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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Tuesday, October 30, 1990

12-Down : Dracula's undoing

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,966
Across
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Bloody ___ (cocktail) : MARY
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Metalworker : SMITH
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Carry's partner : CASH
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Theater award : OBIE
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Flick : MOVIE
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Outermost of the Aleutians : ATTU
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"Crimes and Misdemeanors" actor : ALDA
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Wear down : ERODE
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Meander : ROAM
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Tune originally titled "Skoda Lasky" : BEERBARRELPOLKA
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Successor to Claudius I : NERO
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Actress Barkin : ELLEN
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Lincoln homestead : CABIN
28
Dawdles : MOPES
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Prayer finale : AMEN
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Yarn spinner : WEAVER
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Letter after sigma : TAU
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Jelly Roll Morton composition : KINGPORTERSTOMP
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Superlative ending : EST
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Japan, China, etc. : ORIENT
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A group of troops : UNIT
43
Ceremonial acts : RITES
44
Belief : CREDO
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Colo. ski resort : ASPEN
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Continue : GOON
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Song featured in "The New Moon" : STOUTHEARTEDMEN
57
Get fresh : SASS
58
Imam's deity : ALLAH
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Alley Oop's love : OOLA
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Alternative word : ELSE
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Beatles' "And ___ Her" : ILOVE
62
Prepare presents : WRAP
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Got ready to drive : TEED
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Not now : LATER
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Bird of the 50th state : NENE
Down
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City in Utah : MOAB
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Skilled : ABLE
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Take the train : RIDE
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Yen : YEARNING
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Sully : SMEAR
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Havana's ___ Castle : MORRO
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Songwriter Novello : IVOR
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Ocean motion : TIDE
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Loaf end : HEEL
10
Sings "Silent Night" : CAROLS
11
Lagoon locale : ATOLL
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Dracula's undoing : STAKE
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Earthling : HUMAN
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One of the Cartwrights : BEN
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Equals : PEERS
25
Soap unit : CAKE
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Author Kingsley ___ : AMIS
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Reached for the floor : BENT
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Officers on deck : MATES
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Pizza place : OVEN
30
Minxlike : PERT
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Fermentable liquid : WORT
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Where Perry triumphed : ERIE
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Variation in color : TONE
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Among : AMID
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Until : UPTO
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North or South, e.g. : POINT
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Reject : TURNDOWN
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Put to work again : REUSED
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Cedar Rapids university : COE
45
Balance-sheet item : ASSET
46
Old hat : STALE
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Oater bunch : POSSE
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Somber : GRAVE
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Different : OTHER
51
Stones from the sky : HAIL
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First name in scat : ELLA
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Considerably : ALOT
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Twist's request : MORE
55
Zest : ELAN
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Scruff : NAPE

Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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