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Irene Smullyan
Irene Smullyan

New York Times, Friday, February 8, 1985

23-Across : An appetizer

Author:
Irene Smullyan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Irene Smullyan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 12,876
Across
1
St. Peter has one at St. Peter's : HALO
5
Domesticates : TAMES
10
Ashen : GRAY
14
Indigo : ANIL
15
Endure : ABIDE
16
African river : UELE
17
Item in a corset or a collar : STAY
18
Oregon or Santa Fe : TRAIL
19
G.I.'s ration in W.W. II : SPAM
20
Short wave? : PERM
21
Actress Anouk ___ : AIMEE
22
Ornamental pattern, in art : SEME
23
An appetizer : PERSIANMELON
26
Distillates of turpentine : ROSINS
29
Regimen : DIET
30
A.k.a. : ALIAS
31
Río de la ___ : PLATA
33
Form of communication? : ESP
36
An entree : SPANISHOMELETTE
39
Haw's partner : HEM
40
Aerial maneuvers : LOOPS
41
Kind of tube or sanctum : INNER
42
Stimulates, with "up" : PEPS
43
Staid : SEDATE
44
A dessert : DANISHPASTRY
49
Homer's "Odyssey," e.g. : EPIC
50
"___ war": F.D.R. : IHATE
51
Spar : MAST
55
Enjoy the warmth : BASK
56
Stendhal hero : SOREL
57
Pizarro victim : INCA
58
Corner : TREE
59
Type of sodium carbonate : TRONA
60
Glacial ridges : OSAR
61
Rumpus : STIR
62
Mexican gentleman : SENOR
63
Zola's courtesan : NANA
Down
1
Metal fastener : HASP
2
Stake : ANTE
3
Ananias, e.g. : LIAR
4
Greek god : OLYMPIAN
5
A Turkic-speaking people : TATARS
6
Shelters, in Savoie : ABRIS
7
City in Dade County : MIAMI
8
Widow of Ernie Kovacs : EDIEADAMS
9
Variety of gypsum : SELENITE
10
Tailor's inserted piece : GUSSET
11
Drive off : REPEL
12
Tex. shrine : ALAMO
13
Middle Eastern republic : YEMEN
24
Stores grain : ENSILES
25
More crumbly or powdery : MEALIER
26
Reckless : RASH
27
Ancient leather flask : OLPE
28
Thailand, formerly : SIAM
31
Morning star : PHOSPHORE
32
Prune : LOP
33
Alcohol burner : ETNA
34
Printer's mark : STET
35
Marquette was one : PERE
37
Specious reasoners : SOPHISTS
38
Poem by Keats : ENDYMION
42
Harvester of a kind : PICKER
43
Like a stone pillar : STELAR
44
I.o.u.'s : DEBTS
45
Separated : APART
46
Japanese-American : NISEI
47
Older brother of Moses : AARON
48
Mem. of a pool : STENO
52
Handle for Hadrian : ANSA
53
Scrutinize : SCAN
54
Scarlett's home : TARA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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