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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Tuesday, October 30, 1990

4-Down : Yen

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
14
Theater award : OBIE
15
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
20
Tune originally titled "Skoda Lasky" : BEERBARRELPOLKA
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Successor to Claudius I : NERO
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Actress Barkin : ELLEN
25
Lincoln homestead : CABIN
28
Dawdles : MOPES
31
Prayer finale : AMEN
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Yarn spinner : WEAVER
34
Letter after sigma : TAU
37
Jelly Roll Morton composition : KINGPORTERSTOMP
40
Superlative ending : EST
41
Japan, China, etc. : ORIENT
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A group of troops : UNIT
43
Ceremonial acts : RITES
44
Belief : CREDO
45
Colo. ski resort : ASPEN
48
Continue : GOON
50
Song featured in "The New Moon" : STOUTHEARTEDMEN
57
Get fresh : SASS
58
Imam's deity : ALLAH
59
Alley Oop's love : OOLA
60
Alternative word : ELSE
61
Beatles' "And ___ Her" : ILOVE
62
Prepare presents : WRAP
63
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
2
Skilled : ABLE
3
Take the train : RIDE
4
Yen : YEARNING
5
Sully : SMEAR
6
Havana's ___ Castle : MORRO
7
Songwriter Novello : IVOR
8
Ocean motion : TIDE
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Loaf end : HEEL
10
Sings "Silent Night" : CAROLS
11
Lagoon locale : ATOLL
12
Dracula's undoing : STAKE
13
Earthling : HUMAN
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One of the Cartwrights : BEN
22
Equals : PEERS
25
Soap unit : CAKE
26
Author Kingsley ___ : AMIS
27
Reached for the floor : BENT
28
Officers on deck : MATES
29
Pizza place : OVEN
30
Minxlike : PERT
32
Fermentable liquid : WORT
33
Where Perry triumphed : ERIE
34
Variation in color : TONE
35
Among : AMID
36
Until : UPTO
38
North or South, e.g. : POINT
39
Reject : TURNDOWN
43
Put to work again : REUSED
44
Cedar Rapids university : COE
45
Balance-sheet item : ASSET
46
Old hat : STALE
47
Oater bunch : POSSE
48
Somber : GRAVE
49
Different : OTHER
51
Stones from the sky : HAIL
52
First name in scat : ELLA
53
Considerably : ALOT
54
Twist's request : MORE
55
Zest : ELAN
56
Scruff : NAPE

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

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