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Richard Silvestri
New York Times, Monday, May 11, 1987
8-Down : Fuse metal
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 H | 3 A | 4 B | 5 S | 6 H | 7 O | 8 W | 9 A | 10 B | 11 C | 12 S |
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13 D | E | L | I | 14 T | A | M | E | 15 R | 16 T | I | L | T |
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17 O | R | A | L | 18 A | D | A | L | E | 19 A | L | I | A |
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20 B | I | L | 21 L | I | A | R | D | S | 22 M | L | V | I |
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23 F | O | R | T | 24 O | 25 K | A | Y | E | D |
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26 L | 27 A | 28 B | O | R | S | 29 S | 30 T | R | O | N | G | |||
31 A | G | I | L | E | 32 B | E | A | T | S | 33 O | 34 A | 35 T |
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36 M | E | L | D | 37 F | O | I | L | S | 38 B | A | R | E |
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39 E | E | L | 40 C | L | O | N | E | 41 L | I | T | E | R |
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42 A | 43 S | S | U | R | E | 44 W | I | L | S | O | N |
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45 C | 46 A | N | T | A | B | 47 P | I | L | L | |||||
48 O | L | D | E | 49 B | 50 I | 51 L | L | E | T | I | 52 N | 53 G | ||
54 R | A | C | E | 55 E | V | I | A | N | 56 O | O | L | 57 A |
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58 A | M | O | R | 59 D | A | N | C | E | 60 N | E | E | D |
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61 L | O | O | S | 62 N | E | E | R | 63 S | L | E | D |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,698
Across
1
Captain of the Pequod : AHAB
5
It must go on : SHOW
9
Fundamentals : ABCS
13
Salami shop : DELI
14
Man in a cage : TAMER
16
Pinball problem : TILT
17
Spoken : ORAL
18
Allan-___ : ADALE
19
Inter ___ (among other things) : ALIA
20
Snooker's relative : BILLIARDS
22
X years before Hastings : MLVI
23
Garrison : FORT
24
Approved : OKAYED
26
Hercules's dozen : LABORS
29
Brawny : STRONG
31
Nimble : AGILE
32
Outscores : BEATS
33
Feed-bag morsel : OAT
36
Canasta play : MELD
37
Aluminum wraps : FOILS
38
Unadorned : BARE
39
Adult elver : EEL
40
Genetic duplicate : CLONE
41
Metric measure : LITER
42
Guarantee : ASSURE
44
Beach Boy Brian : WILSON
45
Eli's rival : CANTAB
47
Medicine ball? : PILL
48
Ye follower : OLDE
49
Quartering : BILLETING
54
Compete against the clock : RACE
55
Lake Geneva spa : EVIAN
56
Alley Oop's love : OOLA
58
Cupid : AMOR
59
Cut a rug : DANCE
60
Exigency : NEED
61
Lorelei Lee's creator : LOOS
62
___-do-well : NEER
63
Coaster : SLED
Down
1
Bother : ADO
2
Sage or mint : HERB
3
U.S.S.R. mountain range : ALAI
4
Wallet : BILLFOLD
5
Elevator's alternative : STAIRS
6
Attacked : HADAT
7
The Tentmaker : OMAR
8
Fuse metal : WELD
9
Cossack chief : ATAMAN
10
Certain butters : BILLYGOATS
11
British India empire founder : CLIVE
12
Demure : STAID
15
Vacation spots : RESORTS
21
Knowledge : LORE
25
Boxing stats : KOS
26
Kind of duck : LAME
27
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 : AGEE
28
Whisper sweet nothings : BILLANDCOO
29
Fishing net : SEINE
30
Yarn : TALE
32
Ill-mannered lout : BOOR
34
Mars: Comb. form : AREO
35
Sea swallow : TERN
37
Bungled : FLUBBED
38
Huge amounts : BILLIONS
40
Letters for Lee : CSA
41
Swingy rhythm : LILT
43
Takes the wheel : STEERS
44
Frankfurter : WIENER
45
Shade of red : CORAL
46
Memorable shrine : ALAMO
47
Finish second : PLACE
50
Terrible czar : IVAN
51
End to end, on the gridiron : LINE
52
Coward : NOEL
53
Jubilation : GLEE
57
Do sum work : ADD
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.