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Walter Covell
Walter Covell

New York Times, Thursday, May 5, 1988

27-Down : Some ancient Iranians

Author:
Walter Covell
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Walter Covell has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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M
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G
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H
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D
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,058
Across
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One of the Channel Islands : HERM
5
Aegean island : MELOS
10
Caribbean island : CUBA
14
Kind of code : AREA
15
Siouan language : OMAHA
16
"E pluribus ___" : UNUM
17
Curse : DAMN
18
Bill : VISOR
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" ... in corpore ___" : SANO
20
Tahiti's former name : OTAHEITE
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Authorized agent : DEPUTY
24
Legal minorities : NONAGES
25
Short snorts : NIPS
26
Diatonic notes : TIS
27
Skirt style : MINI
28
Some eau : LAC
31
Airborne biters : GNATS
34
Dry out : DESICCATE
36
A Turner : LANA
37
Where Petruchio wived wealthily : PADUA
38
City in Hawaii : HILO
39
Monte Corno's milieu : APENNINES
41
European iris : ORRIS
42
Teeter-totter's Marjorie : DAW
43
Cereal of the frisky : OATS
44
Former Brit. colonies : BWI
45
Broadway's Tommy ___ : TUNE
46
Danish island : FALSTER
50
Either of a Bahamian duo : BIMINI
53
Arch's sine qua non : KEYSTONE
54
Oar shaft : LOOM
55
Kind of fence : SPITE
57
Volcanic crater : MAAR
58
Aware of, as a hoax : ONTO
59
Pangloss, e.g. : TUTOR
60
Dog star : ASTA
61
Ring great : BAER
62
Harsh : STERN
63
Gun for Tommy Atkins : STEN
Down
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Wore : HADON
2
Muse for Marvell : ERATO
3
Provide new crew : REMAN
4
First hit by Rodgers-Hart : MANHATTAN
5
Cinema : MOVIES
6
Utters : EMITS
7
Give off coherent light : LASE
8
Cry of surprise : OHO
9
Cagliari is its capital : SARDINIA
10
Tooth prominences : CUSPS
11
Two-toed sloth : UNAU
12
Batter's ploy : BUNT
13
Island west of Taiwan : AMOY
21
Sponsorship : EGIS
23
"Beowulf," e.g. : EPIC
25
Exertion : NISUS
27
Some ancient Iranians : MEDES
28
Wildcat's pad : LAIR
29
Gudrun's victim : ATLI
30
Ancient name of a Cyclades island : CEOS
31
All smiles : GLAD
32
Calif. wine area : NAPA
33
Again : ANEW
34
"La Vita Nuova" poet : DANTE
35
Indian Ocean island : CHRISTMAS
37
Nero and Rubinstein : PIANISTS
40
Speech part : NOUN
41
Nocturnal raptors : OWLS
44
Bavaria, to Berliners : BAYERN
45
Indonesian island : TIMOR
46
Reek : FETOR
47
Melba or French : TOAST
48
Growing outward : ENATE
49
Showed on TV once more : RERAN
50
Daub : BLOB
51
Hebrides island : IONA
52
Speck : MOTE
53
Inflate a check : KITE
56
___-in-Bay, Ohio : PUT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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