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Frank Miceli
Frank Miceli

New York Times, Thursday, February 2, 1989

31-Down : Part of a fire escape

Author:
Frank Miceli
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J W X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Frank Miceli has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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H
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F
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R
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N
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A
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C
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R
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L
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L
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O
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M
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U
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R
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H
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S
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T
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S
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A
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P
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M
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L
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K
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P
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S
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P
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O
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G
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M
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H
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D
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,331
Across
1
Cordon bleu : CHEF
5
Feudal peasant : SERF
9
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
14
Comedian from New Rochelle : LENO
15
Relative of etc. : ETAL
16
Lubricated : OILED
17
The Tentmaker : OMAR
18
Bahn preceder : AUTO
19
Group of three : TRINE
20
Busy depot in London : VICTORIASTATION
23
American's main course : ENTREE
24
A Siouan : OTO
25
"___! Yarrh! Grr! Arrh!": Kipling : URRH
27
Genetic material : RNA
28
The 33rd U.S. President : HST
31
R.b.i. or e.r.a. : STAT
34
"___ and his money ... " : AFOOL
36
Debt letters : IOU
37
London legislative body : THEHOUSEOFLORDS
41
Pinna : EAR
42
Preface : PROEM
43
White House worry : LEAK
44
Snoop : PRY
45
Strauss's "___ Heldenleben" : EIN
46
Raced : SPED
49
Constellation called "the Altar" : ARA
50
CBS newscaster : OSGOOD
54
Where to see Lord Nelson : TRAFALGARSQUARE
60
Sister's garb : HABIT
61
Finished a sky dive : ALIT
62
___ impasse (deadlocked) : ATAN
63
January, in Zaragoza : ENERO
64
Locale : SITE
65
Soaks, as flax : RETS
66
Coe or Cram : MILER
67
Give attention to : HEED
68
Endure, in Edinburgh : DREE
Down
1
Spice for baked ham : CLOVE
2
Surround : HEMIN
3
Make into law : ENACT
4
"___, justice and the American way": Superman's credo : FORTRUTH
5
Man with a brand : SEARER
6
Small case : ETUI
7
Pro ___ : RATA
8
Ziegfeld and Andy Capp's wife : FLOS
9
In no way : NOTATALL
10
___-air missile : AIRTO
11
Cato's 152 : CLII
12
Vegas alternative : RENO
13
Garden spot : EDEN
21
Above, poetically : OER
22
Like a ___ bricks : TONOF
26
Wears : HASON
27
Dormitory areas : ROOMS
28
Employ : HIRE
29
Kind of jerk : SODA
30
Ivory source : TUSK
31
Part of a fire escape : STEP
32
"___ she blows!" : THAR
33
Ethereal, in poesy : AERY
35
Charge : FEE
38
Part of B.T.O. : OPERATOR
39
Asian sheep : URIAL
40
G.O.P. group : OLDGUARD
47
Tacked up, as a bill : POSTED
48
Marquand's "H. M. Pulham, ___" : ESQ
49
Blazing : AFIRE
51
Western : OATER
52
Emulate Jesse Jackson : ORATE
53
Like Jupiter's atmosphere : DENSE
54
Oates novel : THEM
55
Indian princess : RANI
56
Arne oratorio : ABEL
57
Knife wound : GASH
58
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
59
Communion, e.g. : RITE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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