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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, May 4, 1983

19-Across : Speaks

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.49, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 248 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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H
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A
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S
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E
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S
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F
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L
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O
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R
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A
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L
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R
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C
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P
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D
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S
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E
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D
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D
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S
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R
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D
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P
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D
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A
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S
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L
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R
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B
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G
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L
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M
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O
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M
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N
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L
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,230
Across
1
Pursues : CHASES
7
Like a nosegay : FLORAL
13
Poseidon's weapon : TRIDENT
14
Changeable; unstable : LABILE
15
Affectation : PRETENSE
16
Actors' lines, at times : ASIDES
17
Youngster : LAD
18
Gazpacho, for one : SOUP
19
Speaks : UTTERS
20
Mine access : ADIT
22
Adjust a clock : RESET
24
Surfeit : SATE
25
Prankster : CUTUP
27
Lessing or Duke : DORIS
29
Defense Dept. arm : USN
30
Lycées' kin : ECOLES
32
Nuzzled : NOSED
34
Twits : DERIDES
36
Marked with an asterisk : STARRED
40
Surfaced : PAVED
42
English essayist: 1672-1729 : STEELE
43
Hinny's mother : ASS
46
Dormouse : LEROT
48
Aromatic plants : SAGES
49
Palm tree : NIPA
51
African republic : NIGER
53
Prearranged knockout : DIVE
54
Far from far : NEARBY
56
Isle of Man resident : GAEL
58
Mal de ___ : MER
59
Suffer : ENDURE
60
Embellishment : ORNAMENT
62
Lack of vitality : ANEMIA
63
Grooms : NEATENS
64
Best-selling author on income taxes : LASSER
65
Given name of 52 Down : ERNEST
Down
1
Debtor's dunner : CREDITOR
2
Rialto blockbuster : HIT
3
Punches sans much punch : ADES
4
Courtesy title, in Málaga : SENOR
5
Occurred afterward : ENSUED
6
Relative or treads : STEPSON
7
Orchestra members : FLAUTISTS
8
Stick it out : LAST
9
Some newspaper items, for short : OBITS
10
Canal or lake in Ontario : RIDEAU
11
Arouses : ALERTS
12
Dwindle : LESSEN
13
Defame : TRADUCE
15
Finished second : PLACED
21
Showy flower : TULIP
23
A son of Aphrodite : EROS
26
Treadle : PEDAL
28
Resting places : SEATS
31
"The ___ Itch," Axelrod play : SEVENYEAR
33
Intense anxiety : DREAD
35
Indian of Sonora : SERI
37
Systematize : REGIMENT
38
Gridiron teams : ELEVENS
39
Forsake : DESERT
41
Euphemist's oath : DOGGONE
43
Temper : ANNEAL
44
Shade of brown : SIENNA
45
In ___ (emphatically) : SPADES
47
Blustering person : TEARER
50
Calla lilies : ARUMS
52
French philosopher: 1823-92 : RENAN
55
Kind of cheese : BRIE
57
Delayed : LATE
61
Michel's "my" : MES

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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