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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

New York Times, Wednesday, December 2, 1992

47-Down : Touch, as tangential circles

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { H J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Peter Gordon has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 109 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,730
Across
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Cuts off, as branches : LOPS
5
Palmer of "Twin Peaks" : LAURA
10
Leg part : CALF
14
Toward the sheltered side : ALEE
15
March follower : APRIL
16
Hawaiian feast : LUAU
17
No more than : MERE
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Bad thing to open : CANOFWORMS
20
Women's bedrooms : BOUDOIRS
22
Sums up : RECAPS
23
Play the ponies : BET
24
Earth inheritors : MEEK
25
Chest for valuables : COFFER
29
Hornet : WASP
30
Porky, for one : PIG
33
Peace Nobelist: 1987 : ARIAS
34
Secular : LAIC
35
Scotch partner : SODA
36
Loads of fun : BARRELOFMONKEYS
39
News tidbit : ITEM
40
Vittles : EATS
41
Church section : AISLE
42
Actor Beatty from Louisville : NED
43
Avec's opposite : SANS
44
Certain plastics : VINYLS
45
G-men : FEDS
46
___ canto : BEL
47
Artemis's brother : APOLLO
50
Muscovites : RUSSIANS
55
Band with three original Yardbirds in it : BOXOFFROGS
57
Annoy : ROIL
58
Takes advantage of : USES
59
Aesop specialty : FABLE
60
An 18th-century queen : ANNE
61
Hamilton bills : TENS
62
Pittsburgh product : STEEL
63
Require : NEED
Down
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Mary's little pet : LAMB
2
Butter substitute : OLEO
3
Ecuadorean neighbor : PERU
4
Beginning : SEED
5
More meshy : LACIER
6
Take ___ (disassemble) : APART
7
Decorative vases : URNS
8
"Blame It on ___," 1984 film : RIO
9
Out-of-doors : ALFRESCO
10
TV's "Beat the ___" : CLOCK
11
Distinctive quality : AURA
12
Night-table item : LAMP
13
Ado : FUSS
19
Cry : WEEP
21
Unpleasingly plump : OBESE
24
Injures : MAIMS
25
Stateroom : CABIN
26
Emulate Mario Cuomo : ORATE
27
Canned : FIRED
28
Silo site : FARM
29
Floats through the air : WAFTS
30
Suckling's forte : POESY
31
Narrative in verse : IDYLL
32
___ up (fills the tank) : GASES
34
Bank offerings : LOANS
35
Scrape, as a knee : SKIN
37
Beginnings : LEADOFFS
38
Nabs a crook : NAILS
43
" ... to thine own ___ be true": Shak. : SELF
44
Ship : VESSEL
45
Dentist's advice : FLOSS
46
Reveille instrument : BUGLE
47
Touch, as tangential circles : ABUT
48
Sit for a photo : POSE
49
The yoke's on them : OXEN
50
Peignoir : ROBE
51
Persia, today : IRAN
52
Excellent : AONE
53
"The ___ Tailors," Sayers mystery : NINE
54
Coaster : SLED
56
Turn informer : RAT

Answer summary:
1 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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