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Arthur S. Verdesca
New York Times, Monday, November 2, 1992
26-Down : Subdue completely
Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 233 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 L | 2 A | 3 O | 4 S | 5 A | 6 L | 7 M | 8 S | 9 G | 10 R | 11 A | 12 B |
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13 A | N | N | A | 14 T | I | E | U | 15 P | 16 I | O | L | A |
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17 S | T | I | R | 18 T | R | I | E | R | 19 A | M | O | S |
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20 I | T | A | 21 L | I | A | N | S | O | 22 N | N | E | T | ||
23 G | A | R | S | 24 P | E | T | ||||||||
25 A | 26 C | 27 T | O | N | E | 28 M | 29 E | O | W | 30 E | 31 R | 32 A |
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33 P | R | E | S | A | 34 S | I | R | S | 35 A | M | E | N |
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36 R | U | S | S | I | 37 A | N | D | R | E | 38 S | S | I | N | G |
39 E | S | T | A | 40 B | I | A | S | 41 E | S | T | E | R |
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42 S | H | Y | 43 A | R | T | S | 44 C | L | A | S | S | Y |
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45 O | R | E | 46 D | R | E | I | ||||||||
47 G | 48 E | R | M | A | 49 N | 50 M | E | A | S | L | 51 E | 52 S | ||
53 L | A | R | D | 54 S | C | A | N | T | 55 A | V | E | 56 R |
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57 E | T | T | E | 58 T | A | S | S | E | 59 N | E | R | O |
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60 S | E | E | R | 61 A | T | E | S | 62 T | R | E | E |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,700
Across
1
Thailand neighbor : LAOS
5
Charity : ALMS
9
Clutch : GRAB
13
O'Neill's Christie : ANNA
14
Connection : TIEUP
16
Kan. city : IOLA
17
Bustle : STIR
18
Industrial city on the Mosel : TRIER
19
Author Oz : AMOS
20
Type of poem : ITALIANSONNET
23
Longnose and shortnose fish : GARS
24
Sulk : PET
25
Moss Hart book : ACTONE
28
Garfield's call : MEOW
30
Period : ERA
33
Cue on a musical score : PRESA
34
Knights : SIRS
35
"So it is!" : AMEN
36
Salad enhancer : RUSSIANDRESSING
39
¿Cómo ___ usted? : ESTA
40
Bent : BIAS
41
Fragrant compound : ESTER
42
Timid : SHY
43
Sculpture, music, etc. : ARTS
44
Elegant : CLASSY
45
Siderite or mispickel : ORE
46
Eins, zwei, ___ : DREI
47
Rash cause : GERMANMEASLES
53
Hog fat : LARD
54
Stint : SCANT
55
Predicate : AVER
57
Cigar end : ETTE
58
Pierre's cup : TASSE
59
Agrippina's executioner : NERO
60
Vaticinator : SEER
61
Roscoe ___ of early films : ATES
62
Olive or peach : TREE
Down
1
___ Palmas : LAS
2
Oppositionist : ANTI
3
" ... with the blue ribbons ___" : ONIT
4
City on the Ebro : SARAGOSSA
5
Raiment : ATTIRE
6
Turkish money : LIRAS
7
Chow ___ : MEIN
8
Petitions : SUES
9
Brobdingnagian : GIANT
10
City of the Seven Hills : ROME
11
"Thanks ___!" : ALOT
12
À ___ (down with, in Nice) : BAS
15
Pop the question : PROPOSE
21
Hawaiian island : LANAI
22
Fashionable : NEW
25
"___ moi le déluge" : APRES
26
Subdue completely : CRUSH
27
Choleric : TESTY
28
The man with the golden touch : MIDAS
29
Bobbles : ERRS
30
Discharges : EMITS
31
Descartes and Coty : RENES
32
Inflamed and sore : ANGRY
34
Swivet : SNIT
35
Attacker : ASSAILANT
37
Side by side : ABREAST
38
Monica of tennis : SELES
43
Fortify : ARM
44
Jalopies : CRATES
45
Kind : ORDER
46
Compact : DENSE
47
Movable barrier : GATE
48
Art Deco great : ERTE
49
Sports gp. : NCAA
50
Tall spar : MAST
51
At all : EVER
52
Dried up : SERE
53
"___ Misérables" : LES
56
Caviar : ROE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.