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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, August 28, 1985

61-Across : Outlaws

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,077
Across
1
Resting : ABED
5
Spanish courtyard : PATIO
10
Amphora : VASE
14
___ contendere : NOLO
15
___ Arden law : ENOCH
16
Raines or Cinders : ELLA
17
Start of a quotation from Wilde : TOLOVEONESELFIS
20
Varieties of beryl : EMERALDS
21
Ellipsoidal : OVATE
22
Swiss painter : KLEE
23
Weathercock : VANE
25
Gulped : DOWNED
28
Piano keys : DIGITALS
32
Repeat : ECHO
33
Headdress : TIARA
34
Scrap : BIT
35
Middle of the quotation : THEBEGINNINGOFA
39
Poet's word : ERE
40
Appointed : NAMED
41
Elysium : EDEN
42
Published : RELEASED
44
Chair repairmen : CANERS
46
Elec. current units : AMPS
47
Set of rules : CODE
48
Devil-may-care : BLASE
51
Paid regularly under a contract : SALARIED
55
End of the quotation : LIFELONGROMANCE
58
Seed appendage : ARIL
59
Thin metal disk : PATEN
60
Schliemann find : TROY
61
Outlaws : BANS
62
Waspish : TESTY
63
Uses a sniggle : EELS
Down
1
Cough up a poker chip : ANTE
2
Arm of a crane : BOOM
3
Magazine in a kiosque : ELLE
4
Opener of a sort : DOORKNOB
5
Emulated Gypsy Rose Lee : PEELED
6
Charged electrode : ANODE
7
Vast amount : TONS
8
Diamonds, to a hood : ICE
9
Exclamations : OHS
10
Winnings, to a gambler : VELVET
11
Communications code word : ALFA
12
A buttonhole is one : SLIT
13
Facilitate : EASE
18
Word of farewell : VALE
19
Lasting a long, long time : EONIAN
23
Article of food : VIAND
24
Prefix with business : AGRI
25
Inhibit : DETER
26
Pigment for Gainsborough : OCHRE
27
Furniture caster, e.g. : WHEEL
28
Banqueted : DINED
29
Lodging : ABODE
30
Certain con : LIFER
31
Getz and Kenton : STANS
33
Multiplication word : TIMES
36
Glaze : ENAMEL
37
Take a deep breath : GASP
38
Produce : GENERATE
43
Props for de Kooning : EASELS
44
Group of ants : COLONY
45
Enos's grandfather : ADAM
47
Proofreader's mark : CARET
48
Spill the beans : BLAB
49
Messina money : LIRA
50
So that, to Henri : AFIN
51
NCO's : SGTS
52
About : INRE
53
E.P.A.'s concern : ECOL
54
Ottoman Empire officials : DEYS
56
Choose : OPT
57
Banff rebuff : NAE

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

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