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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Tuesday, December 22, 1992

41-Down : Mythical apple-tosser

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,750
Across
1
Differently : ELSE
5
Genesis verb : BEGAT
10
Miracle site : CANA
14
Young whales : PUPS
15
Attain : REACH
16
Orison ending : AMEN
17
Kazan film: 1957 : AFACEINTHECROWD
20
Monetary unit of Vaduz : FRANC
21
Olympian queen : HERA
22
Porcine home : STY
23
Shabbily dressed : POKY
25
Homophone for air : ERE
27
A '76 instrument : FIFE
30
Newhart's new sitcom : BOB
32
Carlyle's "___ Resartus" : SARTOR
36
___ glance : ATA
37
Grant's successor : HAYES
39
Don Shula's team : MIAMI
40
Suffer defeat : TAKEITONTHECHIN
43
Watchful : ALERT
44
Great strength : STEEL
45
Where lts. are created : OTS
46
Cahn products : LYRICS
48
Mme., in Sonora : SRA
49
___-majesté : LESE
50
"___ walks in beauty ... " : SHE
51
Bombeck : ERMA
53
___-haw : HEE
56
Cigar end : ETTE
59
Postpone : TABLE
62
Fiercely fortified : ARMEDTOTHETEETH
66
Tibetan monk : LAMA
67
Memorize : LEARN
68
Recent : LATE
69
Asterisk : STAR
70
Kefauver : ESTES
71
Hard cookie : SNAP
Down
1
Govt. ecology group : EPA
2
Raise the jib of a crane : LUFF
3
Shadowbox : SPAR
4
Fly the coop : ESCAPE
5
Critical remark : BRICKBAT
6
Scop's end of day : EEN
7
Where to tell it not : GATH
8
Dull pain : ACHE
9
"Ay, ___ the rub": Hamlet : THERES
10
Stanley Steamer, e.g. : CAR
11
Author Oz : AMOS
12
Small salamander : NEWT
13
TV's Rooney : ANDY
18
Brian ___ of rock fame : ENO
19
Coating for an apple : CARAMEL
24
Dum-dums, to Rickles : YOYOS
26
Sevareid : ERIC
27
Disastrous : FATAL
28
Syracuse's land : ITALY
29
Fraud : FAKER
31
Tendencies : BENTS
33
Western lake : TAHOE
34
Neglects : OMITS
35
Salon choice : RINSE
37
Caught a free ride : HITCHED
38
Cordwood measure : STERE
41
Mythical apple-tosser : ERIS
42
Encourages : HEARTENS
47
Establish : SETTLE
49
Record companies : LABELS
52
Foot pad : MAT
53
"The Merry Toper" artist : HALS
54
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
55
Austen heroine : EMMA
57
Digits : TOES
58
Coup d'___ : ETAT
60
Jack Sprat's diet : LEAN
61
Singer James : ETTA
63
Item lent to Antony : EAR
64
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE
65
Sarge's shout : HEP

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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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