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Alfio Micci
New York Times, Monday, September 3, 1979
44-Across : Fleet
Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 G | 2 E | 3 T | 4 S | 5 U | 6 R | 7 A | 8 N | 9 O | 10 B | 11 A | 12 T | 13 H |
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14 A | B | U | T | 15 N | I | N | E | S | 16 A | L | I | I |
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17 L | A | B | O | 18 R | D | A | Y | W | E | 19 E | K | E | N | D |
20 A | N | A | P | E | S | T | 21 G | E | E | S | E |
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22 P | L | E | A | 23 C | 24 O | R | D | |||||||
25 A | 26 G | 27 H | A | S | T | 28 L | A | N | E | 29 A | 30 F | 31 T |
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32 I | L | O | G | 33 B | I | N | E | T | 34 R | U | E |
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35 L | O | V | E | 36 S | 37 L | A | B | O | R | S | 38 L | O | S | T |
39 E | V | E | 40 L | O | R | E | N | 41 A | M | E | R |
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42 D | E | R | 43 I | D | O | L | 44 A | 45 R | M | A | D | A |
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46 O | V | E | N | 47 A | B | I | B | |||||||
48 A | 49 L | 50 I | V | E | 51 R | E | G | A | 52 T | 53 T | 54 A |
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55 L | A | B | O | R | 56 I | 57 N | 58 G | C | L | A | S | S | E | S |
59 O | V | A | L | 60 R | A | R | E | E | 61 T | A | L | K |
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62 T | A | R | O | 63 S | P | A | D | S | 64 E | R | A | S |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,891
Across
1
Understands : GETS
5
Sky: Comb. form : URANO
10
Noted English spa : BATH
14
Touch : ABUT
15
Dressed to the ___ : NINES
16
Et ___ : ALII
17
Summer's finale, to some : LABORDAYWEEKEND
20
Metrical foot : ANAPEST
21
Silly people : GEESE
22
Defense : PLEA
23
Twine : CORD
25
Horrified : AGHAST
28
Bowling booking : LANE
29
Astern : AFT
32
Philippine river : ILOG
33
French psychologist : BINET
34
Lament : RUE
35
Jilted American suitor's echo of a Shakespearean title : LOVESLABORSLOST
39
Actress Arden : EVE
40
Oscar winner in 1961 : LOREN
41
Part of N.A. : AMER
42
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
43
False god : IDOL
44
Fleet : ARMADA
46
Baker's need : OVEN
47
Ancient Hebrew month : ABIB
48
Partner of kicking : ALIVE
51
Boat race : REGATTA
55
Proletariat : LABORINGCLASSES
59
White House office : OVAL
60
Peep show : RAREE
61
Sermon, e.g. : TALK
62
Elephant's ear : TARO
63
Nails : SPADS
64
Christian and Roman : ERAS
Down
1
Festive : GALA
2
Israel's Abba : EBAN
3
One of the brass : TUBA
4
Halt : STOPPAGE
5
Author of "Jenny" : UNDSET
6
Lariat : RIATA
7
"___ Wednesday" : ANY
8
Untried : NEW
9
Sugar suffix : OSE
10
Used a kiln : BAKED
11
Sheltered : ALEE
12
Preserves, British style : TINS
13
Skin : HIDE
18
Electrical units : RELS
19
Long-plumed birds : EGRETS
23
Church law : CANON
24
Unusual person : ONER
25
Felt under the weather : AILED
26
Word with baseball or boxing : GLOVE
27
Linger close by : HOVER
28
Defamation : LIBEL
29
Bouquet : AROMA
30
Melded : FUSED
31
Numerical prefix : TETRA
33
Nobleman : BARON
36
Wood shaving : SLIVER
37
Miner's quest : LODE
38
Tear into : LAMBASTE
44
Poplars : ABELES
45
Latvian port : RIGA
46
Convex molding : OVOLO
47
Followed a curving course : ARCED
48
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
49
Vesuvian discharge : LAVA
50
Construction piece : IBAR
52
Anastasia's father, for one : TSAR
53
Tissue : TELA
54
Invites : ASKS
56
Government agcy. : IRS
57
Snooze : NAP
58
Dear, in Soho : GRA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.