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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1990

31-Across : Daggers

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,721
Across
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Michaelangelo work : DAVID
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Garage job : LUBE
10
Big Ben, e.g. : BELL
14
Cream of the crop : ELITE
15
Girasol : OPAL
16
Mayberry moppet : OPIE
17
Campaign-poster word : ELECT
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Burt Reynolds's wife : LONI
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Abundant : RIFE
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A pair of sleigh pullers : DASHERANDDANCER
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Prior to, to Prior : ERE
24
Ego : SELF
25
Finishing nail : BRAD
28
A way to stand : PAT
31
Daggers : DIRKS
34
Football filler : AIR
35
Bombay wear : SAREE
37
Wish granter of fable : GENIE
39
A pair of diminutive miners : SLEEPYANDSNEEZY
42
Hair dye : HENNA
43
Skeleton : BONES
44
Profit chaser : EER
45
Set in motion : START
47
Stoolie : RAT
48
Threatening word : ELSE
49
Pure and simple : MERE
51
Shade from the sun? : TAN
53
A pair of swordsmen : ATHOSANDPORTHOS
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Joe Isuzu, for one : LIAR
62
Brown beverage : COLA
63
Sunshine State city : MIAMI
64
Pot builder : ANTE
65
Yale Bowl performers : ELIS
66
Flynn of films : ERROL
67
Require : NEED
68
V.I.P. platform : DAIS
69
Bus stop : DEPOT
Down
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Homeowner's document : DEED
2
___ breve : ALLA
3
Contends : VIES
4
Had a hankering : ITCHED
5
Daunt : DETER
6
"Damn Yankees" siren : LOLA
7
Familiar with : UPON
8
Rock groups : BANDS
9
Skipped over : ELIDED
10
Elsa's story : BORNFREE
11
Grand : EPIC
12
Biography : LIFE
13
Lewd look : LEER
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Compensate : REPAY
22
Trues up : ALIGNS
25
Wingding : BASH
26
Angers : RILES
27
"___ we all?" : ARENT
29
U.A.R. part : ARAB
30
General nature : TENOR
32
Prepare for prayer : KNEEL
33
Small, medium and large : SIZES
35
Alley consolations : SPARES
36
Best of the theater : EDNA
38
Brontë heroine : EYRE
40
Charmed : ENAMORED
41
Scrap : SETTO
46
Followed a trail : TRACED
48
Whole : ENTIRE
50
___ Gay : ENOLA
52
Ready for battle : ARMED
53
Shepard or King : ALAN
54
Antler branch : TINE
55
Execrate : HATE
56
MCIV halved : DLII
57
Overtake : PASS
58
Instrument for a Marx : HARP
59
Melville novel : OMOO
60
Delta material : SILT

Answer summary:
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