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C. McInerney
C. McInerney

New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 1991

1-Down : Hammarskjöld

Author:
C. McInerney
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
C. McInerney has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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I
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T
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K
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A
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A
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L
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A
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S
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S
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C
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H
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I
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A
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D
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H
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G
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H
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A
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F
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D
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R
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A
H
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L
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O
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D
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L
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D
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W
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G
U
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S
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T
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O
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F
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D
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C
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R
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P
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S
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A
L
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A
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M
A
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T
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H
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C
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D
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T
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H
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P
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B
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G
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D
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A
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N
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G
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C
T
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T
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S
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,318
Across
1
Bears' coach : DITKA
6
"Amo, amas, I love ___": O'Keeffe : ALASS
11
X, to Aeschylus : CHI
14
Very pale : ASHEN
15
"Vissi ___," Puccini aria : DARTE
16
Possesses : HAS
17
Britt Reid : GREENHORNET
19
Comment from Sandy : ARF
20
Puzzler's plum : SLOE
21
Chuck-a-luck triplet : DIE
22
Involved with : INTO
23
Cheers : RAHS
25
John Reid : LONERANGER
28
Explorer Johnson : OSA
29
Underlined : STRESSED
30
Kin of Inc. : LTD
31
Tear's partner : WEAR
32
Verve : GUSTO
36
Disobedient : FROWARD
38
Painters Giovanni and Giuseppe : CRESPIS
40
Farmer in April : SOWER
41
"Iacta ___ est!" : ALEA
42
"___ Popular Man," Cohan song : IMA
43
Moralist : ETHICIAN
46
Shar-Pei or Akita : DOG
47
Kit Walker : THEPHANTOM
50
Well, to Ovid : BENE
51
Physics measures : REMS
52
Sally's Norma : RAE
53
The Rome of Hungary : EGER
55
White or slippery ___ : ELM
56
Diana Prince : WONDERWOMAN
60
Demography item : AGE
61
Auspices expert : AUGUR
62
Perform : ENACT
63
Ply a picot : TAT
64
Photos of Ginger? : SNAPS
65
Babies, in Madrid : NENES
Down
1
Hammarskjöld : DAG
2
Medit. republic : ISR
3
Lamont Cranston : THESHADOW
4
Timbers for Dennis Connor : KEELS
5
___ Domini : ANNO
6
Brouhaha : ADO
7
Ring from Niles : LARDNER
8
___ army (Palmer fans) : ARNIES
9
Celibate bulls : STEERS
10
Unit at Wimbledon : SET
11
___ and Eng : CHANG
12
Poker flat creator : HARTE
13
"M ___ the many ... " : ISFOR
18
Skelter companion : HELTER
22
Southern constellation : INDUS
23
Massages deeply : ROLFS
24
Houston athlete : ASTRO
26
Mouthward : ORAD
27
Poseidon's realm : AEGEAN
29
Dusky, in poesy : SWARTH
33
Peter Parker : SPIDERMAN
34
Misanthrope of Athens : TIMON
35
Inedible orange : OSAGE
37
Sobs : WEEPS
38
Commercial Muse? : CLIO
39
Enlarger : REAMER
41
Threw a tantrum : ACTEDUP
44
___-al-Raschid, famed caliph : HAROUN
45
New Zealand fish : INANGA
47
Give medical aid : TREAT
48
That Wyeth model : HELGA
49
Irish hero : EMMET
50
"I'd rather see than ___": G. Burgess : BEONE
54
Actress Verdon : GWEN
56
Is past : WAS
57
Um's partners : ERS
58
Point winner for Sampras : ACE
59
Some P.M. periods : NTS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 6 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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