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Alfio Micci
New York Times, Monday, October 20, 1980
26-Down : Fall preceder
Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { B Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 D | 2 O | 3 V | 4 E | 5 A | 6 S | 7 T | 8 O | 9 R | 10 C | 11 L | 12 U | 13 E |
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14 A | L | A | S | 15 T | H | A | N | E | 16 L | I | S | A |
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17 M | I | S | T | 18 H | I | R | E | S | 19 I | V | E | S |
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20 N | O | T | I | 21 M | E | F | O | R | C | 22 O | M | E | D | Y |
23 V | E | N | T | 24 I | R | A | ||||||||
25 S | 26 P | 27 E | A | R | S | 28 A | 29 N | N | O | T | 30 A | 31 T | 32 E |
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33 T | R | I | L | L | 34 C | L | A | D | 35 E | V | E | R |
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36 A | I | D | 37 E | 38 C | L | I | P | S | 39 E | 40 A | R | G |
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41 I | D | E | 42 A | 43 L | I | E | S | 44 L | 45 A | S | S | O |
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46 D | E | R | I | 47 S | I | O | N | 48 S | E | P | T | E | T |
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49 R | O | N | 50 A | T | N | O | ||||||||
51 A | 52 M | 53 E | R | I | C | 54 A | 55 N | T | R | A | G | 56 E | 57 D | 58 Y |
59 J | A | V | A | 60 H | E | A | R | A | 61 E | L | I | A |
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62 A | L | A | I | 63 E | R | R | E | D | 64 E | L | O | N |
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65 R | I | N | D | 66 R | I | D | E | S | 67 S | A | R | K |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,304
Across
1
Peace symbol : DOVE
5
Mary or Lady : ASTOR
10
Tec's help : CLUE
14
"Ah me!" : ALAS
15
___ of Cawdor : THANE
16
Louvre name : LISA
17
Aerosol output : MIST
18
Leases : HIRES
19
"Harvest Festival" composer : IVES
20
S. N. Behrman play : NOTIMEFORCOMEDY
23
Give expression to : VENT
24
Author Levin : IRA
25
Asparagus units : SPEARS
28
Make explanatory markings : ANNOTATE
33
Warble : TRILL
34
Attired : CLAD
35
Eternally : EVER
36
First or foreign follower : AID
37
Celestial phenomenon : ECLIPSE
40
S.A. country : ARG
41
Brainstorm : IDEA
43
Tells tales : LIES
44
Roper's need : LASSO
46
Scorn : DERISION
48
Beethoven's Op. 20, e.g. : SEPTET
49
Ziegler or Nessen : RON
50
___ time (never) : ATNO
51
Dreiser's "An ___" : AMERICANTRAGEDY
59
Breed of domestic fowl : JAVA
60
"Do I ___ Waltz?" : HEARA
61
Kazan : ELIA
62
Jai ___ : ALAI
63
Made a boo-boo : ERRED
64
N.C. college : ELON
65
Skin : RIND
66
Goes by car : RIDES
67
Cutty ___, Scottish garment : SARK
Down
1
Curse : DAMN
2
Medley : OLIO
3
Enormous : VAST
4
Pertaining to summer : ESTIVAL
5
Where Pericles presided : ATHENS
6
Change gears : SHIFT
7
Poi source : TARO
8
Unique person : ONER
9
Abrogates : RESCINDS
10
Prevailing trend : CLIMATE
11
Like some TV offerings : LIVE
12
Secondhand : USED
13
Child's play : EASY
21
Oberon : MERLE
22
Spanish gold : ORO
25
Far from frolicsome : STAID
26
Fall preceder : PRIDE
27
White-plumed duck : EIDER
28
Stranger : ALIEN
29
Catches 40 winks : NAPS
30
Nautical term : AVAST
31
Laconic : TERSE
32
Rye fungus : ERGOT
34
Muse of history : CLIO
38
Decisive fact or argument : CLINCHER
39
Verdugo : ELENA
42
Blitz : AIRRAID
45
Orbital points : APOGEES
47
Oneself: Fr. : SOI
48
Fine fiddles : STRADS
50
Up ___ (cornered) : ATREE
51
Open a bit : AJAR
52
African republic : MALI
53
Author Hunter : EVAN
54
Air: Comb. form : AERI
55
Ointment : NARD
56
Raines : ELLA
57
Name in fashion : DIOR
58
A.E.F. man : YANK
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.