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Melvin Kenworthy
Melvin Kenworthy

New York Times, Tuesday, February 28, 1989

63-Across : ___ nova (samba music)

Author:
Melvin Kenworthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Melvin Kenworthy has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,357
Across
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Graze : SHAVE
6
C.P.A. : ACCT
10
Biblical preposition : UNTO
14
"Ship of the desert" : CAMEL
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Blackthorn : SLOE
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Poet's "at no time" : NEER
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Idolize : ADORE
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Christmas carol, with "The" : FIRSTNOEL
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Xylophone's cousin : MARIMBA
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Stephen, in France : ETIENNE
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A-one : FIRSTRATE
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Rely upon : GOBY
28
Summers, in Sedan : ETES
29
City in NE Italy : UDINE
33
A feast ___ famine : ORA
34
Sea mammal : SEAL
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U.S.S.R. head: 1917-24 : LENIN
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Mamba or rumba : DANCE
38
Bishopric : SEE
40
Saw : ADAGE
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Berlin's "I Poured My Heart ___ Song" : INTOA
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Ended : OVER
44
Grandfather of Saul : NER
45
Duped : STUNG
46
Sale condition : ASIS
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Kind of sandwich : HERO
48
Missing person in Buchanan's term : FIRSTLADY
51
Guarantees : ASSURES
54
Profession of Nightingale : NURSING
58
Area Lou Gehrig covered : FIRSTBASE
60
Daisy's cousin : ASTER
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Wings on an avis : ALAE
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"The ___ of Texas ... " : EYES
63
___ nova (samba music) : BOSSA
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Flag maker : ROSS
65
W.W. II craft : LSTS
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Espies : SPOTS
Down
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Rip-off : SCAM
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"Mary ___ little ... " : HADA
3
Love, in León : AMOR
4
Confirm : VERIFY
5
Varnish resin : ELEMI
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___ lightning (very swift) : ASFASTAS
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Caesar's 151 : CLI
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Kitchen utensils : CORERS
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Seed integument : TESTA
10
Superfluous : UNNEEDED
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Light gas : NEON
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Four or six follower : TEEN
13
Wreath on a knight's helmet : ORLE
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Nominal : TITULAR
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Scottish broth : BREE
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Bony fish : TELEOST
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"___ our refuge ... ": Psalm 46 : GODIS
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Praying female figure : ORANT
27
African language group : BANTU
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Senseless : INANE
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River in Mali : NIGER
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Juárez January : ENERO
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Like oceanic islands : SEAGIRT
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Addles : CONFUSES
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State of depravity : EVILNESS
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Birthright loser : ESAU
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Analyzes : ASSAYS
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European mint : HYSSOP
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Confederate soldier : REBEL
50
Slatterns : DRABS
51
At a distance : AFAR
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Farm structure : SILO
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Sp. titles : SRAS
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"Wishing will make ___" : ITSO
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Aerie : NEST
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
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Tennis unit : SET

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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