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George P. Sphicas
George P. Sphicas

New York Times, Saturday, June 5, 1982

23-Across : "No man ___ island"

Author:
George P. Sphicas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 66, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.79, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 95, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
George P. Sphicas has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,897
Across
1
Be clement : SPARE
6
Scrape roughly : RASP
10
Defeat : BEST
14
Beer : LAGER
15
Slave of old : ESNE
16
New : LATE
17
Fragrance : AROMA
18
Hebrew lyre : ASOR
19
Ancient Greek contest : AGON
20
Microorganism : VIRUS
21
Art of weaving : LOOM
22
Obfuscate : BLUR
23
"No man ___ island" : ISAN
24
Maxim : DICTUM
26
St.-Tropez season : ETE
27
Edam and Romano : CHEESES
29
Nahuatlan people of Mexico : TOLTEC
31
British period beginning in 1660, with "the" : RESTORATION
34
Bomb-squad feats : DEACTIVATIONS
36
Disentanglement : EXTRICATION
37
Lustrous fabric : SATEEN
38
Part of the throat : TONSILS
42
Drink that sounds helpful : ADE
43
___ Zee, Hudson River bridge : TAPPAN
46
Aberdeen native : SCOT
47
Arm bone : ULNA
49
Medieval coin of Italy : TARI
50
Call : PHONE
51
Flat, circular plate : DISC
52
Worshiped image : IDOL
53
Scope : RANGE
54
Involved with : INON
55
French department : ORNE
56
A college at Oxford : ORIEL
57
Jejune : SERE
58
Privation : NEED
59
Condemn openly : DECRY
Down
1
East European language : SLAVIC
2
Celtics' all-star center : PARISH
3
Greek marketplaces : AGORAE
4
Pay for : REMUNERATE
5
Diocletian and Julian : ERAS
6
Down-to-earth : REALISTIC
7
Part of N.B.A. : ASSOC
8
Proboscis : SNOOT
9
Rearrangement : PERMUTATION
10
Spill the beans : BLAB
11
V.P. nominee who withdrew in July 1972 : EAGLETON
12
Becomes portly : STOUTENS
13
Madagascan mammal : TENREC
24
Railroad conductor's inquiry : DESTINATION
25
Subject of kinetics : MOTION
28
Covert : SECRET
30
Most or all : LIONSSHARE
32
Macrogametes, e.g. : OVA
33
___ serpent (fer-de-lance) : RATTAILED
34
Reporter's concern : DEADLINE
35
Limb muscle : EXTENSOR
37
Certain Arabs : SAUDIS
39
Like a Giotto fresco : ICONIC
40
More protracted : LONGER
41
Very hard : STEELY
44
Army chaplain : PADRE
45
In a position for push-ups : PRONE
48
Skin problem : ACNE
50
Cattleman's gear : PROD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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