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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Tuesday, January 14, 1992

6-Down : French painter

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,407
Across
1
Attract : CHARM
6
Chela : CLAW
10
Alphabetic run : BCDE
14
Hawkish home : AERIE
15
O'Neill's daughter : OONA
16
Make angry : ROIL
17
West Indian food plant : BREADFRUIT
19
" ... had a farm ___ - O" : EIEI
20
Heavy wave : SEA
21
Access : DOOR
22
Card game for two : ECARTE
24
Disgrace : BLOT
25
Grating : GRID
26
Terrified : SCARED
29
First State : DELAWARE
33
Feeble light : TAPER
34
Juan's hand : MANO
35
Wedge, e.g. : IRON
36
Theatrical org. : ANTA
37
Proportion : RATIO
38
Haunt : NEST
39
Glacial : COLD
40
" ... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
41
More secret : INNER
42
Piano part : KEYBOARD
44
Notorious fly : TSETSE
45
Warhol : ANDY
46
Mister, to Hans : HERR
47
"___ Around Us": Carson : THESEA
50
Painter Guido ___ : RENI
51
Former cap. of Brazil : RIO
54
Chess piece : ROOK
55
Grissino : BREADSTICK
58
Actress Baxter : ANNE
59
Impart : LEND
60
Gourmand : EATER
61
Nuisance : PEST
62
MacDonald's co-star : EDDY
63
"___ body cry?: Burns : NEEDA
Down
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They once were checkered : CABS
2
This world : HERE
3
Region : AREA
4
Narrow inlet : RIA
5
Nosey Parker : MEDDLER
6
French painter : COROT
7
Frown: Var. : LOUR
8
Black cuckoo : ANI
9
Decisive defeat : WATERLOO
10
One with dependents : BREADWINNER
11
Coconut fiber : COIR
12
Daily fare : DIET
13
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
18
Comestibles : FOOD
23
O.S.S.'s successor : CIA
24
Stomach: Slang : BREADBASKET
25
Guardian spirits : GENII
26
Pile : STACK
27
Dugout : CANOE
28
Fittingly : APTLY
29
Old-fashioned : DATED
30
"___ we all?" : ARENT
31
Strike the Gold's prize : ROSES
32
___ nous : ENTRE
34
Unite : MARRY
37
Legible : READABLE
41
"And the glory of the Lord ___": Isaiah : ISRISEN
43
The same : ONE
44
Be inclined : TEND
46
Rash : HEADY
47
Snare : TRAP
48
Whet : HONE
49
Inconceivable times : EONS
50
Split apart : REND
51
Formal procedure : RITE
52
Chilled : ICED
53
Gumbo : OKRA
56
Claret-colored : RED
57
Menlo Park initials : TAE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 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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