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Thomas W. Schier
Thomas W. Schier

New York Times, Friday, November 13, 1992

20-Down : F. Church's home on the Hudson

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Thomas W. Schier has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,711
Across
1
Argot : SLANG
6
Cries of surprise : OHS
9
Footnote abbr. : IBID
13
Cuomo or Lanza : MARIO
14
Touch upon : ABUT
15
Pianist Peter : NERO
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___ the good : ALLTO
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Confess completely : COMECLEAN
19
Enjoy a meal : CLEANONESPLATE
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Topeka is its cap. : KAN
22
Pub drink : ALE
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It goes up walls : IVY
24
Actress Rehan : ADA
25
West ender : ERN
27
"___ Woman," Reddy hit : IAM
30
Misfortune prophesier : CASSANDRA
34
Very, in music : ASSAI
36
"The Guns of Navarone" novelist : ALISTAIRMACLEAN
38
Three-card ___ : MONTE
39
Twerp : PIPSQUEAK
40
Throw : PEG
41
Auths.' papers : MSS
42
Color : HUE
43
Half of CIV : LII
45
Mars and Jupiter : DEI
46
Kettle and Barker : MAS
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Unbranded animal, in Australia : CLEANSKIN
55
Carousal : SPREE
56
Its cap. is St. John's : NEWF
57
Lane's companion : KENT
58
General Powell : COLIN
59
Meddlesome : NOSY
60
Least experienced: Abbr. : YST
61
Dressy jackets : ETONS
Down
1
Trace : SMACK
2
Moore's "___ Rookh" : LALLA
3
Songwriter Harold : ARLEN
4
Actress Talbot : NITA
5
Join socially : GOONADATE
6
Contrafagotto : OBOE
7
Buzzes : HUMS
8
Become involved : STEPIN
9
Kind of graft : INLAY
10
Tired vegetable? : BEET
11
Dies ___ : IRAE
12
Promoter King : DON
14
Rosacea : ACNE
18
Livy's 155 : CLV
20
F. Church's home on the Hudson : OLANA
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Kind of prof : ASST
25
"To ___ human ... " : ERRIS
26
Airport staircase : RAMP
27
"As ___ It," Getty autobiography : ISEE
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Nice report card : AAAA
29
Weasel's cousin : MINK
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Recreational site : CAMP
31
Emollient ingredient : ALOE
32
Emulate Houston : SING
33
Pickpockets : DIPS
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Comply tacitly : ACQUIESCE
35
Turn about : SLUE
37
Very pale : ASHEN
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Burlesque name : MINSKY
43
Like cabbage : LEAFY
44
Golfer Baker-Finch : IAN
45
"___ Be Cruel," Presley hit : DONT
46
Phil Donohue's spouse : MARLO
47
___ the hole (hidden asset) : ACEIN
48
British carbines : STENS
49
Femme fatale of yore : CLEO
50
Hoad and Ayres : LEWS
51
Haw. music makers : UKES
52
Can quantity : PINT
53
Small defect : SPOT
54
Cable-TV ntwk. : CNN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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