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Ernie Furtado
Ernie Furtado

New York Times, Thursday, November 26, 1992

3-Down : Deliverance

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,724
Across
1
Sale wd. : IRR
4
Football unit : HALF
8
Mont Blanc's location : ALPS
12
Denigrate : SMEAR
14
Buck chaser : AROO
15
Appearance : LOOK
16
What "feliz" is : SPANISHFORHAPPY
19
Wood cutter : RIPSAW
20
" ... to shining ___" : SEA
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Bishopric : SEE
22
___-feu (meat dish) : POTAU
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Bible bk. : ESTH
26
What "danke" is : GERMANFORTHANKS
32
Lee ___, 50's heavyweight : OMA
33
Dawn goddess : EOS
34
Lounge : LOLL
35
Tony's cousin : OBIE
37
Adlai's running mate: 1956 : ESTES
40
Draft status : ONEA
41
Ending for song or gab : FEST
42
Historic time : ERA
43
___ ordinaire : VIN
44
What "action de donner" is : FRENCHFORGIVING
50
Montreal Expos' manager : ALOU
51
Vamp : SIREN
52
Bit : TAD
55
Starting syst. on a car : IGN
56
Pasch : EASTER
59
What "a tutti" is : ITALIANFORTOALL
63
Proscription : NONO
64
Peter the pianist : NERO
65
Bravos : EUGES
66
Kuwaiti, e.g. : ARAB
67
Rebuff : SLAP
68
Moon-ldg. unit : LEM
Down
1
Zulu band : IMPI
2
Assess anew : REAPPRAISE
3
Deliverance : RANSOM
4
So there! : HAH
5
Sandy utterance : ARF
6
Less uptight : LOOSER
7
Sometimes the trees hide it : FOREST
8
Recipe words : ALA
9
Cuts off : LOPS
10
"Essay on Man" author : POPE
11
Type of terrier : SKYE
12
Ukr., once : SSR
13
Cattle catcher : RIATA
17
Jolson showstopper : SWANEE
18
"Thirty days ___ ... " : HATH
23
Saucers of a sort : UFOS
25
TV undesirable effect : HALO
26
Explode : GOOFF
27
Burning coal : EMBER
28
Path lead-in : OSTEO
29
Describing 43 Across : NONVINTAGE
30
Robert of comedy : KLEIN
31
Ade's "Fables in ___" : SLANG
36
Lab burner : ETNA
38
Lapses : ERRS
39
More seasoned, in a way : SAGIER
45
Ovid's 152 : CLII
46
"___ Heroes" on TV : HOGANS
47
Flue; chimney : FUNNEL
48
Up in arms : IRATE
49
Town ENE of Dijon : VESOUL
52
Turner of songdom : TINA
53
Fabric stretcher? : ATOR
54
Elcar of "MacGyver" : DANA
57
Pt. of the whole : ELEM
58
Literary monogram : RLS
60
Tennis stroke : LOB
61
___ Filippo Lippi : FRA
62
Alley of comics : OOP

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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