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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1987

60-Across : Rare diamond event

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,777
Across
1
Decoy : SNARE
6
Coll. degree in farming : BSAS
10
Unruly crowd : MOB
13
Composer Ned : ROREM
14
Celts' land : EIRE
15
Tender : SORE
16
Fly catcher : OUTFIELDER
18
Intrude, with "in" : HORN
19
Heart contraction : SYSTOLE
20
Gambol : FROLIC
22
A tide : NEAP
24
Refuse : TRASH
25
Places for hiding supplies, etc. : CACHES
30
Treat a broken bone : RESET
32
Be of use : AVAIL
33
Latin I word : AMAT
34
Clip : SNIP
38
Pregame activity : BATTINGPRACTICE
41
Utah ski resort : ALTA
42
Agitate : ROIL
43
Panamanian port : COLON
44
Fortitude : HEART
46
Matures : RIPENS
47
Relish : SAVOR
50
Zenith : ACME
52
"___ of the Heart," 1986 film : CRIMES
54
Baked cornmeal dish : HOECAKE
59
Harassed : RODE
60
Rare diamond event : TRIPLEPLAY
63
Cupid : AMOR
64
"In ___-horse open sleigh" : AONE
65
Plow maker : DEERE
66
Not quite a birdie : PAR
67
Two-wheeled carriages : GIGS
68
Utopias : EDENS
Down
1
Hit sign : SRO
2
Entre ___ : NOUS
3
Chichi : ARTY
4
Gridiron V.I.P.'s : REFS
5
Radiate : EMIT
6
Charming woman : BELLE
7
Moundsman's technique : SIDEARMPITCHING
8
"Cows ___ my passion": Dickens : ARE
9
Slave : SERF
10
Bread, clams or cabbage : MOOLA
11
Kin of an iris : ORRIS
12
Former Reds catcher : BENCH
15
Durocher was one : SHORTSTOP
17
Millions of years : EONS
21
1 or 95, e.g. : RTE
23
Bailey or White : PEARL
25
Woman's work basket : CABA
26
Of grandparents : AVAL
27
Colleague of Anthony : CATT
28
Emulate Babe Ruth : HITAHOMER
29
Biblical Judge : ELI
31
N.Y.C.'s Penn. ___ : STA
33
Israeli coin : AGORA
35
Shade of green : NILE
36
Sacred symbol : ICON
37
Stylographs : PENS
39
Some New Deal initials : NRA
40
Cato's 201 : CCI
45
Before, to the Bard : ERE
46
Stagger : REEL
47
Junk : SCRAP
48
Bouquet : AROMA
49
Hollywood's King ___ : VIDOR
51
The Blues : MOPES
53
Kind of party : STAG
55
Give up : CEDE
56
Copied : APED
57
Swiss painter: 1879-1940 : KLEE
58
Bring home the bacon : EARN
61
Charles X, par exemple : ROI
62
___ man (sycophant) : YES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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