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George P. Sphicas
George P. Sphicas

New York Times, Saturday, April 30, 1983

52-Across : Umbrella supports

Author:
George P. Sphicas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.62, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 88, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
George P. Sphicas has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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G
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R
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A
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A
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A
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T
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I
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C
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M
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S
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S
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N
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B
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D
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R
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C
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R
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L
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D
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V
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A
G
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O
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R
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B
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I
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A
V
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S
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T
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H
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E
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E
U
G
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E
N
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D
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L
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C
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X
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L
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L
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R
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I
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S
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P
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E
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P
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U
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B
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N
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C
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I
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D
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A
P
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C
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U
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,226
Across
1
Persona ___ : GRATA
6
Suffix with system : ATIC
10
What a priest says : MASS
14
Called : NAMED
15
Safari blind : BOMA
16
Claudia ___ Taylor Johnson : ALTA
17
"West Side Story" girl : ANITA
18
Famed basketball coach : RUPP
19
Creator of "the sack" : DIOR
20
Marriage counselor, at times : RECONCILER
22
Flag designer: 1818 : REID
23
"St. Jerome" painter : LEONARDODAVINCI
25
Kin of yellow fever : AGUE
26
Macrogametes : OVA
27
Stat. for George Foster : RBI
30
Rarae ___ : AVES
31
___ knot (marry) : TIETHE
34
"Dante et Virgile" painter : EUGENEDELACROIX
37
Wildcats : LYNXES
38
This gives ade : LIME
39
Antique car : REO
40
Colombian people : ICA
41
Store event : SALE
42
"Descent from the Cross" painter : PETERPAULRUBENS
50
Greek resistance org. : ELAS
51
Adjective for masterworks : ARTISTICAL
52
Umbrella supports : RIBS
53
Complain : CARP
54
Arctic abode : IGLOO
55
Sec. of Transportation : DOLE
56
Island off Brazil : APEU
57
Ali, thrice : CHAMP
58
Pueblos' erstwhile foes : UTES
59
Rev. Moon's group, e.g. : SECT
60
Phrygian Adonis : ATTIS
Down
1
Tree knot : GNARL
2
Indian princess : RANEE
3
Gina's friend : AMICO
4
Wyoming range : TETON
5
City or province in Turkey : ADANA
6
Like pocket dictionaries : ABRIDGED
7
"Le Promenoir" painter : TOULOUSELAUTREC
8
Hinder : IMPEDE
9
"Lost Horizon" director : CAPRA
10
Ohio stream : MADRIVER
11
Opposite of 20 Across : ALIENATOR
12
Man of iron : STOIC
13
Natives of Cagliari : SARDI
21
Desires : CRAVES
24
Echo lost all but this : VOICE
27
Electrical unit : REL
28
Purchase : BUY
29
Far from fireproof : IGNITABLE
30
Close, poetically : ANEAR
31
Circus performers : TAMERS
32
Hurry : HIE
33
Outside: Prefix : EXO
35
Overages : EXCESSES
36
Country visited by Gulliver : LILLIPUT
41
Mexican shawl : SARAPE
42
Hidden : PERDU
43
He wrote "The Rock": 1934 : ELIOT
44
S.A. rodents : PACAS
45
City on the Mohawk : UTICA
46
Rope loop : BIGHT
47
Brilliance : ECLAT
48
Biblical mother-in-law : NAOMI
49
Spills : SLOPS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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