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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Thursday, June 30, 1977

34-Down : Like ___ of bricks

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,183
Across
1
Expunges : DELES
6
Well-known uncle : SAM
9
___ ben Adhem : ABOU
13
Start of a Dickens title : ATALE
14
Biblical prophet : AMOS
16
Aaron or Raymond : BURR
17
Ice : CHILL
18
Scarlett's place : TARA
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Of the dawn : EOAN
20
Berlioz work : HAROLDINITALY
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Connective : AND
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Sin : ERR
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Partner of tuck : NIP
26
Lerner-Loewe subject : RAININSPAIN
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Jump : LEAP
36
Youth org. : BSA
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Chopin specialty : ETUDE
38
Misbehave : ACTUP
40
Spasm : TIC
42
Drawing room : SALON
43
Glittered : SHONE
44
Ethiopian prince : RAS
46
Robust : HALE
47
Rimsky-Korsakov aria in "Sadko" : SONGOFINDIA
51
Writer Anais ___ : NIN
52
Attention : EAR
53
Short swim : DIP
56
Copland score : ELSALONMEXICO
60
Street sight : TAXI
62
Powder : TALC
63
"___ say die" : NEVER
64
Gelling agent : AGAR
65
Dirk of yore : SNEE
66
Concerning : ANENT
67
Respighi's "Pini di ___" : ROMA
68
___ Passos : DOS
69
Ilks : SORTS
Down
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Russian villa : DACHA
2
Allen of Ticonderoga : ETHAN
3
Scottish landowner : LAIRD
4
It, in Toledo : ELLO
5
Dispenser of goods : SELLER
6
Swift, for one : SATIRIST
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"End As ___": Willingham : AMAN
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Violinist Erika : MORINI
9
Cain's victim : ABEL
10
Float : BUOY
11
Handel opus: Abbr. : ORA
12
Coffeemaker : URN
15
Bright fabric : SATIN
21
Dull : DRAB
22
Church parts : APSES
27
Scottish county : NAIRN
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Deity featured in "Aida" : PTAH
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Large hall : AULA
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Matinee ___ : IDOL
31
Hawaiian goose : NENE
32
Maiden : LASS
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Reverberate : ECHO
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Like ___ of bricks : ATON
35
Sled : PUNG
39
Hacienda hands : PEONS
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Chord sequences : CADENCES
45
Thailand's former name : SIAM
48
Decrees : FIATS
49
Opposite of maritime : INLAND
50
Where the action is : ARENAS
53
Underwater man : DIVER
54
Kind of sale : ICENT
55
Boston and New York, e.g. : PORTS
56
Student's concern : EXAM
57
Syrian pound : LIRA
58
Table spread : OLEO
59
Foreign: Prefix : XENO
60
Sailor : TAR
61
Past : AGO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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