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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Thursday, November 21, 1991

47-Down : Magpie or pack rat

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K Q U W }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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M
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R
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D
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F
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L
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H
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B
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O
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C
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A
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P
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H
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R
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T
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O
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C
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G
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D
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G
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M
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,353
Across
1
Arlen's old black art? : MAGIC
6
Riskless : SAFE
10
___ es Salaam : DAR
13
Image: Comb. form : ICONO
14
Netman Camporese : OMAR
15
Bell the cat : DARE
16
Capital of Ore. : SALEM
17
Paw pamperers for Reynard in the garden? : FOXGLOVES
19
Strange : ODD
20
"My ___ Lady" : FAIR
22
Ammonia derivative : AMINE
23
Stowe's ice crosser : ELIZA
25
Native environment : HABITAT
27
Frigate mackerel's kin : BONITO
29
Consumed : EATEN
30
___-ski : APRES
31
Plants of the parsley family : ANGELICAS
35
Hit sign : SRO
36
Kind of sleeve : SETIN
37
Jungfrau, e.g. : ALP
38
Shrub of the saxifrage family : HYDRANGEA
41
Rich cake : TORTE
43
How winners walk? : ONAIR
44
Where Hannibal defeated the Romans: 216 B.C. : CANNAE
45
Newsmongers : GOSSIPS
48
Famed caravel : PINTA
49
Muse of poetry : ERATO
50
Soprano Lisa Della ___ : CASA
51
Hyson or oopak : TEA
54
Pale purple flowers : LAVENDERS
57
Capital ___ tax : GAINS
59
Road to ancient Rome : ITER
60
Kind of back, in football : SLOT
61
Methuselah's father : ENOCH
62
Berg's "___ Wein" : DER
63
Muscovite : MICA
64
Indian princess : RANEE
Down
1
Hatred: Comb. form : MISO
2
Part of U.S.M.A. : ACAD
3
Auric wand in the garden? : GOLDENROD
4
Suffix with serpent : INE
5
Candied fruits : COMFITS
6
Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA
7
Cupid : AMOR
8
Modern office machine : FAX
9
Unit of work : ERG
10
Ship's crane : DAVIT
11
Bradley Center, in Milwaukee : ARENA
12
Alley button : RESET
15
Anno ___ : DOMINI
18
Tag : LABEL
21
Kind of dye : AZO
24
Golf ball's position : LIE
25
___ Sophia, church built by Justinian : HAGIA
26
Solar disk : ATEN
27
Shindig : BASH
28
Grand Ole ___ : OPRY
29
Record : ENTER
31
Sponsorship : AEGIS
32
Variety of clove pink : CARNATION
33
Utah ski resort : ALTA
34
Graf ___ : SPEE
36
Easy task : SNAP
39
Roll : ROSTER
40
Negatively charged atom : ANION
41
Passerine bird : TANAGER
42
Prov. in Canada : ONT
44
On this side of: Prefix : CIS
45
Frozen : GELID
46
Speechify : ORATE
47
Magpie or pack rat : SAVER
48
Shells or elbows : PASTA
50
Gator's cousin : CROC
52
Suffix with infer : ENCE
53
Davis Cup figure : ASHE
55
Mil. decoration : DSM
56
Yalie : ELI
58
Collection of anecdotes : ANA

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