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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Friday, June 1, 1979

8-Down : Take ___ view of (frown on)

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,797
Across
1
Faulty : BAD
4
Melville captain : AHAB
8
Church area : APSE
12
Actress Hagen : UTA
13
Brazilian port : BELEM
15
Visionary : IDEAL
16
Tomato : LOVEAPPLE
18
Glittery headpiece : TIARA
19
Stevenson's "Where Go the ___?" : BOATS
20
Impish gnome : GREMLIN
22
Intimate liaison : LOVEAFFAIR
26
Punjab peasant : MEO
27
"I Love a ___," 1931 song hit : PARADE
32
Waxed : GREW
36
What yours and mine become after wedding bells : OURS
38
Used a stopwatch : TIMED
39
Cavalier poet : RICHARDLOVELACE
42
Played Romeo or Juliet : ACTED
43
Only : SOLE
44
British public school : ETON
45
Wearing Wellingtons : BOOTED
47
Tub for dyeing : VAT
48
Amorous spot : LOVERSLANE
54
Babe Ruth, with "The" : BAMBINO
58
Choice : ELITE
60
His marriage might make him a citizen : ALIEN
61
Trophy : LOVINGCUP
65
Sculptured slab : STELE
66
Gum resin : ELEMI
67
Try to get to the church on time : HIE
68
Dispatched : SENT
69
Campus figure : DEAN
70
Compass reading : ESE
Down
1
Future lily : BULB
2
"___ is but the extension of a man's hand": Beecher : ATOOL
3
Philippine port : DAVAO
4
Degrade : ABASE
5
Onto, in jive talk : HEP
6
Mont Blanc, for one : ALP
7
___ canto : BEL
8
Take ___ view of (frown on) : ADIM
9
What the church bells do : PEAL
10
Garb at a Hindu wedding : SARI
11
Dash : ELAN
14
Great: Prefix : MEGA
15
Say it one more time : ITERATE
17
Public-channel offering : ETV
21
Actor Torn : RIP
23
All-conqueror, to Virgil : AMOR
24
Montague vs. Capulet, etc. : FEUDS
25
Dryden's "All ___" : FORLOVE
28
Raise some hackles : RILE
29
Verb for Caesar or Calpurnia : AMAT
30
Art ___ : DECO
31
Earliest scene of amour : EDEN
32
Kind of bag : GRAB
33
Puerto ___ : RICO
34
Outside: Prefix : ECTO
35
Stimulate : WHET
37
Kind of eclipse : SOLAR
40
"The flower of my heart" : ADELINE
41
Old-timers : VETS
46
___ Juan (lover) : DON
49
Field mouse : VOLE
50
The Bolsheviks adored him : LENIN
51
School subj. : ALG
52
Hollow in a wall : NICHE
53
Small boxes : ETUIS
54
One of a vocal quartet : BASS
55
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
56
Comportment : MIEN
57
Word with fan or farm : BELT
59
Fencing tool : EPEE
62
"Something ___ ... " : OLD
63
Neckline for some brides : VEE
64
"___ Dreamer," old song : IMA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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