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Peggy Devlin
New York Times, Wednesday, February 27, 1991
34-Across : Black bird
Author:
Peggy Devlin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peggy Devlin has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 E | 3 A | 4 D | 5 I | 6 P | 7 S | 8 E | 9 T | 10 P | 11 K | 12 S |
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13 A | C | R | E | 14 A | M | A | N | A | 15 H | E | I | R |
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16 C | R | A | B | 17 A | P | P | L | E | S | 18 R | A | N | A |
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19 T | U | M | U | L | T | 20 P | E | T | 21 C | O | C | K | S |
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22 N | O | T | 23 A | 24 R | E | I | N | E | ||||||
25 T | 26 A | K | E | O | U | 27 T | 28 R | A | G | M | 29 A | 30 N |
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31 T | I | L | E | S | 32 G | A | 33 L | L | O | 34 A | N | I |
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35 H | E | L | D | 36 L | E | M | A | Y | 37 S | K | I | N |
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38 E | R | I | 39 C | U | R | E | D | 40 S | T | E | L | A |
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41 E | S | T | 42 E | R | S | 43 R | E | 44 S | P | I | R | E | ||
45 E | L | I | T | 46 E | 47 D | O | E | R | ||||||
48 E | 49 N | R | O | B | E | R | 50 S | 51 P | A | R | 52 A | 53 D | 54 E |
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55 L | E | A | P | 56 R | O | U | 57 G | H | R | I | D | E | R |
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58 L | A | T | E | 59 E | D | N | A | S | 60 N | E | V | A |
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61 A | P | E | R | 62 D | E | N | S | 63 G | N | A | T |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,086
Across
1
Gray element : LEAD
5
___ dixit : IPSE
9
Hwys. : TPKS
13
Brazilian state : ACRE
14
Iowa cooperative : AMANA
15
Scion : HEIR
16
Fruit for a grouch? : CRABAPPLES
18
Madras V.I.P. : RANA
19
Riot : TUMULT
20
Favorite roosters? : PETCOCKS
22
___ bene : NOTA
24
Roi's femme : REINE
25
Restaurant order : TAKEOUT
28
Old-clothes dealer : RAGMAN
31
Mah-jongg pieces : TILES
32
Famed opera impresario : GALLO
34
Black bird : ANI
35
Actress Anna: 1873-1918 : HELD
36
General Curtis ___ : LEMAY
37
Peel : SKIN
38
Silkworm : ERI
39
Preserved : CURED
40
Inscribed pillar : STELA
41
Chemical compounds : ESTERS
43
Breathe : RESPIRE
45
The gentry : ELITE
47
Idler's opposite : DOER
48
Dressers : ENROBERS
51
Show off : PARADE
55
Ballerina's jeté : LEAP
56
Harsh jockey? : ROUGHRIDER
58
Behind schedule : LATE
59
Best and Ferber : EDNAS
60
Russian river : NEVA
61
Unoriginal person : APER
62
Retreats : DENS
63
Midge : GNAT
Down
1
Milk: Comb. form : LACT
2
Pale color : ECRU
3
Biblical Syria : ARAM
4
Ousted from a camp cot? : DEBUNKED
5
Brat's cousin : IMP
6
Feeler : PALP
7
Show cynicism : SNEER
8
Type of wind : EASTERLY
9
Horde : THRONG
10
Indian pipe smoker? : PEACEMAKER
11
Cramp : KINK
12
Spanish Mmes. : SRAS
14
" ... so ___ die": Shak. : APTTO
17
Eaglewood : ALOES
21
Greeting in Genoa : CIAO
23
Bore : AUGER
25
Rows of rows : TIERS
26
"Everyone repeat!"? : ALLITERATE
27
Less risky : TAMER
29
Infirm, in away : ANILE
30
Singer Simone : NINA
31
Friend's word : THEE
33
Bailed : LADED
36
Gave a glossy finish : LUSTERED
37
Boxing area in a prison? : STIRRING
39
Baby's bed : CRIB
40
Trident : SPEAR
42
Romeo or Juliet : ELOPER
44
Last year's frosh : SOPHS
46
Disintegrate : ERODE
48
Cinders of comics : ELLA
49
Lowest high tide : NEAP
50
East Indian hemp : SUNN
52
Yemeni seaport : ADEN
53
Hindu god : DEVA
54
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
57
Flivver fuel : GAS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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.