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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, November 26, 1990

9-Down : Decorates

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 1 Grid has duplicate clues.
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,993
Across
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Devil's-bones : DICE
5
Flintstone of comics : FRED
9
Church section : APSE
13
Verve : ELAN
14
Viscous mud : SLIME
15
Information : DATA
16
Perch or pike : FISH
17
Trickery : HOCUSPOCUS
19
Toodle-oo : TATA
20
Regret : RUE
21
Actress Dunne : IRENE
22
Astaire or Shawn : DANCER
24
South Yemen's capital : ADEN
26
Barge : SCOW
27
Pindaric poem : ODE
28
Influence : SWAY
32
Sleeveless garments : CAPES
34
Pile up : AMASS
36
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
37
Sleight-of-hand artist : PRESTIDIGITATOR
40
___ thumbs (awkward) : ALL
41
Aver : STATE
42
Curved : ARCED
43
Foot part : SOLE
45
Printers' measures : EMS
46
Essential part : PITH
47
Fruit preserves : JAMS
49
Pick-me-ups : TONICS
51
Following : AFTER
54
Hockey's Bobby : ORR
55
Pack tightly : CRAM
57
Sorcery : BLACKMAGIC
60
Actress Turner : LANA
61
Fasting period : LENT
62
First-day creation : EARTH
63
Salamanders : EFTS
64
Long-haired mammals : YAKS
65
Family ___ (pedigree) : TREE
66
R.b.i., for one : STAT
Down
1
Skillful : DEFT
2
Poem about the Trojan War : ILIAD
3
Put a hex on : CASTASPELL
4
Improves : ENHANCES
5
Bread ingredient : FLOUR
6
Pilaf ingredient : RICE
7
Flightless bird : EMU
8
The ___ Moines Register : DES
9
Decorates : ADORNS
10
Horse's gait : PACE
11
Dumbfound : STUN
12
Facility : EASE
14
Nagging woman : SHREW
18
Baked dessert : PIE
23
Prices : COSTS
24
Maxim : ADAGE
25
Arnaz : DESI
27
Leaves out : OMITS
29
Sorcery : WITCHCRAFT
30
Medicinal plant : ALOE
31
Unit of length : YARD
32
Financial agts. : CPAS
33
A Guthrie : ARLO
34
President Jefferson's predecessor : ADAMS
35
Tarnish : STAIN
38
List entry : ITEM
39
Magazine contents, often : ARTICLES
44
Throws out : EJECTS
46
Veranda : PORCH
48
Clumsy boat : ARK
49
Hackneyed : TRITE
50
___ Cruz : SANTA
51
In a competent way : ABLY
52
Parasitic insect : FLEA
53
Army vehicle : TANK
54
Monster : OGRE
56
Sail support : MAST
58
Ran into : MET
59
Swiss river : AAR

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