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Maver
Maver

New York Times, Thursday, September 29, 1983

26-Across : Clever

Author:
Maver
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Maver has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,378
Across
1
Speed : RUSH
5
Deeply bitter : ACRID
10
Abbr. on an invitation : RSVP
14
"The More ___ of You," 1945 song : ISEE
15
Game animal : MOOSE
16
Willow : ITEA
17
Dress : GARB
18
Confirmation : PROOF
19
Ledge along the edge of a road : BERM
20
Conveying impulses toward a nerve center : AFFERENT
22
People born on Sept. 29, e.g. : LIBRAS
24
British conservative : TORY
25
The man with the hod : MASON
26
Clever : ASTUTE
29
Following : RETINUE
31
Multitude on the move : HORDE
32
Wins a chess match : MATES
33
Bill : TAB
35
A Great Lake : ERIE
36
Abetted : AIDED
37
Roman statesman : CATO
38
Shea player : MET
39
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
40
Baum's "Grand ___" : HOTEL
41
Pack animal : SUMPTER
43
Abate : RELENT
44
Bowler Mark and author Philip : ROTHS
45
___ Alto : PALO
46
Approbation : PRAISE
48
Streetlight support : LAMPPOST
52
Cloy : SATE
53
Requirements : NEEDS
55
Hawaii's ___ grass : HILO
56
Author Schopfer's pen name : ANET
57
Rhone feeder : ISERE
58
Glacial ridges : OSAR
59
Neat : TIDY
60
Roman goddess of agriculture : CERES
61
Fictional captain : NEMO
Down
1
Capital of Latvia : RIGA
2
Gen. Gabriel's command : USAF
3
Gurth, in "Ivanhoe" : SERF
4
Lethargy : HEBETUDE
5
Unit of electricity : AMPERE
6
Trite : CORNY
7
Origin : ROOT
8
Equal: Comb. form : ISO
9
Like a flat tire : DEFLATED
10
Hair ornament : RIBBON
11
Sneeze : STERNUTATE
12
Miles from Okla. : VERA
13
Jacks of clubs : PAMS
21
Mere memory : ROTE
23
"Whatever ___ right": Pope : ISIS
25
Poet's consideration : METER
26
Attention getter : AHEM
27
Abrasions : SORES
28
Pulverized : TRITURATED
29
Detection device : RADAR
30
Ingested : EATEN
32
Acarids : MITES
34
Nut's partner : BOLT
36
Weak : ASTHENIC
37
Inscription at the end of a book : COLOPHON
39
Abodes: Abbr. : APTS
40
Cry of despair : HELP
42
About one-half : MOIETY
43
Egyptian king : RAMSES
45
San Diego ballplayer : PADRE
46
H.S. exam : PSAT
47
Hindu princess : RANI
48
Lascivious look : LEER
49
French river : OISE
50
Bridge contract : SLAM
51
Bull, in Barcelona : TORO
54
Trenton-to-Lakewood dir. : ESE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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