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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Wednesday, September 23, 1992

41-Across : Roman V.I.P.'s

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { G J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 260 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,660
Across
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Illegally absent from the U.S.A. : AWOL
5
Nudge : PROD
9
Dugouts : ABRIS
14
Uncommon : RARE
15
Change the décor : REDO
16
Greek island : CRETE
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Concept : IDEA
18
Israeli airline : ELAL
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Stop : CEASE
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They waste time : DILLYDALLIERS
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Sup : EAT
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Ref.'s cousin : UMP
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___-disant (self-styled) : SOI
28
Sounds heard during 59 Across weather : PITTERPATTERS
32
TV sitcom : AMEN
34
Distinctive period : ERA
35
Unification Church member, popularly : MOONIE
36
Dormouse : LEROT
38
Bro's sibling : SIS
40
Helicopter feature : ROTOR
41
Roman V.I.P.'s : EDILES
43
Whale variety : SEI
45
Unaspirated : LENE
46
Fussed with trifles : FIDDLEFADDLED
49
___ Paulo : SAO
50
Roof ornament : EPI
51
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
52
Gossiped : TITTLETATTLED
59
Weather forecast : RAINY
61
Year the Second Crusade ended : MCIL
62
Artifice : WILE
63
Legally prohibit : ESTOP
64
E.P.A. concern : ECOL
65
Brain passage : ITER
66
Strawberry, e.g.: Var. : AKENE
67
Gainsay : DENY
68
Oates book : THEM
Down
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Like the Gobi : ARID
2
Valley or stream : WADI
3
City on the Oka : OREL
4
True on the Tweed : LEAL
5
Happen earlier : PREDATE
6
Describers : RELATERS
7
East Indian vine : ODAL
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Get dressed in Sunday best : DOLLUP
9
Draft signer : ACCEPTOR
10
Harris rabbit : BRER
11
Agreed once more : REASSENTED
12
Possessive pronoun : ITS
13
Bishopric : SEE
21
Still : YET
22
Muslim scholar : IMAM
26
Belted constellation : ORION
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River to the Rhône : ISERE
28
Rock containing olivine : PERIDOTITE
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"___ NewYork," 1906 song : INOLD
30
Mme. Gorbachev : RAISA
31
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1981 : TOOLE
32
Hebrew letters : ALEFS
33
Radio and TV : MEDIA
37
Message transmitter : TELETYPE
39
Treatment for hyperactivity : SEDATION
42
Clan : SEPT
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Perfectly : IDEALLY
47
Made a movie : FILMED
48
Utah Beach craft : LST
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Privy to : INON
54
Behold, to Brutus : ECCE
55
Ridicule : TWIT
56
Balt. countryman : LITH
57
Opponent of S. Grant : ELEE
58
Skin: Comb. form : DERM
59
Power agcy. : REA
60
Inquire : ASK

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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