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Calista Luminati
Calista Luminati

New York Times, Friday, August 21, 1992

44-Across : Far from subtle

Author:
Calista Luminati
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { F Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Calista Luminati has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,627
Across
1
Dancer's gliding step : CHASSE
7
Deutsch expletives : ACHS
11
"___ Misérables" : LES
14
Ganef : RASCAL
15
Nixon's pet : CHECKERS
17
Mezzo-soprano Varnay : ASTRID
18
Most snively : TEARIEST
19
Player like Rickey Henderson : STEALER
21
Embellishes, with "up" : DRESSES
22
Rosemary, e.g. : HERB
23
Glacial ridges : ARETES
25
Ensigns : BANNERS
28
Author of "Momo": 1978 : AJAR
32
Agreed, in a way : TALLIED
34
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
35
Berne book: 1964 : GAMESPEOPLEPLAY
40
Siamang, e.g. : APE
41
Arrow poison, also called curare : WOORALI
42
Suffix with count or number : LESS
44
Far from subtle : BLATANT
46
Start of a Hemingway title : ACROSS
48
Othello's ancient : IAGO
52
Thin ___ (very slim) : ASARAIL
55
Sang like a Tyrolean : YODELED
58
Mugwump's stance : STRADDLE
60
Buyer : VENDEE
61
Type of rummy : MICHIGAN
62
"The die ___" : ISCAST
63
Possessive pron. : YRS
64
Anagram for 12 Down : SERE
65
Saint-Saëns's sharps : DIESES
Down
1
A 1929 event : CRASH
2
Dispatch : HASTE
3
Starwort : ASTER
4
Claw at : SCRABBLE
5
Spanker : SAIL
6
E German river : ELDE
7
Feign : ACT
8
Jewish elementary school : CHEDER
9
Centers : HEARTS
10
Heap of stones : SCREE
11
Sediment : LEES
12
Gaelic : ERSE
13
Concordes : SSTS
16
"Gin a body ___ body": Burns : KISSA
20
Rajah's wife : RANEE
24
Bohemian dances : REDOWAS
26
Smith and Hirt : ALS
27
Short snort : NIP
29
Nursery tumbler : JILL
30
Jai ___ : ALAI
31
Manta : RAY
32
Cassette : TAPE
33
College town in Iowa : AMES
35
"My ___ Sal" : GAL
36
Hopscotch : POTSY
37
Mauna ___ : LOA
38
Pelagic bird : ERN
39
Job's need : PATIENCE
43
Conductor Caldwell : SARAH
44
George Washington, e.g. : BRIDGE
45
Yankee pitcher in 1980 : LOLLAR
47
Muslim magistrates : CADIS
49
Robert and Alan : ALDAS
50
Foxes' quarry : GEESE
51
"Till the Day I Die" playwright : ODETS
52
" ... much ___ life was worth": Sterne : ASMY
53
Child's command : STIR
54
Rainbows : ARCS
56
"Metamorphoses" creator : OVID
57
Lucy's spouse : DESI
59
New Orleans-to-Savannah dir. : ENE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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