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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1987

44-Down : Sharpen

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,623
Across
1
Mideast V.I.P. : AGA
4
U.A.W. unit : LOCAL
9
Support a stickup : ABET
13
Sugar quantity : LUMP
15
Baalim : IDOLS
16
Double agent : MOLE
17
___ Rabbit : BRER
18
Happen : COMETOPASS
20
Highly dependable : SUREFIRE
22
Labyrinths : MAZES
23
High note : ALT
24
Strainer made of woolen cloth : TAMIS
27
Forcemeat : FARCE
30
R2-D2, e.g. : ROBOT
31
U.S. Govt. building : GPO
34
Eastern servants : AMAHS
35
Site of Zion National Park : UTAH
36
Campus gp. : FRAT
37
"Curses ... always ___": Southey : COMEHOMETOROOST
40
Libido : EROS
41
Nudnik : BORE
42
Sappho's Muse : ERATO
43
Bowler's ___-strike : TEN
44
W German city : WORMS
45
Greek letters : BETAS
46
Karpov's forte : CHESS
47
Comprehend : GET
48
Bishop's vestment : STOLE
51
Food fish : WALLEYES
56
Perk up : COMETOLIFE
59
Ringlet : LOCK
60
Norway's patron saint : OLAF
61
Saltpetre : NITRE
62
Decoy : LURE
63
Destitution : WANT
64
Greek peak : ATHOS
65
Runner : RUG
Down
1
Ecclesiastical garb : ALBS
2
Sikh leader : GURU
3
No., So. or Cent. : AMER
4
Permissible : LICIT
5
Repute : ODOR
6
Adapt oneself to : COMETOTERMSWITH
7
Porter : ALE
8
Mil. landing craft : LST
9
Oscar-awarding org. : AMPAS
10
Ruth's second husband : BOAZ
11
Additional : ELSE
12
Kinski role : TESS
14
Spreads the Word : PREACHES
19
Leave out : OMIT
21
"O, that this too too solid ___ ... ": Shak. : FLESH
25
Subsides : ABATES
26
Hawaiian honey eater : MOHO
27
Diamond part : FACET
28
Love, in Livorno : AMORE
29
Novarro of filmdom : RAMON
30
Grapevine growths : RUMORS
31
Old English coin : GROAT
32
Ziti, for one : PASTA
33
Kruger and Klemperer : OTTOS
36
Prophesy : FORETELL
38
Woodwind : OBOE
39
Insurgent : REBEL
44
Sharpen : WHET
46
Split : CLEFT
47
Part songs for male voices : GLEES
48
Harbor sight : SCOW
49
Indian weight unit : TOLA
50
Its capital is Muscat : OMAN
52
Hair style : AFRO
53
"___ Cheatin' Heart," 1952 song : YOUR
54
Grayish yellow : ECRU
55
Keel's after part : SKEG
57
" ... sat ___ tuffet" : ONA
58
___ into (assailed) : LIT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 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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