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Melvin Kenworthy
Melvin Kenworthy

New York Times, Tuesday, September 1, 1987

56-Across : Revere occupation

Author:
Melvin Kenworthy
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Melvin Kenworthy has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,811
Across
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Shy : SHORT
6
Play parts : ACTS
10
"Sweeney ___," 1979 Broadway hit : TODD
14
Tyrrhenian feeder : TIBER
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Snare : TRAP
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Mimic : APER
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Solo : ALONE
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Fork part : TINE
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Garden access : GATE
20
Loafer : GOLDBRICKER
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"___ Misérables" : LES
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Tress : LOCK
25
Widows' inheritances : DOWERS
27
Confuses : ADDLES
31
Follows : ENSUES
33
___ gras : FOIE
34
Satisfy fully : SATE
36
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
39
Surveyor's instrument : TRANSIT
41
Importune : ENTREAT
43
Island group north of Tonga : SAMOA
44
Actress Garr : TERI
46
"With the blue ribbon ___" : ONIT
47
Trial : ORDEAL
49
Kindly : GENTLE
51
Thin layer : VENEER
53
Needle parts : EYES
55
Unusual : ODD
56
Revere occupation : SILVERSMITH
62
Pinball-machine word : TILT
64
Array in a pool hall : CUES
65
Famous cow : ELSIE
66
Lamb : ELIA
67
"Thousand Days" queen : ANNE
68
McKinley's birthplace in Ohio : NILES
69
Take out : DELE
70
Lip : SASS
71
One of a baseball trio : EVERS
Down
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Male partygoer : STAG
2
Hawaiian city or bay : HILO
3
One-sixth drachma : OBOL
4
Tear : REND
5
Soprano : TREBLE
6
Athenian : ATTIC
7
Fair play : CRICKET
8
Place for cogitation : TANK
9
Does 75 : SPEEDS
10
Label : TAG
11
Like a girasol : OPALESCENT
12
Hold back : DETER
13
Shift or sheath : DRESS
21
Actor Ernesto: 1829-96 : ROSSI
22
Yank out of bed : ROUST
26
Irritate; fray : WEARON
27
P.M.'s : AFTS
28
A Copperfield : DORA
29
Mae West role : DIAMONDLIL
30
Poe girl : LENORE
32
Never, to Keats : NEER
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"___ boy!" : ATTA
37
Inveigh : RAIL
38
Feminine suffix : ETTE
40
Vic's spouse et al. : SADES
42
Its capital is Niamey : NIGER
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N.F.L. groups : ELEVENS
48
The true heaths : ERICAS
50
Ancient ascetic : ESSENE
51
Cast a ballot : VOTED
52
Roman official : EDILE
54
Affirmatives : YESES
57
Moon goddess : LUNA
58
Year in Macbeth's reign : MLIV
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Man, for one : ISLE
60
Row : TIER
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Dame Myra : HESS
63
R.L.S. contemporary : TAE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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