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Peter Allen
Peter Allen

New York Times, Saturday, March 15, 1958

42-Across : Impetuosity.

Author:
Peter Allen
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F V X Z }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 10
Peter Allen has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1958, The New York TimesNo. 3,182
Across
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Elijah's royal opponent. : AHAB
5
Stir the risibilities. : AMUSE
10
Letter of a certain size: Abbr. : SCAP
14
Type of musical piece. : SOLO
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Relative of stampede. : PANIC
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Actor-comic Bert. : LAHR
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New York bridge span, 1,380 ft. : TRIBOROUGH
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Australian bird: Var. : EMEU
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Uncomfortably situated: Slang. : INASPOT
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Reporter's necessity. : NOTEPAD
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Visual aid. : LENS
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Lyric poem. : EPODE
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V. P. Charles Gates ___. : DAWES
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Time worth remembering. : ERA
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Part of a roasting ear. : COB
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Minced oath. : EGAD
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Firm quality. : STANCHNESS
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Lamprey. : EEL
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"Long Day's ___." : JOURNEY
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Author Tom. : LEA
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Soft quality. : MELLOWNESS
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Impetuosity. : ELAN
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Twitching. : TIC
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Twelve dozen: Abbr. : GRO
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Dwarfish-earth-dweller. : GNOME
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Authority on child care. : SPOCK
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Federal troubleshooter: Colloq. : TMAN
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Tennis headliner. : LEWHOAD
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City on the Hudson. : HOBOKEN
57
Dies ___. : IRAE
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New York bridge span, 1182 ft. : QUEENSBORO
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Eight furlongs. : MILE
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Extreme. : ULTRA
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Banker's concern. : LOAN
63
Tubing joints of a certain shape. : ELLS
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Baltic island group. : ALAND
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This: Span. : ESTO
Down
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Italian wine center. : ASTI
2
Powder container. : HORN
3
Inter ___. : ALIA
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Toboggan. : BOBSLED
5
Paved hangar area. : APRON
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Red in China. : MAOTSETUNG
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Burmese Premier. : UNU
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Portent. : SIGN
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Sympathetic response. : ECHO
10
Ponder, as overnight. : SLEEPON
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Scene of Dore Schary's play. : CAMPOBELLO
12
In the lead. : AHEAD
13
Stickler for propriety. : PRUDE
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Unfolds poetically. : OPES
22
Out of sorts. : TECHY
25
Judge. : DEEM
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Askew: Dial. : AGEE
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Specification for carpeting. : WALLTOWALL
29
Of thinner texture. : RARER
30
Maisie or Susie. : ANNSOTHERN
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Disseminate. : SOW
34
These: Fr. : CES
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Sew together. : SEAM
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Reasonable. : SANE
38
Any monkey. : JOCKO
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Chinese nuts: Var. : LICHEES
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Lend dignity to. : ENNOBLE
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Talks idly: Colloq. : GABS
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Disagreeable substance. : SLIME
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Vicissitude of Pauline. : PERIL
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One-celled organism. : MONAD
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___ vitae. : AQUA
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Blunt. : DULL
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Diplomat Wellington and family. : KOOS
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Quod ___ faciendum. : ERAT
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"___, Nanette!" : NONO
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Between zeta and theta. : ETA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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