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Ernie Furtado
Ernie Furtado

New York Times, Monday, January 4, 1988

22-Down : Works of a Swiss painter

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 4.67, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,936
Across
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Turkish title : AGHA
5
Easter : PASCH
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Capuchin monkey : SAI
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Robin of legend : HOOD
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"___ of Two Cities" : ATALE
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Some recs. : LPS
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Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
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Light unit : LUMEN
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Sector : AREA
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Hit song of 1926 : BYEBYEBLACKBIRD
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"___, though I walk ... " : YEA
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Knievel : EVEL
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Conducted : LED
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Commercials : ADS
28
Dull finish : MATTE
31
Prefix for cycle : EPI
33
Chawbacon : LOUT
35
Second notes : RES
36
Pelagic fish eaters : ERNS
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Conceal : SECRETE
40
Mankiewicz and Papp : JOSEPHS
43
Jaeger's cousin : SKUA
44
Outlaw : BAN
45
Business combo : POOL
46
Celtic Neptune : LER
47
Challenged : DARED
49
Alvino of big-band era : REY
50
Lex. or Mad. : AVE
52
"Till ___," 1944 song : THEN
54
Make a decision : ACT
56
Hit song of 1926, with "The" : BIRTHOFTHEBLUES
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Cupid : EROS
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Kind of guitar or drum : STEEL
64
Alike, to Brigitte : EGAL
65
"Born in the ___" : USA
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___ firma : TERRA
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Kismet : FATE
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Sun. fare : SER
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Fiery crime : ARSON
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Cole chaser : SLAW
Down
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One-legged whaler : AHAB
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Sanguinary : GORY
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Hit song of 1929 : HONEYSUCKLEROSE
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Hacienda material : ADOBE
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Washed out : PALE
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"Three men in ___" : ATUB
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Young salmon : SAMLETS
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Adhere or split : CLEAVE
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Therefore : HENCE
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Pitcher's rubber : SLAB
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Hit song of 1953 : APRILINPORTUGAL
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River to the Rhone : ISERE
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Append : ADD
21
Sweet potato : YAM
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Works of a Swiss painter : KLEES
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Hirt and Pacino : ALS
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Deer : DOES
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Tatum of jazz : ART
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Peg for Peete : TEE
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Precollege sch. : PREP
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Faithful : TRUE
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Sabot or clog : SHOE
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Inheritance of the meek : EARTH
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Crock or shock : JAR
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Quarter of four : ONE
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Rocky portrayer : SLY
44
Teases good-naturedly : BANTERS
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More adroit : DEFTER
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Pat : DAB
50
Vigoda or Burrows : ABE
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Body attacker : VIRUS
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Ornamental herb : HOSTA
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Musical symbols : CLEFS
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Autocratic leader : TSAR
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Leander's love : HERO
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Ardor : ELAN
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"Fine women ___ crazy salad ... ": Yeats : EATA
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Scads : SLEW

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

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