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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, September 16, 1989

48-Across : Centaur slain by Hercules

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,557
Across
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City on the Adda : LODI
5
Hallux or dactyl : DIGIT
10
Kind of fabric or wire : LAID
14
Muslim call to prayer : ADAN
15
"All ___," Berlin song : ALONE
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Eastern Church bishop : ABBA
17
Receptacles for 61 Down : BINS
18
Present : NONCE
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Paisa or baiza : COIN
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Ingratiate : ENDEAR
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Bolshoi headliner : DANSEUSE
24
Fungus used in pharmaceutics : ERGOT
26
Italian saint : NERI
27
Save : SALTAWAY
30
Short poem : RONDEL
34
Hebrew judge : ELI
35
Tunisian gulf or city : GABES
37
One of a series : STAGE
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"Vaya con ___," 1953 song : DIOS
40
Desert denizen : NOMAD
42
Son of Jerahmeel : ONAM
43
Undo : ANNUL
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Indemnify : REPAY
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Bay of Bengal isthmus : KRA
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Centaur slain by Hercules : NESSUS
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Almost a score : NINETEEN
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___ bien : TRES
54
Dingles : DALES
55
Darrieux from Bordeaux : DANIELLE
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Medicinal root : IPECAC
62
Locale of a Flaherty film: 1934 : ARAN
63
Like some stadiums : DOMED
65
Van Gogh's brother : THEO
66
Snoop : NOSE
67
Judge : OPINE
68
Book of hours : HORA
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Atop : ONTO
70
Canasta holdings : MELDS
71
Chemical compound : ENOL
Down
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French poet: 16th century : LABE
2
Aesir ruler : ODIN
3
Chicorylike weeds : DANDELIONS
4
Type of TV commercial : INSERT
5
Memorable TV host : DANROWAN
6
U.N. arm : ILO
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Indian aborigine : GOND
8
Quechua speaker : INCAN
9
Adolescent : TEENER
10
Berate vehemently : LACEINTO
11
___ Ben Adhem : ABOU
12
Jabiru's cousin : IBIS
13
Native of Nyborg : DANE
21
King spared by Saul : AGAG
23
Hit signs : SROS
25
Mount in Israel : TABOR
27
Man-borne chair : SEDAN
28
Set straight : ALINE
29
Red sea country : YEMEN
31
Expression of gratitude in Gotha : DANKESCHON
32
Lost, in Lyon : EGARE
33
Swiss lake : LEMAN
36
Toothsome : SAPID
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"___ alas," U.S.A.F. motto : SUSTINEO
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Fifty daughters of mythology : DANAIDES
44
Inveigle : LURE
46
Bark : YELP
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Hardly ever : SELDOM
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Grow molars : TEETHE
53
Bank : SLOPE
55
Opera singer Raffanti : DANO
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Steinbeck character : ARON
57
Tammany-tiger creator : NAST
58
Industrialist von Skoda : EMIL
60
Flying prefix : AERO
61
Cannel : COAL
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Windup : END

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 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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