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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, December 10, 1990

62-Down : Cerulean

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.31)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 15,007
Across
1
Lyric poets : BARDS
6
Hill dwellers : ANTS
10
Summer quaffs : ADES
14
Customary : USUAL
15
Use an auger : BORE
16
Hayloft's location : BARN
17
Horned animal, for short : RHINO
18
Where Kuwait is : ASIA
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Kazan : ELIA
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Start over : RENEW
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Alarming : STARTLING
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Watering place : SPA
25
Pseudo butter : OLEO
26
Secreted : HID
29
Hot spot : OVEN
31
Abstain : DESIST
36
Pindaric work : ODE
37
Where Inchon is : KOREA
39
Repute : ODOR
40
Leave ___ (accept the status quo) : WELLENOUGHALONE
44
Tardy : LATE
45
Scornful look : SNEER
46
___ an egg (flop) : LAY
47
Viewpoints : SLANTS
50
Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
51
Grads-to-be : SRS
52
Tannish : ECRU
54
Captain's record : LOG
56
Rebels against Queeg : MUTINEERS
61
Butler portrayer: 1939 : GABLE
65
School test : ORAL
66
Newborn's nursemaid : NANA
67
More competent : ABLER
68
Fabled monster : OGRE
69
Bit of information : ITEM
70
Some are proper : NOUNS
71
Makes, as profit : NETS
72
Varlets : CADS
73
Pick up the tab : TREAT
Down
1
Hamilton's killer : BURR
2
Wimbledon winner: 1975 : ASHE
3
Devastate : RUIN
4
Hamlet's people : DANES
5
Dawdler : SLOWPOKE
6
Down with: Fr. : ABAS
7
Leave ___ (be thorough) : NOSTONEUNTURNED
8
Error's partner : TRIAL
9
Burned : SEARED
10
Fourth person : ABEL
11
Melting-watch painter : DALI
12
The old sod : ERIN
13
Hidden obstacle : SNAG
22
Low digit : TOE
24
English river : AVON
26
Wails : HOWLS
27
Perfect : IDEAL
28
River-mouth area : DELTA
30
God of love : EROS
32
Impresario Hurok : SOL
33
Graven images : IDOLS
34
Marine sound system : SONAR
35
Deuce takers : TREYS
38
Stone and Iron : AGES
41
Actor Cariou : LEN
42
Get well : HEAL
43
Haughty : ARROGANT
48
Sawbuck : TEN
49
Like the Grand Canyon : SCENIC
53
Lasso : REATA
55
Eva or Zsa Zsa : GABOR
56
Night light : MOON
57
Exhort : URGE
58
Small pie : TART
59
Seine sights : ILES
60
Snead and Spade : SAMS
62
Cerulean : BLUE
63
Capp's ___ the Hyena : LENA
64
Formerly, formerly : ERST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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