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George P. Sphicas
George P. Sphicas

New York Times, Saturday, May 8, 1982

53-Across : Champagne server's popper

Author:
George P. Sphicas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.67, Missing: { B J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 87, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 5 (1 triple stack), Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
George P. Sphicas has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,869
Across
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Moslem officer : AGHA
5
Gym instructor's deg. : MPE
8
Pro ___ : TEM
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___ the line (conformed) : TOED
12
Difficult : HARD
13
Violin maker : AMATI
15
Piece of eight : PESO
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Similarity of origin : ISOGENESIS
18
"___ Desire" : ASTREETCARNAMED
20
Archeological attractions : RUINS
21
"To ___ human ... " : ERRIS
22
Scottish one : ANE
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Opera with a rustic theme : PASTORALE
25
Province in Sicily : ENNA
26
Having a gnawed shape : EROSE
27
Baltic port : KIEL
28
Faro card : SODA
32
Frequently : OFTEN
34
"___ of the Sun ... ," 1935 song : EAST
35
MLXX divided by X : CVII
36
"California Suite" playwright : SIMON
38
Take five : REST
39
Former World Bank president and family : MCNAMARAS
43
Leaping light : ARC
44
Namesakes of the "Star Wars" princess : LEIAS
45
Trickled through : OOZED
47
Champollion's decoding key : THEROSETTASTONE
50
Formal events : CEREMONIES
51
Smell ___ (be suspicious) : ARAT
52
Medieval guild : HANSE
53
Champagne server's popper : CORK
54
Network each of us owns : RETE
55
Dist. measures : YDS
56
U.S.N. officer : ENS
57
Nieuport's river : YSER
Down
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N.Y.S.E. phrase : ATPAR
2
Rises : GOESUP
3
Greek goddess of the hearth : HESTIA
4
Decorates : ADORNS
5
University degree : MASTEROFSCIENCE
6
"Thief" in a proverb : PROCRASTINATION
7
Poet whose pen name was Webster Ford : EDGARLEEMASTERS
8
Island state of Australia : TASMANIA
9
Prominent early French printers : ETIENNES
10
Created a canasta disaster : MISDEALT
12
Hurry : HIE
13
Blyth and Shirley : ANNS
14
___ culpa : MEA
17
Fourth largest of the Great Lakes : ERIE
19
Borgia in-law : ESTE
24
Spanish gold : ORO
25
Manage, with "out" : EKE
28
Ragged or irritating : SCRATCHY
29
Certain business expenses : OVERHEAD
30
Notices : DISCERNS
31
Small island : AIT
33
___ de guerre : NOM
37
Ancient shrine : NAOS
39
In the middle: Prefix : MESO
40
International civic club : ROTARY
41
Islands off Portugal : AZORES
42
One hundred V.I.P.'s : SENATE
44
Capital of Togo : LOME
46
Discourage : DETER
48
Musical notes : RES
49
Invite : ASK

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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