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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Tuesday, May 11, 1993

9-Down : Fall

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,890
Across
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Throng : CROWD
6
Surrounded by : AMID
10
Stuff : CRAM
14
Lustrous fiber : RAMIE
15
Put on cargo : LADE
16
Nerve branches : RAMI
17
Mine approaches : ADITS
18
Unpretentious tavern : BRASSERIE
20
Form a lap : SIT
21
Dutch painter Mondrian : PIET
23
Apple byproducts : CIDERS
24
Health-care facility : HOSPICE
26
"Ask ___ questions ... " : MENO
27
Lunched : ATE
28
Monotonous cadence : SINGSONG
32
Elegant style of handwriting : COPPERPLATE
36
Patriotic org. : DAR
37
On the briny : ASEA
38
Brink : RIM
39
Withered : SERE
40
Knight's title : SIR
41
Film's female star : LEADINGLADY
45
Frothy, in Firenze : SPUMANTE
47
Mine find : ORE
48
Cost at poker : ANTE
49
Styron's "___ in Darkness" : LIEDOWN
53
What an electee takes : OFFICE
56
Writer Ephron : NORA
57
All the tea in China? : CHA
58
Potent allergen : GOLDENROD
60
His and hers : THEIR
62
"Waiting for the Robert ___" : ELEE
63
Melody : TUNE
64
Nullify the force of : ERASE
65
First home : EDEN
66
Where Waterloo was won? : ETON
67
Schisms : RENTS
Down
1
Evel Knievel upheaval : CRASH
2
Medium for Kate Smith : RADIO
3
Neglects : OMITS
4
Good sense : WIT
5
Notwithstanding : DESPITE
6
"Tiny Alice" playwright : ALBEE
7
Trading center : MART
8
Mountain near Troy : IDA
9
Fall : DESCENT
10
Tenets : CREDOS
11
Excellent, as wine : RARE
12
Muslim commander : AMIR
13
Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
19
Burn slightly : SINGE
22
Cake topper : ICER
25
Haydn or Hemingway : PAPA
26
Dade County seat : MIAMI
28
Go coasting : SLIDE
29
Concert halls : ODEA
30
Ancient ointment : NARD
31
Novelist of the West : GREY
32
Lewis's Timberlane : CASS
33
Poet Mandelstam : OSIP
34
City on the Wabash : PERU
35
Chatter : PRATE
39
Pung, e.g. : SLED
41
Ivanhoe's weapon : LANCE
42
International agreement : ENTENTE
43
Black, in Brest : NOIR
44
West Indies' ___ Antilles : GREATER
46
First : MAIDEN
49
Thick woolen cloth : LODEN
50
Unlimited quantity : OCEAN
51
Bridge's predecessor : WHIST
52
Nostrils, to an M.D. : NARES
53
S-shaped molding : OGEE
54
Flock of sheep : FOLD
55
Run away : FLEE
56
"___, Nanette" : NONO
59
Pothole : RUT
61
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE

Answer summary:
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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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