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Michael A. Rampino
Michael A. Rampino

New York Times, Saturday, January 18, 1992

23-Down : Irish dog

Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 244 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,411
Across
1
Polemic : DEBATE
7
Less cordial : ICIER
12
Woody Allen film : BANANAS
13
Anchored : MOORED
15
Trammels : ENTRAPS
16
Pennons : BANNERS
18
Shangri-Las : EDENS
19
Hebrew month : ELUL
21
Cervine trail : SLOT
22
Cans : TINS
23
Blade of yore : SNEE
24
Large ratite : EMU
25
Chartered : LET
26
Decennium : DECADE
28
Stowe book : DRED
29
Anchorites : EREMITES
31
Vitreous : GLASSY
33
Disposal's dinner : ORTS
34
Pawn : TOOL
35
Witchcraft goddess : HECATE
38
Most lustrous : SHINIEST
42
Algerian city : ORAN
43
Peace : REPOSE
45
A daughter of Zeus : ATE
46
Word from Marceau : MOT
47
Boor : LOUT
48
Cartoonist Drake : STAN
49
Mild, yellow cheese : EDAM
51
Pochettes : KITS
52
Gaiters : SPATS
53
Connate : RELATED
55
Neighborly : AMIABLE
57
Evening gathering : SOIREE
58
Chow-mein ingredients : NOODLES
59
___ Falls, N.Y. : GLENS
60
More impenetrable : DENSER
Down
1
More foppish : DANDIER
2
International accord : ENTENTE
3
Bus garages : BARNS
4
Duck genus : ANAS
5
Gregory Hines film : TAP
6
Perfumes : ESSENCES
7
Permeated : IMBUED
8
Fossil fuel : COAL
9
Suffix for elect : ION
10
Osprey relatives : ERNS
11
Anglers, at times : REELERS
12
Scarab, e.g. : BEETLE
14
Hippo chasers : DROMES
17
Étude : STUDY
20
Meadows : LEAS
23
Irish dog : SETTER
26
Gossip : DIRT
27
Sir Willoughby Patterne, e.g. : EGOIST
28
Spanish painter : DALI
30
Deplore : MOAN
32
Unattached : LONE
34
Millenary : THOUSAND
35
A Simpson : HOMER
36
Wastes away : ERODES
37
Register : CATALOG
38
Macula : SPOT
39
Esculent : EATABLE
40
Noted hotelier : STATLER
41
Stiffens : TENSES
44
Ignores : ELIDES
48
Planes of W.W. I : SPADS
50
Camelot wear : MAIL
51
Acute : KEEN
52
Capital of Valais : SION
54
Uno plus due : TRE
56
Singer Bandy : MOE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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