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Jeffrey A. Mercer
Jeffrey A. Mercer

New York Times, Wednesday, November 13, 1985

10-Down : Wildly visionary

Author:
Jeffrey A. Mercer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { F J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jeffrey A. Mercer has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,154
Across
1
Long-range wpn. : ICBM
5
Computer adjunct : MODEM
10
Historic March day : IDES
14
Author Ephron : NORA
15
Sappho's Muse : ERATO
16
Beak : NOSE
17
Volgograd's former name : STALINGRAD
19
Clout : SWAT
20
French connectives : ETS
21
Eye irritation : STYE
22
God of the heavens : URANUS
24
Sesame paste : TAHINI
26
In power : RULING
28
Soprano Ponselle : ROSA
30
On the side : LATERAL
33
Wedge of gold : INGOT
36
Luigi's lunch, perhaps : PASTA
38
Chopper : AXE
39
Love attachment : LORN
40
Ill will : SPITE
41
Fruit drinks : ADES
42
Mauna ___ : LOA
43
Filched : STOLE
44
Food fish : SMELT
45
Sparks affection : ENDEARS
47
Alphabetic quartet : RSTU
49
Looses : UNTIES
51
Major arteries : AORTAE
55
Cowardly : CRAVEN
57
"___ fan tutte": Mozart : COSI
59
Ave.'s cousin : RTE
60
Game on horseback : POLO
61
Postbaccalaureate inst. : GRADSCHOOL
64
Supporter : ALLY
65
Uncanny : EERIE
66
Tip-top : AONE
67
Stone and Stallone : SLYS
68
Bound : ROPED
69
Raced : SPED
Down
1
Map within a map : INSET
2
Terra ___ : COTTA
3
Impudent : BRASH
4
___ de mer : MAL
5
Non compos ___ : MENTIS
6
Carousal : ORGY
7
Venturesome one : DARER
8
Letter from Greece : ETA
9
Tune to a key or pitch : MODULATE
10
Wildly visionary : INSANE
11
Belittle : DOWNGRADE
12
Genesis name : ESAU
13
Gels : SETS
18
"All that glisters ___ gold": Shak. : ISNOT
23
Beatles' meter maid : RITA
25
Dietary need : IRON
27
Type of overcoat : ULSTER
29
Place next to : APPOSE
31
Figure skater's leaping spin : AXEL
32
For fear that : LEST
33
"Winnie ___ Pu": Lenard : ILLE
34
"Darkness at ___": Koestler : NOON
35
By degrees : GRADUALLY
37
Suffer : AIL
40
Part-time news correspondent : STRINGER
41
Asian river : AMUR
43
Glut : SATE
44
Impassive : STOIC
46
Some diplomats : ENVOYS
48
Talked back : SASSED
50
Rampart part : SCARP
52
Cavalry unit : TROOP
53
Expiate : ATONE
54
Fished for morays : EELED
55
Tax preparers, for short : CPAS
56
Rock partner : ROLL
58
Garfield's canine friend : ODIE
62
Antique auto : REO
63
Owns : HAS

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

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