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Elio Desiderio
Elio Desiderio

New York Times, Tuesday, January 5, 1982

37-Down : The elder Dumas

Author:
Elio Desiderio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Elio Desiderio has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,746
Across
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Kind of dream : PIPE
5
Sassy child : BRAT
9
Nita Naldi film: 1925 : COBRA
14
Scent : ODOR
15
Shimmery fabric : LAME
16
Typical role for Theda Bara : SIREN
17
Dairy-farm equipment : SEPARATOR
19
Companion of kicking : ALIVE
20
Fraternity letter : TAU
21
Garb : ATTIRE
23
Weirdo : NUT
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Those not of the clergy : LAITY
26
State without proof : ALLEGE
29
" ... search the ___ knolls": Carroll : GRASSY
31
What a French baker produces : PAIN
32
Lenya or Lehmann : LOTTE
33
Part of a busby : CHINSTRAP
38
State : AVER
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Enclosure for strays : POUND
40
Swiss river : AARE
41
Sets apart for a special purpose : DEDICATES
43
Hollywood King : VIDOR
44
Source of some allergies : DUST
45
Illinois city : MOLINE
46
Sleeping-sickness carrier : TSETSE
48
Modelmaker's wood : BALSA
49
Abraham, to Terah : SON
50
Knight-___ : ERRANT
52
"___ the season ... " : TIS
55
Certain Slav : CROAT
58
Whitsunday or Shavuot : PENTECOST
60
Make amends : ATONE
61
S.A. Indian : INCA
62
Phone-company code : AREA
63
Singer Helen : REDDY
64
Colorless, gaseous element : NEON
65
River to the North Sea : YSER
Down
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Soldier's station : POST
2
Thought : IDEA
3
Having inhabitants : POPULATED
4
NOW's concern : ERA
5
Author of "The Exorcist" : BLATTY
6
Unkempt : RATTY
7
Mine, to Marceau : AMOI
8
Freshwater turtles : TERRAPINS
9
Jefferson Davis's govt. : CSA
10
Tanker cargo : OIL
11
Fetch : BRING
12
"George White's Scandals," e.g. : REVUE
13
Dill herb of the Bible : ANET
18
Lift : RAISE
22
Wildebeest's cousin : ELAND
25
Not sidesaddle : ASTRIDE
27
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
28
Makes necessary : ENTAILS
29
Delighted : GLAD
30
Wander : ROVE
33
Metal fastener : COTTERPIN
34
___ and cry : HUE
35
They can let off steam : RADIATORS
36
Elvis ___ Presley : ARON
37
The elder Dumas : PERE
39
Like the twist : PASSE
42
Dilute liquor : CUT
43
___-face (reversal of opinion) : VOLTE
45
Actor Moreland : MANTAN
46
Rich cake : TORTE
47
Fillet for the hair : SNOOD
48
Bench for Benito : BANCO
49
Duelist's memento : SCAR
51
French director Clair : RENE
53
Words of comprehension : ISEE
54
Play the lead : STAR
56
"Tea ___ Sympathy" : AND
57
Mystery writer Josephine : TEY
59
Small island : CAY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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