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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, August 19, 1991

15-Across : Current rectifier

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,259
Across
1
Veep Barkley : ALBEN
6
Misplayed : ERRED
11
Pay dirt : ORE
14
River to the English Channel : SEINE
15
Current rectifier : DIODE
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At this time : NOW
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Constantly and diligently : HANDANDFOOT
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First mother : EVE
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"Carousel" star : RAITT
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Pee Dee or Hudson : RIVER
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Author of "Honor Thy Father" : TALESE
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Torte's place : BAKERY
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Hate : DETEST
28
Deli machine : SLICER
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Not qualified : UNFIT
31
Point of view : SLANT
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Still : YET
35
Sale condition : ASIS
36
Turf : SWARD
37
Jets' former home : SHEA
38
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
39
Insipid : BLAND
40
Commence : START
41
Stravinsky's "The Rite of ___" : SPRING
43
Freshman's cap : BEANIE
44
Get to the bottom of : FATHOM
46
Ore of zinc : BLENDE
47
Particular moral standard : ETHIC
48
Food course : SALAD
50
Done ___ turn : TOA
51
Nearby : ATCLOSEHAND
57
Landers or Blyth : ANN
58
Florence's cathedral : DUOMO
59
More mature : RIPER
60
Conducted : LED
61
Inward : ENTAD
62
Rundown : SEEDY
Down
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Bat wood : ASH
2
Grassy field : LEA
3
Food receptacle : BIN
4
Fragment : END
5
Most intimate : NEAREST
6
Bracken or Fisher : EDDIE
7
Fissure : RIFT
8
Search about : ROOT
9
Old Tokyo : EDO
10
Draw away : DETRACT
11
All around : ONEVERYHAND
12
Nomad : ROVER
13
Room for jugs, linens, etc. : EWERY
18
Tweed's twitter : NAST
22
D.D.E. : IKE
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Strained : TENSE
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Directly : ATFIRSTHAND
25
Hawaiian wreaths : LEIS
26
Jam : BIND
27
Couple : DUAD
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Argot : SLANG
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Hog fat : LARD
31
Cygnet : SWAN
33
Eldritch : EERIE
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London art gallery : TATE
36
Meager : SLIM
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Laurel of films : STAN
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Rich cloth with a raised design : BROCADE
40
Planters : SEEDERS
42
Key letter : PHI
43
Hugo's "Ruy ___" : BLAS
44
Embryonic : FETAL
45
Make amends : ATONE
46
Lineage : BLOOD
48
Carlyle : SCOT
49
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
52
Large wine cask : TUN
53
Hasten : HIE
54
Mimic : APE
55
Composer Rorem : NED
56
Not sweet, as wine : DRY

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