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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, January 16, 1982

52-Down : Army group

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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A
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D
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J
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S
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A
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P
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F
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A
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R
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M
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O
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O
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A
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D
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A
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H
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M
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T
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L
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Y
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C
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M
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S
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M
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A
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U
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L
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E
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S
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S
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K
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A
C
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E
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R
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M
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Y
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A
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D
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O
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B
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O
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G
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D
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T
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B
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K
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C
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A
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D
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K
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V
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,757
Across
1
Pilgrimage for a Moslem : HADJ
5
Drain : SAP
8
Sow and hoe : FARM
12
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
13
Mountain nymph : OREAD
16
Sector : AREA
17
D-day beachhead : UTAH
18
___ dolorosa : MATER
19
Treats hides : TANS
20
Comic and actor in original "King Kong" film : LENNYBRUCECABOT
23
___ Majority : MORAL
24
Yellow ocher : SIL
25
Substitute for an umbrella? : SMILE
27
Stabler's prerogatives : AUDIBLES
32
Tail : STALK
33
Entr'___ : ACTE
34
"At each ___ hearer": Hamlet : EARA
35
Tubby comic and Pulitzer Prize author : MARTYALLENDRURY
38
"___ take arms ... ": Hamlet : ORTO
39
He wrote "The Mind of Primitive Man" : BOAS
40
Others, in Avila : OTROS
41
"And the ___ that was Rome": Poe : GRANDEUR
43
Kind of wave : TIDAL
44
Face Guidry : BAT
45
Actor-singer Kevin : KLINE
47
Famous widow and a great Dane : CORETTAKINGKNUT
54
Affirm : AVER
55
Change a text : EMEND
56
Rosebud's owner : KANE
57
Obfuscate : VEIL
58
Travel over : RANGE
59
Spew : EMIT
60
Pelagic bird : ERNE
61
"High ___": M. Anderson : TOR
62
Plexus : RETE
Down
1
Change course by trimming sail : HAUL
2
"Vissi d'___," Tosca's great aria : ARTE
3
Actor in "Giant" : DEAN
4
English poet and jocular "Uncle" : JOHNMILTONBERLE
5
Gloomy in Glouster : SOMBRE
6
S.A. parrot : ARARA
7
Singer and part-time reporter : PETULACLARKKENT
8
Animated comic and memorable actor : FATALBERTDEKKER
9
Steed or urchin : ARAB
10
"Splitsville" : RENO
11
Sow chow : MAST
14
Now it's N.R.C. : AEC
15
China town : DRESDEN
21
Like eggs : YOLKY
22
Year in Trajan's reign : CII
25
Belle of the Old West : STARR
26
Heroine of a 1931 song : MARTA
28
Salt Lake City athletes : UTES
29
Lady of Petrarch's sonnets : LAURA
30
First name in movie lore : ERROL
31
States : SAYS
32
Health hazard : SMOG
33
Matty or Felipe : ALOU
36
"You're ___ man than I ... ": Kipling : ABETTER
37
Active : DOING
42
"Tote ___ barge ... " : DAT
43
Kind of box : TINDER
46
Cant : LINGO
47
Speleologist's concern : CAVE
48
Terminated : OVER
49
Stem : REIN
50
Ceremonial cup : AMA
51
Door inscription : NAME
52
Army group : UNIT
53
Everyone in France has one : TETE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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