO
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Boat covers? : SHYAWLS
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Polishing machine : REELER
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Kind of car or maid : PARLOR
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Bando of baseball : SAL
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Orarion : STOLE
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___ Levy, Cohan's first wife : ETHEL
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"Tears" poet : REESE
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Start of a kindergarten chant : ABCD
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"Divine Comedy" illustrator : DORE
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Bell the cat : DARE
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Ferret out : SEEK
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With, to Pierre : AVEC
114
Quitclaim : DEED
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Uno e due : TRE
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Graze : EAT

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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