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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Thursday, April 26, 1979

1-Across : Made off

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 299 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,761
Across
1
Made off : FLED
5
Hindu prince : RAJAH
10
Stravinsky ballet : AGON
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Vesuvian matter : LAVA
15
Zola : EMILE
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Ore deposit : LODE
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Oft-split item : ATOM
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Roof worker : TILER
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Believe, old style : TROW
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Bizet opera : THEPEARLFISHERS
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Woolf's "___ Dalloway" : MRS
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Monogram of a great inventor : TAE
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Smeared : DAUBED
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___ personae : DRAMATIS
34
West German city : ESSEN
35
Rum quaff : GROG
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"___ was saying ... " : ASI
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Strauss favorite : BLUEDANUBEWALTZ
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Spanish relative : TIA
42
Zoo unit : CAGE
43
Élève's milieu : ECOLE
44
Film-editing devices : SPLICERS
47
Wailed like a banshee : KEENED
48
"___ as a Stranger": Thompson : NOT
49
Air current: Abbr. : WND
50
Percy Grainger favorite : MOLLYONTHESHORE
59
Water for a niño : AGUA
60
Water wheel : NORIA
61
Frenzied : AMOK
62
Abominable Snowman : YETI
63
African game : ELAND
64
Alaskan city : NOME
65
Germ : SEED
66
Tire grooves : SIPES
67
Prod : GOAD
Down
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Musical sign : FLAT
2
Plaster backer : LATH
3
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
4
Dewy or dull : DAMP
5
Slow down : RETARD
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Moslem princes : AMIRS
7
Jack's partner : JILL
8
Hebrew letter : ALEF
9
Legacy : HERITAGE
10
Gibson of tennis fame : ALTHEA
11
Vidal : GORE
12
Reputation : ODOR
13
TV feature : NEWS
21
Correct : EMEND
22
Spade or Levenson : SAM
25
Red-ink items : DEBTS
26
"There's many ___ ... " : ASLIP
27
Customary : USUAL
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Social gathering : BEE
29
F.D.A. concern : DRUGS
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Douglas's "The ___": 1942 : ROBE
31
Claw : TALON
32
Tropical fiber : ISTLE
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Estimated, with "up" : SIZED
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Growl : GNAR
38
Flammable liquids : ACETONES
39
Gardener's bane : WEEDS
40
King topper : ACE
45
Like mosaic tiles : INLAID
46
Affectedly devious : COY
47
Works on dough : KNEADS
49
Pule : WHINE
50
Baseball's Willie : MAYS
51
Molding : OGEE
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Stringed instrument : LUTE
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___ me tangere : NOLI
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Catch off guard : TRAP
55
Pend : HANG
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Melville title : OMOO
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"Arrivederci ___" : ROMA
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Stretched out, as a budget : EKED

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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