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Peggy Devlin
Peggy Devlin

New York Times, Wednesday, February 27, 1991

43-Across : Breathe

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.
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© 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
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Riot : TUMULT
20
Favorite roosters? : PETCOCKS
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___ 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
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Breathe : RESPIRE
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The gentry : ELITE
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Idler's opposite : DOER
48
Dressers : ENROBERS
51
Show off : PARADE
55
Ballerina's jeté : LEAP
56
Harsh jockey? : ROUGHRIDER
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Behind schedule : LATE
59
Best and Ferber : EDNAS
60
Russian river : NEVA
61
Unoriginal person : APER
62
Retreats : DENS
63
Midge : GNAT
Down
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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
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"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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