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Spiro K. Kostof
Spiro K. Kostof

THE NINE MUSES

New York Times, Sunday, March 6, 1960

79-Down : Be nervous: Slang.

Author:
Spiro K. Kostof
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 23, Columns: 23, Words: 174, Blocks: 85, Avg Word Len: 5.10, Missing: { Q Z }, Scrabble score: 666 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 130, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 17, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21
Spiro K. Kostof has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

80-Down clue originally had "Kit-cat"; corrected it to "Kit-Cat."

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© 1960, The New York TimesNo. 3,887
Across
1
Empty spaces. : VACUA
6
___ tenens (substitute). : LOCUM
11
Insipid. : VAPID
16
Doctrine. : DOGMA
21
Last word of "Hark, Hark, the Lark." : ARISE
22
Wing-shaped. : ALARY
23
Harden. : INURE
24
A Titan. : ATLAS
25
English opera. : PETERGRIMES
27
Inhabitant of Constantinople. : OTTOMANTURK
29
Number. : ONE
30
Symbol of false friendship. : IAGO
31
Type of roof. : TILE
33
Gare du ___, railway station in Paris. : NORD
34
Musical notation. : TIE
35
Issue in rays. : RADIATE
37
Destroyer of a god. : DEICIDE
40
Cut with an instrument. : SCISSOR
42
Companion of cakes. : ALE
43
Allure. : FASCINATE
45
Loki's daughter. : HEL
46
Sea food. : CLAMS
49
Chamber music group. : TRIO
50
Where Keats died. : ITALY
52
What Pegasus does. : SOARS
56
Schoolmate of Coleridge. : LAMB
57
Puppy. : WHELP
58
Now and then. : SELDOM
60
Scire facias. : WRIT
61
Long white linen robe. : ALB
62
Pump. : SHOE
63
Raises aloft. : HEFTS
66
Kind of molding. : OGEE
68
Coldness of reserve. : ICE
69
Pantofle. : SLIPPER
71
Ventures. : DARES
72
Product of graphic art. : PRINT
73
Novel title. : SHE
74
Mint used in cooking. : SAVORY
75
"The ___ Mountain." : MAGIC
76
Garbo movie. : GRANDHOTEL
78
___ Baba. : ALI
79
Roman deity. : JANUS
80
Lumps. : CLODS
81
She saved Odysseus from drowning. : INO
82
Dancers. : BALLERINAS
85
South American prairie. : LLANO
86
Rainy day garment. : PONCHO
89
100 square meters. : ARE
90
Bristles: Zool. : SETAE
91
Pass out in drops. : EXUDE
92
Stores. : EMPORIA
93
Adam's bequest. : SIN
94
Coarse fabrics of India. : TATS
95
Excuse: Colloq. : ALIBI
96
"Secret, black, and midnight ___!" : HAGS
97
Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
98
Following. : SECT
100
Rebound. : RESILE
102
Faulty. : AMISS
104
City taken by Allenby, 1918. : ACRE
105
Liquid fat. : OLEIN
107
Venerated object. : RELIC
108
Official routine. : TAPE
109
Cellulose fiber. : RAYON
110
Instrument for weighing: Abbr. : BAL
112
Geometric figures. : HEPTAGONS
115
___ Appia. : VIA
116
Latin charity. : CARITAS
120
Adjective for April days. : SHOWERY
121
Document, in education. : DIPLOMA
125
___ of reason. : AGE
126
One of the Hebrides. : IONA
128
God favored by Aphrodite. : ARES
129
Pant. : GASP
130
Pen ___. : PAL
131
The "Appassionata" is one. : PIANOSONATA
134
Ultramontane. : TRANSALPINE
138
___ Terry. : ELLEN
139
Pardon. : REMIT
140
Hebrew measure. : EPHAH
141
German pronoun. : EINER
142
One of the twin sons of Mars. : REMUS
143
Doubly. : TWICE
144
Unpleasantly conspicuous. : STARY
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Beholdest. : SEEST
Down
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Bluster. : VAPOR
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Gladiator's stage. : ARENA
3
Quoted. : CITED
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___ up (consume). : USE
5
Antennas. : AERIALS
6
Adjective of size. : LARGE
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Medley. : OLIO
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River into the Ouse. : CAM
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Confluent of the Swale. : URE
10
William Blake, for example. : MYSTIC
11
Musicians. : VIOLINISTS
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Comes before. : ANTEDATES
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___ by (reject). : PUT
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One of Hesiod's ages. : IRON
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Populace of ancient Greek state. : DEMOS
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Beaux. : DANDIES
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Name on Cooperstown roster. : OTT
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Satiates. : GLUTS
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Hero of Puccini opera. : MARIO
20
Inquirer. : ASKER
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"It matters not how strait the ___ ... " : GATE
28
Squinch. : ARCH
32
Here: Fr. : ICI
36
Verse foot. : IAMB
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Lower house of Ireland. : DAIL
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Part of the thorax. : ESOPHAGUS
39
And others: Lat. abbr. : ETAL
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Gradual. : SLOW
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Not literal. : FREE
44
Place of fabulous richness. : ELDORADO
46
Juniors or seniors. : CLASS
47
___ Rookh (Tulip Cheek). : LALLA
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Combination of opposed impulses. : AMBIVALENCE
49
God with iron gloves. : THOR
51
Indian ascetics. : YOGINS
53
Rule by the best. : ARISTOCRACY
54
Nouveau ___. : RICHE
55
Vital industry. : STEEL
57
Part of milk. : WHEY
59
Repair. : MEND
62
Nimblest. : SPRIEST
64
Sister of 128 Across. : ERIS
65
Abbreviation often following signature of artist. : FEC
67
People of Africa. : ETHIOPS
70
Skull. : POLL
71
Subject of famous Titian paintings. : DANAE
72
Disposed (to). : PRONE
75
Tribe of Israel. : MANASSEH
76
Spartacus was one. : GLADIATOR
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___ account. : ONNO
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Be nervous: Slang. : JITTER
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The Kit-Cat, for example. : CLUB
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Leporello is one. : BASSO
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Shelley's name for himself. : ARIEL
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"___ Window." : REAR
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Year in Nero's reign. : LXI
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Benjamin Franklin and others: Abbr. : PMGS
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Tyrant of Syracuse. : HIERO
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Made of a cereal. : OATEN
91
Voters. : ELECTORATE
92
Tranquillity. : EASE
95
Fatty. : ALIPHATIC
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Haunches. : HIPS
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To you: Lat. : TIBI
101
French Islands. : ILES
103
Numerous. : MANY
104
An American academy: Abbr. : AAAL
106
Peoples. : NATIONS
109
Becomes ruffled. : RIPPLES
111
Asian country. : LAOS
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Solemn fear. : AWE
114
Exploits. : GESTES
115
Travel formality. : VISA
116
Prance. : CAPER
117
Quick. : AGILE
118
Province. : REALM
119
Nasal sound. : SNORT
121
Showy. : DASHY
122
Think. : OPINE
123
Ancestral souls, in anc. Rome. : MANES
124
Watchful. : ALERT
127
Again. : ANEW
129
Snarl. : GNAR
132
Modern: Ger. : NEU
133
"Here ___; send me." : AMI
135
Account: Abbr. : RPT
136
Exclamation. : AHA
137
Member of the crow family. : PIE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 14 debuted here and reused later, 13 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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