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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, May 5, 1982

9-Down : Office furniture

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, 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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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,866
Across
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Light tan : ECRU
5
Waterlogged grounds : BOGS
9
Music, of a sort : DISCO
14
___ Canaria, chief city in Las Palmas : GRAN
15
Name meaning "pleasure" : EDNA
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Register : ENTER
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Jasmines' kin : GARDENIAS
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Trivial : SMALL
20
Ante up : SWEETENTHEKITTY
22
N.F.L. whistler : REF
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Defence Dept. arm : USN
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Loam : MARL
27
Run into : INCUR
31
Kind of worm : TAPE
35
Pseudo butter : OLEO
36
Bide : TARRY
37
Stuff : CRAM
38
Guinness : ALEC
39
Flatfish : DAB
40
Monster : OGRE
41
Chore : TASK
42
100 centimes, in Oran : DINAR
44
Indian Point fixture, to some : NUKE
45
Stadium in Queens : SHEA
46
Dunne or Rich : IRENE
47
Precious : DEAR
48
Sister : NUN
50
Prefix with color or corn : TRI
52
Dresses down : READSTHERIOTACT
61
Elicit : EVOKE
62
Demonstrable : EVINCIBLE
63
Tanker : OILER
64
Preprandial reading : MENU
65
Hautboy : OBOE
66
Homophone for sleighs : SLAYS
67
Little Sheba's creator : INGE
68
Catches : NETS
Down
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Prods, with "on" : EGGS
2
Crop : CRAW
3
Scarce : RARE
4
Well secured : UNDERLOCKANDKEY
5
Advantage : BENEFIT
6
Norse deity : ODIN
7
Biting insect : GNAT
8
Window part : SASH
9
Office furniture : DESKS
10
Newly made : INMINTCONDITION
11
Type of photo : STAT
12
Ancient Briton : CELT
13
Paris suburb : ORLY
18
Hot time in Marseille : ETE
21
Broad: Prefix : EURY
24
Ditches : MOATS
25
God, in Mecca : ALLAH
26
Former artful Dodger : REESE
28
Bottom : NADIR
29
Stretch the neck : CRANE
30
Papal name : URBAN
32
Bicker : ARGUE
33
Winter jacket : PARKA
34
Arabian governor : EMEER
42
Exertion : DINT
43
Royal escort : RETINUE
49
Exploiters : USERS
51
Legendary bird : ROC
52
Early autos : REOS
53
Baneful : EVIL
54
Guadalcanal village or river : AOLA
55
Prefix with sphere : HEMI
56
Smooth : EVEN
57
Encircle : RING
58
Chartres churchman : ABBE
59
Become lumpy : CLOT
60
Prepares to drive : TEES

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

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