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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Friday, January 18, 1980

45-Down : "Amerika" author

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5 Grid has duplicate clues.
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,028
Across
1
Two of a kind : BRACE
6
Two-___ (deceive) : TIME
10
Two ___ (baseball term) : AWAY
14
Dud : LEMON
15
City on the Garonne : AGEN
16
Quaker's pronoun : THEE
17
19
Olympian goddess : HERA
20
Two-___ truck : TON
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Auxiliary: Abbr. : ASST
22
Horn-snouted animals : RHINOS
24
Complimentary : FREE
25
State : AVER
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Two-masters : BRIGS
28
Rambles : MEANDERS
32
Sprightly : ALIVE
33
Shopping area : MART
34
Mixture : OLIO
35
Structure decreed by Kubla Khan : DOME
36
Actress Dressler : MARIE
37
Pet name : FIDO
38
Two, in Baden-Baden : ZWEI
39
" ... ___ of sympathy with other men": Emerson : ATIE
40
Pale : ASHEN
41
Traps : ENSNARES
43
Another: Lat. : ALIUS
44
Twos, in Dundee : TWAS
45
Frank ___, of F.D.R.'s Cabinet : KNOX
46
Governor of Delaware : DUPONT
49
Healthy: Sp. : SANO
50
Island near Mozambique : IBO
53
Ten or one : UNIT
54
57
Fit to ___ : ATEE
58
Lumber town in Washington : OMAK
59
British equivalent of a quart : LITRE
60
Like Dickens's Mrs. Gummidge : LORN
61
Part of N.B. : NOTA
62
"Two ___ Before the Mast": Dana : YEARS
Down
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Scribe's mishap : BLOT
2
Two are often divided here : RENO
3
Response of approval : AMEN
4
Guy on a beat : COP
5
Expand : ENLARGE
6
Cup, in Cannes : TASSE
7
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
8
Game-board pieces : MEN
9
Weaken : ENERVATE
10
11
As soon as : WHEN
12
Atmospheric: Prefix : AERO
13
Votes in favor : YEAS
18
Exploits : USES
23
Coop occupant : HEN
24
25
Dwelling on a height : AERIE
26
Kind of glass : BLOWN
27
Frosts : RIMES
28
He hit 61 home runs in '61 : MARIS
29
Statesman Root : ELIHU
30
Lies at anchor : RIDES
31
Anon : SOON
32
Cutting tool : ADZE
33
Two together : MATES
36
Endurance race : MARATHON
40
In a detached manner : ALOOFLY
42
Grain bristle : AWN
43
Part of A.D. : ANNO
45
"Amerika" author : KAFKA
46
Twofold : DUAL
47
Biblical preposition : UNTO
48
Part of the waterfront : PIER
49
Thin strip : SLAT
50
Bit : IOTA
51
Aaron ___ : BURR
52
Sources of metals : ORES
55
Latin I paradigm : AMO
56
"___, foh, and fum": Shak. : FIE

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5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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