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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Friday, April 8, 1983

6-Down : Deputy in "Measure for Measure"

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 6, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,204
Across
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Pare : SKIVE
6
Wellaway : ALAS
10
Virile : MALE
14
Single-celled organism : MONAD
15
U.S. flight agency : NASA
16
On ___ with : APAR
17
Dunne or Rich : IRENE
18
Verdon : GWEN
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Puccini heroine : MIMI
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"Separate Tables" playwright : TERENCERATTIGAN
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Pillboxes, e.g. : HATS
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Mexican bravo : OLE
25
Copy : APE
26
Traffic in holy things : SIMONY
29
Patio dish : KEBOB
33
Design : CREATE
36
Bee follower : CEE
38
Plummer role : IAGO
39
Famed English illustrator: 1872-98 : AUBREYBEARDSLEY
42
Blackthorn : SLOE
43
"___ no onions nor garlic ... ": Shak. : EAT
44
Lacked : NEEDED
45
Looks after : TENDS
47
Kind of Bible : GIDEON
49
A.M.A. members : GPS
51
Mass. capital : BOS
52
___ of the dog : HAIR
56
Wilson foe : HENRYCABOTLODGE
61
Zone : AREA
62
Fourth person : ABEL
63
Mil. truants : AWOLS
64
Kashubian, for one : SLAV
65
Mandolin's ancestor : LUTE
66
Contradict : REBUT
67
Soccer's Edson Arantes do Nascimento : PELE
68
Part of D.A. : ATTY
69
Put soldiers in proper position : DRESS
Down
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N.Y.'s "Happy Warrior" : SMITH
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Kilroy was here : KOREA
3
Sluggish : INERT
4
An Oscar winner in 1977 : VANESSAREDGRAVE
5
State of bliss : EDEN
6
Deputy in "Measure for Measure" : ANGELO
7
Famed baritone: 1896-1960 : LAWRENCETIBBETT
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On the Coral : ASEA
9
Polar personage : SANTA
10
Mrs. Doud's famous daughter : MAMIEEISENHOWER
11
Buy ___ in a poke : APIG
12
Buddhist monk : LAMA
13
Hibernia : ERIN
21
"___ to the waters": Isaiah : COMEYE
22
Tollgate rte. : TPK
27
Resident: Suffix : ITE
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Truly : YEA
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Blunt : BALD
31
Kind of arch : OGEE
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He played Hopalong : BOYD
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Mold : CAST
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Straightedge : RULE
35
Black : EBON
37
One of the Setons : ERNEST
40
Catch : BAG
41
___ volente : DEO
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Peeper : SPY
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Dunne's Mr. ___ : DOOLEY
50
Valuable shell : SCALA
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Anagram for abode : ADOBE
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Labrador sights : IGLUS
55
Musical notations : RESTS
56
Fastener : HASP
57
Gardner : ERLE
58
Glenda Jackson role : NEAL
59
Touch upon : ABUT
60
Enrich : LARD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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