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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Thursday, March 11, 1993

23-Down : ___ of Forth

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,829
Across
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Nip : BITE
5
Exhaust emission : FUMES
10
Bustle : TODO
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Over : ATOP
15
English architect Jones : INIGO
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Netman Lendl : IVAN
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Make lean : EMACIATE
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Church official : ELDER
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Diminutive suffix : CLE
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Repute : FAME
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Scold : REBUKE
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Bean variety : LIMA
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Sun. talk : SER
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Bates or Thicke : ALAN
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Reef material : CORAL
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La-la lead-in : TRA
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Fen : BOG
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Take ___ (go bankrupt) : ABATH
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Detroit product : AUTO
43
Suffix with Capri : OTE
44
Understands : GETS
45
___ Pops : BOSTON
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Author Morrison : TONI
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Irate : MAD
49
Jetsons' pet dog : ASTRO
52
Full : SATIATED
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Flag : TIRE
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Maternally akin : ENATE
62
Instrument : TOOL
63
In the center of : AMID
64
Grew : WAXED
65
"___ forgive those ... " : ASWE
Down
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Bunyan's ox : BABE
2
Detail : ITEM
3
Forum garb : TOGA
4
Monumental : EPIC
5
Musical end : FINALE
6
Merge : UNITE
7
Golconda : MINE
8
Coop find : EGG
9
___ Canals : SOO
10
Championship : TITLE
11
"Metamorphoses" poet : OVID
12
Title for Hess : DAME
13
Lulu : ONER
18
Actor Nolte : NICK
19
Distaff : FEMALE
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___ of Forth : FIRTH
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Nanjing nursemaid : AMAH
25
Role for Sly : RAMBO
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"Adam Bede" author : ELIOT
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Insignia : BADGE
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"Sturm ___ Drang," Klinger play : UND
29
Attics : LOFTS
30
Pub drink : STOUT
31
Poet's Muse : ERATO
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Radioactive element : RADON
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Long-snouted omnivore : COATI
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Atoll : LAGOON
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___ Cabot, O'Neill hero : EBEN
39
A Manipuri dance drama : RAS
45
Enjoyed the tub : BATHED
46
Garfield's canine friend : ODIE
47
Cornered : TREED
48
Photo finish : MATTE
49
"___ boy!" : ATTA
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Wedge : SHIM
51
Garr of Hollywood : TERI
52
Tunisian port : SFAX
53
Claudia ___ Johnson : ALTA
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Madre's brothers : TIOS
55
Sufficient, in poesy : ENOW
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Cross out : DELE
58
Morning moisture : DEW
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"___ Clear Day ... " : ONA

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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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