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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Wednesday, November 3, 1993

18-Down : Madre's brothers

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,066
Across
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A son of Japheth : MAGOG
6
Saturn's wife : OPS
9
Poop, e.g. : DECK
13
Muscat resident : OMANI
14
Companion of aah : OOH
15
Mideastern heights : GOLAN
16
Burro blanket : MANTA
17
Cliché's kin : PLATITUDE
19
Ludicrous : ANTIC
20
Dark-brown pigment : SEPIA
21
Grant of film : LEE
22
Janitorial equipment : MOP
24
Bright lights : NEONS
26
Where bargains are often found : BASEMENT
30
Agitated states : SNITS
33
Deft : APT
34
One of Artemis's companions : OREAD
36
Very foolish fellow : IDIOT
38
Highwayman of a kind? : TROOPER
40
Slender javelin : ASSEGAI
42
___ Kush, Asian range : HINDU
43
Old Greek dialect : DORIC
45
Spare rib, once : EVE
46
Parasite : LEECH
48
On a long rope : TETHERED
50
Part of an atto : SCENA
52
Part of R.S.V.P. : SIL
53
Missile abbr. : ABM
56
"___ Right Jack," Sellers film : IMALL
58
Half a semicolon : COMMA
62
Famed poetic pair : BROWNINGS
64
Kind of gang or letter : CHAIN
65
Hawaiian island : LANAI
66
K.G.B.'s nemesis : CIA
67
"___ of Home," Lassie movie : HILLS
68
Preppy jacket : ETON
69
___ gaw mein (Chinese dish) : YAT
70
Organic compound : IMIDE
Down
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N.Y.C. mus. : MOMA
2
Galsworthy's "___ of Devon" : AMAN
3
Wolfe hero Eugene ___ : GANT
4
Punctual : ONTIME
5
Italian composer: 1858-1924 : GIACOMOPUCCINI
6
Bumbler's exclamation : OOPS
7
Mush for Mario : POLENTA
8
Figure : SHAPE
9
Speck : DOT
10
Month after Av : ELUL
11
Glenn Ford TV role as sheriff : CADE
12
Jerky joint : KNEE
15
Opera by 5 Down : GIANNISCHICCHI
18
Madre's brothers : TIOS
23
Balzac's "Le ___ Goriot" : PERE
25
Faction : SIDE
26
Saturday-night special? : BATH
27
The "cruellest month": Eliot : APRIL
28
14 pounds in London : STONE
29
Twerp : NERD
31
Stockton beast : TIGER
32
White wine of Italy : SOAVE
35
Challenge : DARE
37
Even : TIED
39
Canzoni : ODES
41
Models for Wyeth : SITS
44
Earache : OTALGIA
47
Sphere starter : HEMI
49
God, to Solomon : ELOHIM
51
Capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle : NANCY
53
Up to : ABLE
54
Rotten kid : BRAT
55
Alone: Comb. form : MONO
57
Aspiring law stud.'s exam : LSAT
59
A neighbor of Niger : MALI
60
Clement : MILD
61
Henri's handle : ANSE
63
Colorless : WAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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.

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