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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Wednesday, April 3, 1991

58-Down : Hebrides dialect

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,121
Across
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Ollie's pal : STAN
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Mating game? : CHESS
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Hemingway's nickname : PAPA
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Whale of a movie? : ORCA
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Busted : RANIN
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Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
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"Stoney End" singer : BARBRASTREISAND
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Barcelona bankroll : PESETAS
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Being : ENTITY
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Take-home money : NET
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A Guthrie : ARLO
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Heavenly twin : CASTOR
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Dauber's activity : SMEARING
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Suffix with launder : ETTE
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Second-largest planet : SATURN
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Mailman's oath word : NOR
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Faze : DAUNT
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Composer Josquin ___ Prés : DES
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Strange stroke : DRIVE
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Essen 11 : ELF
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Ransom : REDEEM
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Pulitzer Prize winner: 1958 : AGEE
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Punctured : DEFLATED
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Support : UPHOLD
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"___ Three Lives": Philbrick : ILED
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Three-match connection : ONA
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Investigator : PROBER
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Extend from a center : RADIATE
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"The First Deadly Sin" author : LAWRENCESANDERS
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Environs : AREA
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Shakespearean forest : ARDEN
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Gusto : ZEST
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Famous Fed : NESS
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Baggy : LOOSE
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First place : EDEN
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Cry out loud : SOB
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Gin : TRAP
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It's 4,840 square yards : ACRE
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Catches red-handed : NABS
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Meteorites' creations : CRATERS
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Lights into : HASAT
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Tolkien creatures : ENTS
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Army address : SIR
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Cynic : SNEERER
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Spiritual overseer : PASTOR
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Jai ___ : ALAI
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Fight for breath : PANT
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Correll role on radio : ANDY
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A general at Bull Run : RENO
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Away from the ocean : INLAND
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Tickle the funny bone : AMUSE
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Signed over : CEDED
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"And thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
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Things : STUFF
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Score halved : TEN
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Bayard or Bucephalus : STEED
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Architect Jones : INIGO
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Wouk work : NOVEL
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Hoggishness : GREED
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Inserted a rider : ADDED
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Kerry's capital : TRALEE
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Pep-rally shout : RAH
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Triangle type : ETERNAL
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Pedestrian : MUNDANE
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Fall guys? : LIBRAS
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Anodyne's target : PAIN
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Caravan layovers : OASES
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Marshall creation : PLAN
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Singular : RARE
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Has bills : OWES
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Take it from the top : REDO
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Trimming tool : ADZE
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Prepared to kick off : TEED
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Hebrides dialect : ERSE
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___-Magnon : CRO
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Dep. : STN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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