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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Ronald C. Hirschfeld

New York Times, Saturday, April 18, 1992

43-Down : Moon's apogee or perigee

Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { J Q V X }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,502
Across
1
Actress Rita : GAM
4
___ Act: 1765 : STAMP
9
Iron-casting molds : PIGS
13
Paleozoic and Mesozoic : ERAS
15
Deed recipient : OWNER
16
Author of "How Children Learn" : HOLT
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Earthy deposit : MARL
18
Razorback : RIDGE
19
"___ penny, two a penny ... " : ONEA
20
Tip O'Neill was one : SPEAKER
22
Contrite person's activity : ATONING
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Meteorological devices : SONDES
28
He fought with Custer : RENO
29
Paragon : IDEAL
30
Salad plants : PURSLANES
35
Smooth: Comb. form : LISS
36
Imitation jewelry : PASTE
37
"Honor is a ___ scutcheon": Shak. : MERE
38
Berlin's "Puttin' ___" : ONTHERITZ
40
Up to this time : SOFAR
41
Mislay : LOSE
42
Vicar's deputy : CURATE
43
Neat condition : APPLEPIEORDER
48
Dashing elegance : PANACHE
49
More piquant : ZESTIER
52
Pipe part : STEM
53
Kind of grease : ELBOW
55
Soliloquy starter : TOBE
56
Live ___ (have a ball) : ITUP
57
Replicate, in a way : CLONE
58
Cather's "One of ___" : OURS
59
Admiral who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921 : SIMS
60
Sing like a Tyrolean : YODEL
61
Tosspot : SOT
Down
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Jade and jasper : GEMS
2
Not give ___ : ARAP
3
Hoax : MARESNEST
4
Male fallow deer : SORELS
5
Spin : TWIRL
6
Song in "A Chorus Line" : AND
7
Unit of frequency : MEGAHERTZ
8
Artifice : PRETENSE
9
Call : PHONE
10
Where Ephesus was located : IONIA
11
Close from Greenwich : GLENN
12
Red deer : STAGS
14
Slipshod : SLAPDASH
21
Canal between the Baltic and North Seas : KIEL
23
Ancient Greek coin : OBOL
25
College president's overseer : TRUSTEE
26
Home for a missile : SILO
27
Lord of Asgard : ODIN
30
Composer of "The Barber of Seville" before Rossini : PAISIELLO
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Infant cupid : AMORETTO
32
Extremely wicked : NEFARIOUS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Desiccated : SERE
36
Apocalyptic revelation : PROPHECY
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An interest of T.A.E. : ELEC
40
Beer, colloquially : SUDS
42
Yarn for embroidery : CREWEL
43
Moon's apogee or perigee : APSIS
44
Singer LuPone : PATTI
45
Respiration: Comb. form : PNEUM
46
Lucigens : LAMPS
47
Refreshing air : OZONE
50
River in Spain : EBRO
51
Musical pause : REST
54
Fellow: Brit. : BOD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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