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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Friday, March 5, 1993

22-Across : ___ Peak

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,823
Across
1
Secretary : DESK
5
Composer of "Carmina Burana" : ORFF
9
Site of golf's "blue monster" : DORAL
14
"___ Troll," Heine poem : ATTA
15
Actress Mia ___ : SARA
16
Like some oldsters : ANILE
17
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
18
Rocker Ant : ADAM
19
Clubs or spices : MACES
20
Monroe role in "Some Like It Hot" : SUGARKANE
22
___ Peak : PIKES
23
Courage : HEART
24
Boneset, e.g. : HERB
25
Murderous: Comb. form : CIDAL
28
Hindu instrument : SITAR
30
CD's predecessors : LPS
33
Tick : ACARID
35
Operatic partner of "Pag" : CAV
36
___ Baba : ALI
37
Minerals used in paints : BARITES
39
Kind of profile : GRECIAN
42
Bank abbr. : INT
43
Michael Jackson album : BAD
45
Blissful : EDENIC
46
Ultimate degree : NTH
47
Assessed : RATED
49
Byzantine empress : IRENE
50
___ dire (legal oath) : VOIR
52
Gay ___ : PAREE
54
Author Dahl : ROALD
56
Connery or Moore role : JAMESBOND
60
Over : ENDED
61
Innisfail : ERIN
62
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
63
Filch : STEAL
64
Proofreader's mark : STET
65
Unsubstantial : AIRY
66
Mezzo from Pa. : HORNE
67
Plebe's place : USNA
68
Author of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : LOOS
Down
1
Footpace : DAIS
2
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
3
Smoker : STAG
4
Botswana desert : KALAHARI
5
Japanese seaport : OSAKA
6
Speed-detecting devices : RADARS
7
Overwrought : FRANTIC
8
Reputation : FAME
9
Mute for a horn : DAMPER
10
"I lived ___": Frost : ONAIR
11
Bogart role in "Casablanca" : RICKBLAINE
12
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
13
Not so much : LESS
21
Kindled anew : RELIT
24
Port, to Pierre : HAVRE
25
Kind of fever : CABIN
26
"___ Go On," 1955 song : ICANT
27
"Star Wars" heavy : DARTHVADER
29
Aglet : TAG
31
Champaign : PLAIN
32
Subsequently : SINCE
34
Exclude : DEBAR
38
H.S. exam : SAT
40
Brickell and McClurg : EDIES
41
Of the intellect : CEREBRAL
44
Takes off : DEPARTS
47
Conundrum : RIDDLE
48
Paraclete at Molokai : DAMIEN
51
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
53
Designer de la ___ : RENTA
54
Hebrew letter : RESH
55
Existence: Comb. form : ONTO
56
"___, Joy of Man's Desiring": Bach : JESU
57
Taft's state : OHIO
58
Pianist Peter : NERO
59
Emerson poem : DAYS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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