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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Monday, June 19, 1989

53-Down : Desiccated

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,468
Across
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Word of uncertainty : MAYBE
6
Varnish ingredient : RESIN
11
Third degree : PHD
14
Sing like Bing : CROON
15
Funeral oration : ELOGE
16
___-tzu, Chinese philosopher : LAO
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1, 2, 3, etc. : CARDINALNUMBERS
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Yellowstone attractions : GEYSERS
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Infuse with oxygen : AERATE
22
Part of L.A. : LOS
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Looped handle : ANSA
24
Attach : FASTEN
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Making braids : PLAITING
32
Felt sore : ACHED
33
Slag : DROSS
34
"___ any drop to drink": Coleridge : NOR
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Had second thoughts : RUED
36
Anonymous Richard : ROE
37
Arctic sight : FLOE
38
Devoured : ATE
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___ Julius Caesar : GAIUS
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Singer Della : REESE
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Daunted : DETERRED
44
Ewing or Parish : CENTER
45
Letter opener : SIRS
46
Bigwig : VIP
47
Spanish inn : POSADA
50
Unventilated : AIRLESS
54
Sherlock Holmes story : ASTUDYINSCARLET
57
Shoshonean tribesman : UTE
58
Slow, to Solti : LENTO
59
African capital : CAIRO
60
Wimbledon do-over : LET
61
Gardening tool : EDGER
62
Presbyter : ELDER
Down
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DC doubled : MCC
2
"To ___ and a bone ... ": Kipling : ARAG
3
Time long past : YORE
4
Text : BODY
5
Isolated : ENISLED
6
Brings up : REARS
7
Building additions : ELLS
8
Nero, to Agrippina : SON
9
Tropical American lizards : IGUANAS
10
Waterloo : NEMESIS
11
Nolo contendere, e.g. : PLEA
12
Hind's mate : HART
13
Medicinal amount : DOSE
18
Broadway brightener : NEON
19
Sassy kid : BRAT
23
Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
24
Unit of capacitance : FARAD
25
Keen : ACUTE
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Page : SHEET
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Turner or Knight : TED
28
Haughty : PROUD
29
Bayou : INLET
30
Hangman's halter : NOOSE
31
Garson of the screen : GREER
33
Helps with the dishes : DRIES
37
Marshland : FEN
39
Pancake pan : GRIDDLE
40
Decked out : ARRAYED
41
Put back : REPLACE
43
A son of Isaac : ESAU
44
Rnd. : CIRC
46
Eyeshade : VISOR
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Fab Four name : PAUL
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Bone: Comb. form : OSTE
49
Opposite of dele : STET
50
Penny follower : ANTE
51
Of an age : ERAL
52
Slipped : SLID
53
Desiccated : SERE
55
Participial suffix : ING
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High, craggy hill : TOR

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