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C. McInerney
C. McInerney

New York Times, Thursday, June 18, 1992

48-Across : Ascent, in Asti

Author:
C. McInerney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 306 (avg 1.64)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 16, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6 Grid has duplicate clues.
C. McInerney has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,563
Across
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Actress in "Viva Zapata" : MARGO
6
Sheridan's "___ to Scarborough" : ATRIP
11
Jackson's good album : BAD
14
Attic market : AGORA
15
Shearer of "The Red Shoes" : MOIRA
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Trappist cheese : OKA
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Quidnunc : RUMORMONGER
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Actress whose anni match her nomen in '92 : LIV
20
Iago's foil : CASSIO
21
Allen's was Adverse : ANTHONY
23
Quidnunc : SNOOP
26
Cyclops' singleton : EYE
27
Vulgar "behold" : ECCE
30
Course for a sciolist : SNAP
32
Tail-wagging cosmonaut : LAIKA
36
Panjim is here : GOA
37
Niger tributary : BENUE
38
Jeremy of films : IRONS
39
___, Bravo, Charlie : ALPHA
41
Wharton's "The ___ Maid" : OLD
42
Pram pushers : NANAS
43
Architectural order : DORIC
44
Thin : SPARE
46
"___ Got You Under My Skin" : IVE
47
Boojum's kin : SNARK
48
Ascent, in Asti : ERTA
49
West and Murray : MAES
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Fore and ___ : AFT
52
Quidnunc : YENTA
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Man, to Pascal : CHIMERA
58
___ Thule : ULTIMA
62
Thing to raise? : HOB
63
Quidnunc : NOSEYPARKER
66
Pongo : APE
67
Critic Barnes : CLIVE
68
Ride a sled : COAST
69
Chicken ___ : POX
70
"___ Dream": "Lohengrin" : ELSAS
71
"Life ___ Mississippi" : ONTHE
Down
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Chagall's brandy? : MARC
2
Giant toad : AGUA
3
Gitanas' mates : ROMS
4
___ Pointe, Mich. : GROSSE
5
"He has an ___ every man's boat": Cervantes : OARIN
6
Master, in Madrid : AMO
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Two-___ Tony Galento : TON
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Latvian capital : RIGA
9
Actress Rich : IRENE
10
Quidnunc's hearing aid? : PARTYLINE
11
Knife for Aquino : BOLO
12
Related : AKIN
13
Bathybic Jones : DAVY
18
___ Jaw, Sask. : MOOSE
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"Do I ___ Waltz?" : HEARA
24
"With spectacles ___ ... ": Shak. : ONNOSE
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Quidnunc : PAULPRY
27
Mild oaths : EGADS
28
Panamanian punctuation? : COLON
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"Lost Horizon" director : CAPRA
31
Footed : PEDATE
33
Ancient Greek region : IONIA
34
Jack : KNAVE
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Burros : ASSES
37
Quidnunc's conference center? : BACKFENCE
40
Ohio college : HIRAM
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Hemmed hastily : RANUP
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Women's prison attendant : MATRON
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King in "Peer Gynt" : TROLL
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Old Mexican coin : TLACO
54
Fellow : CHAP
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___-my-thumb : HOPO
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Wild goat : IBEX
57
Without changes : ASIS
59
Tie-dye yarns : IKAT
60
Hose, if holey : MESH
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Craft, in Cádiz : ARTE
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One of Jolie's daughters : EVA
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No antipode : YES

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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