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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Friday, October 24, 1975

43-Down : Scuffle

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,568
Across
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Pre-Revolution act : STAMP
6
Humid : DAMP
10
Mountain pass : GHAT
14
Lime: Prefix : CALCI
15
Matty or Felipe : ALOU
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Singer Raisa : ROSA
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Hepcats : ALLIGATORS
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Island land : ERIN
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Defunct car : REO
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"___ lively, please" : STEP
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Pablo's refresher : SIESTA
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Worked on the furnace : STOKED
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N. J. Governor : BYRNE
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Original ___ : SIN
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Fish, often holy : MACKEREL
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Noted violinist : ELMAN
34
Dumb belles : DORAS
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Beverage : ALE
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Bull: Prefix : TAUR
37
Golfer's digging : DIVOT
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Warm-sea fish : SCAD
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Ocean: Abbr. : ATL
40
Like some baskets : WOVEN
41
Tuscan city : SIENA
42
Clemenceau : THETIGER
44
Dapper chap : DAN
45
Territories, gang style : TURFS
46
Hurdy-gurdy rider : MONKEY
49
What mare nostrum means : OURSEA
51
Catch, as a fish : LAND
52
Container : VAT
54
Resorts : SPAS
55
Symbols of poverty : CHURCHMICE
58
Bank for farmers : SOIL
59
Wildcat : EYRA
60
Derby winner of 1935 : OMAHA
61
British queen : ANNE
62
Small barracuda : SPET
63
Ladies' companions : GENTS
Down
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Steep cliff : SCAR
2
Jury-panel members : TALES
3
Assign : ALLOT
4
Roman 1101 : MCI
5
Football : PIGSKIN
6
Old-hat : DATED
7
Tilted : ALOP
8
Fine leather: Abbr. : MOR
9
Milquetoast, e.g. : PUSSYCAT
10
Lorne or Graham : GREENE
11
Close contest, politically : HORSERACE
12
___ were : ASIT
13
Blue Nile's lake : TANA
18
Solar deity : ATEN
23
Unsettles : IRKS
25
Glacial ridges : OSAR
26
Red ___ (Snoopy's foe) : BARON
28
One who relocates : MOVER
29
Dash : ELAN
30
Clytemnestra's mother : LEDA
31
State, in France : ETAT
32
Plaster base : LATH
33
Stubborn transport : MULETRAIN
34
Low places : DIVES
37
G.I.'s of W.W. I : DOGFACES
38
Descend : SINK
40
Finish line : WIRE
41
Tunnel digger : SANDHOG
43
Scuffle : TUSSLE
44
Then, in Chartres : DONC
46
French Revolution figure : MARAT
47
French spa : EVIAN
48
Costly vessel : YACHT
49
Greek peak : OSSA
50
"It came ___ the midnight ... " : UPON
51
Angler's need : LURE
53
Receptions : TEAS
56
Conjectural: Abbr. : HYP
57
French Mrs. : MME

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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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