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Norma Steinberg
Norma Steinberg

New York Times, Monday, January 30, 1984

9-Down : Mode of speech

Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F J Q U X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,501
Across
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Kings of the road : HOBOS
6
Partner of woof : WARP
10
Bucket : PAIL
14
Love, in Verona : AMORE
15
Where Burma is : ASIA
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Jason's craft : ARGO
17
Greek dialect : IONIC
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Durocher was one : SHORTSTOP
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"___ no see" : LONGTIME
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Liquid measures : LITERS
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Like a street after sleet : ICY
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Axe : CAN
25
Choir members : ALTOS
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Dark horse : LONGSHOT
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Variety of shrimp : PRAWN
34
Again : ONCEMORE
35
Jacob's third son : LEVI
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Glittered : SHONE
38
"Shave ___ haircut ... " : ANDA
39
Sweet potatoes : OCARINAS
41
Indian now living in Okla. : CREEK
42
Whopper : TALLTALE
43
Sylvan deity : SATYR
44
Engine stats : HPS
45
School dance : HOP
46
Aleut dwellings : IGLOOS
50
Like some glances : SIDELONG
55
Gregg or Pitman hieroglyphics : SHORTHAND
57
Small dramatic part : CAMEO
58
Little Miss Trent : NELL
59
Theatrical award : OBIE
60
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
61
Distant: Comb. form : TELE
62
Bugler's piece : TAPS
63
___ Gabriel Rossetti : DANTE
Down
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Greet : HAIL
2
Melville book : OMOO
3
Beethoven's birthplace : BONN
4
Not a dup. : ORIG
5
Grandstand area : SECTION
6
"How Green ___ Valley" : WASMY
7
He rivaled Laver : ASHE
8
Ebro, e.g. : RIO
9
Mode of speech : PARLANCE
10
Prologue, perhaps : PAST
11
Comic Johnson : ARTE
12
Borodin prince : IGOR
13
Cuts off : LOPS
19
Hint of color : TINGE
21
Suffix for hero or poet : ICS
24
N.E. state : CONN
25
Palm : ARECA
26
French politician: 1883-1945 : LAVAL
27
Use a baton : TWIRL
28
Like a caftan : LOOSE
29
Don Adams role : SMART
30
Sweetheart : HONEY
31
Short-___ cook : ORDER
32
Wood for shipbuilders : TEAK
33
Scheme : PLOT
36
Album entry : SNAPSHOT
37
"Jolly Trio" painter : HALS
40
"Some Like ___," 1959 film : ITHOT
41
Subject of a Patti Page hit : CAPECOD
43
Implant a lawn : SOD
45
Pelts : HIDES
46
Legitimate kin of "ain't" : ISNT
47
Hindu's liquid butter : GHEE
48
Hang around : LOLL
49
Lancelot's wreath : ORLE
50
Trim : SNIP
51
Gershwin's "___, Lucille" : LALA
52
Augury : OMEN
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Nifty : NEAT
54
No longer here : GONE
56
Arab robe : ABA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 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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