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Ferreira
Ferreira

New York Times, Wednesday, June 13, 1984

36-Across : Ex-speedster of the N.F.L.

Author:
Ferreira
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Ferreira has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,636
Across
1
Period : DOT
4
___ on (incites) : EGGS
8
Fight : SCRAP
13
Over : ATOP
15
Worsted : WOOL
16
Hit hard : PASTE
17
Slangy refusal : NOPE
18
Important river in W.W. II : ELBE
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Garden plant : ASTER
20
David and Dora or Agnes : COPPERFIELDS
23
Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
24
Opposite to : VISAVIS
28
Fourth-rate grade : DEE
29
Quizzed : TESTED
33
Eft : NEWT
34
Hourglass : TIMER
35
Ferber and Purviance : EDNAS
36
Ex-speedster of the N.F.L. : MERCURYMORRIS
40
Thick soup : PUREE
41
O'Connor's TV cook : MEARA
42
Seine feeder : OISE
43
Lacedaemon : SPARTA
45
Agcy. formed under F.D.R. : SSA
48
Clover, for one : TREFOIL
50
Saltpeter : NITER
52
Ridiculously intricate contrivance : RUBEGOLDBERG
56
Seer's card : TAROT
59
Likewise : ALSO
60
Othello's ensign : IAGO
61
Fort ___, Calif. : BRAGG
62
Missile bed : SILO
63
Runners at Stowe : SKIS
64
Dictum : SAYSO
65
Black : EBON
66
Kind of sauce or bean : SOY
Down
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Emulated Nureyev : DANCED
2
He portrayed Lawrence of Arabia : OTOOLE
3
Fall over : TOPPLE
4
Jug : EWER
5
Fuzzy Zoeller's forte : GOLF
6
Asian desert : GOBI
7
LP jacket : SLEEVE
8
W.W. I planes : SPADS
9
Unbelievable prophetess : CASSANDRA
10
Q-U nexus : RST
11
Consumed : ATE
12
For each : PER
14
Pepper in a trattoria : PEPE
21
Lure : ENTICE
22
Cover : LID
25
"___, vidi, vici" : VENI
26
"___ a Spy," 1933 film : IWAS
27
Rds. : STS
30
Large bird : EMU
31
Sun. homily : SER
32
Walnut or hickory nut : TRYMA
34
Arboreal croakers : TREEFROGS
35
Mission : ERRAND
36
"The Ghost and Mrs. ___" : MUIR
37
Gaelic : ERSE
38
Baltique or Corail : MER
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Cereal plant : OAT
40
Word before luck or roast : POT
43
Akin : SIB
44
Gratify : PLEASE
45
Table ante? : STEAKS
46
Mendez or Franchi : SERGIO
47
Galleon : ARGOSY
49
Expenditure : OUTGO
51
Wading bird : IBIS
53
Fluent : GLIB
54
Norway's capital : OSLO
55
Doctorow's "___ Lake" : LOON
56
Cooking meas. : TBS
57
Parseghian : ARA
58
Sugar or Aldo : RAY

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

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