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Michael A. Rampino
Michael A. Rampino

New York Times, Wednesday, March 29, 1989

9-Across : Alone onstage

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { F J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,386
Across
1
Fabian playwright : SHAW
5
Epopee : EPIC
9
Alone onstage : SOLUS
14
Pueblo Indian : HOPI
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Chinese wax : PELA
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Vestige : TRACE
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Orient : EAST
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Golfer's niblick, e.g. : IRON
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Aquila : EAGLE
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Sphere : ARENA
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Pandemic : UNIVERSAL
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Take umbrage : RESENT
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Apart : ASIDE
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Portico for Socrates : STOA
29
Submissions to a publishing co. : MSS
30
Parlay : BET
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Constellation named for an Ethiopian queen : CASSIOPEIA
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Ignoble : BASE
38
Sky Ram : ARIES
39
Shepherd's god : PAN
40
Hemingway character : PILAR
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Pinochle combination : MELD
42
Constellation called the Clock : HOROLOGIUM
44
Actor Harrington : PAT
45
___ de Calais : PAS
46
Crucifix : ROOD
47
Mulligrubs : COLIC
49
Kind of party : BRIDAL
53
Pace counter : PEDOMETER
57
Virgo's bright star : SPICA
58
Fragrance : AROMA
59
Dies ___ : IRAE
61
Sixth wife of Henry VIII : PARR
62
Existed : LIVED
63
Jacket slit : VENT
64
Writer Bagnold : ENID
65
P.G.A.'s Calvin ___ : PEETE
66
Noble Italian family : ESTE
67
Cincinnati nine : REDS
Down
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Clip : SHEAR
2
Templewood of England : HOARE
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Altar-end recesses : APSES
4
Saw : WITNESSED
5
Roof ornament : EPI
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Pizarro's conquest : PERU
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Actress Massey : ILONA
8
Sky underdog? : CANISMINOR
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Stallions : STEEDS
10
"Laborare est ___" : ORARE
11
Trails : LAGS
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Bruins of Calif. : UCLA
13
Shut a falcon's eyes : SEEL
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Opposers : ANTIS
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Passport endorsement : VISA
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Overly : TOO
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Juxtaposed : APPOSITIVE
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Indonesian island : BALI
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Jacob's twin : ESAU
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Duration : TERM
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Bivouac : CAMP
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Region : AREA
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Alluvium : SILT
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Pinna : EAR
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Ursa Major septet : BIGDIPPER
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Standard & ___ 500 : POORS
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Revolutionary War hero : HALE
43
Tennis tactic : LOB
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Hair ointment : POMADE
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Tailed orbiter : COMET
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Largest asteroid : CERES
50
Actress Keaton : DIANE
51
Pungent : ACRID
52
Greases : LARDS
53
Insect feeler : PALP
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A neighbor of Huron : ERIE
55
Constellation Columba : DOVE
56
Bluster : RANT
60
Somme summer : ETE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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