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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, May 13, 1991

5-Across : Tau's predecessor

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,161
Across
1
Start of a kindergarten chant : ABCD
5
Tau's predecessor : SIGMA
10
Dress : TRIM
14
Lacerated : TORE
15
Made eyes at : OGLED
16
Irritate : RILE
17
Openly : ABOVEBOARD
19
Ripens : AGES
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Book back : SPINE
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Gives joy to : DELIGHTS
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Title Olivier received : LORD
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Redact : EDIT
26
Pauses : HALTS
29
Narrow inlet : RIA
32
Fla. city : OCALA
35
Maple genus : ACER
36
Revoke : CANCEL
38
___ de guerre : NOM
39
Oppose openly : DEFY
40
Hastily : AMAIN
41
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
42
An A.B.A. member : ATT
43
Blake of "Gunsmoke" : AMANDA
44
Seine sights : ILES
45
Drying cloth : TOWEL
47
Tre e tre : SEI
48
Air-cooled machine guns : BRENS
49
"___ boy!" : ITSA
51
Fellow : CHAP
53
Good nature : BONHOMIE
57
Undermine : ERODE
60
Pond growth : ALGA
61
Impeding sylvan mass : UNDERBRUSH
64
Visible : SEEN
65
Frighten : SCARE
66
Pierre's head : TETE
67
Painful : SORE
68
Noted designer of chairs : EAMES
69
Arrest : STEM
Down
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___ glance : ATA
2
Floats on fish lines : BOBS
3
Snip a snap : CROP
4
Extreme wickedness : DEVILTRY
5
Subdued : SOBER
6
"But ___ on forever": Tennyson : IGO
7
Satisfied : GLAD
8
Bare : MERE
9
Confound : ADDLE
10
Disastrous : TRAGIC
11
Square part : RIGHTANGLE
12
"___ a Song Go ... " : ILET
13
Disarrange : MESS
18
Biblical oldster : ENOS
22
False god : IDOL
24
Marlowe creations : DRAMAS
26
Attacked : HADAT
27
Vinegar: Comb. form : ACETO
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Radical : LEFTWINGER
30
Silly : INANE
31
Tart : ACIDIC
33
Ponti's wife : LOREN
34
Accumulate : AMASS
36
Part of a sewing machine : CAM
37
Alfonso's queen : ENA
41
Dulles and Orly : AIRPORTS
43
Likewise : ALSO
46
Hydrocarbon fuel : ETHANE
48
Cutting remark : BARB
50
Entertain : AMUSE
52
Toast beginner : HERES
53
Deep in tone : BASS
54
Grocery item : OLEO
55
Andean sun worshiper : INCA
56
Red-coated cheese : EDAM
58
Composition for two : DUET
59
Noble Italian family : ESTE
62
Palindromic conjunction : ERE
63
Haw's partner : HEM

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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