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Daniel Girardi
Daniel Girardi

New York Times, Saturday, June 6, 1992

2-Down : Steinbeck hero

Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 239 (avg 1.29)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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P
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A
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S
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S
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T
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O
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R
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H
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A
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D
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V
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D
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U
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L
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G
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L
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A
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B
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T
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V
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Q
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G
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T
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A
M
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K
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,551
Across
1
Anagram for saps : PASS
5
Pentateuch : TORAH
10
Anagram for raps : SPAR
14
Buck chaser : AROO
15
Wed on the run : ELOPE
16
Anagram for teal : TALE
17
Kind of road : TOLL
18
Soprano Rosa ___ : RAISA
19
N.C. college : ELON
20
Anagram for senile : ENISLE
22
Headdress streamer : LIRIPIPE
24
Place for a beret : TETE
26
Anagram for tops : STOP
27
Split : DIVIDED
30
Arthurian princess : ISEULT
34
Chilean seaport : ARICA
35
Push : URGE
38
We, in Siracusa : NOI
39
Anagram for tael : LATE
40
Ben Johnson, for one : ACTOR
41
Tarry : BIDE
42
Queen before Sophia : ENA
43
Editor's notation : STET
44
Anagram for route : OUTER
45
Anagram for enlist : SILENT
48
Extremely high : TOPLESS
50
French pronoun : VOUS
52
Asian sea : ARAL
53
It's nuts about nuts : SQUIRREL
57
Sour ale : ALEGAR
61
Anagram for near : EARN
62
Troy, to Tyrtaeus : ILION
64
Anagram for riot : TORI
65
Actor Portman : ERIC
66
Anagram for mango : AMONG
67
Rainbow : IRIS
68
Münster cheese : KASE
69
À votre ___ : SANTE
70
Anagram for done : NODE
Down
1
Anagram for tape : PATE
2
Steinbeck hero : ARON
3
Anagram for soil : SOLI
4
A turning point : SOLSTICE
5
Cylindrical : TERETE
6
Ending for pay : OLA
7
Disquiet : ROIL
8
Orbit point : APSIS
9
More cordial : HEARTIER
10
Treeless plain : STEPPE
11
Ancient tongue : PALI
12
Anagram for 44 Down : ALOP
13
Director Clair : RENE
21
Mother of Pollux : LEDA
23
Hawaiian birds : IOS
25
Extract : EDUCT
27
Anagram for lades : DALES
28
Nishapur natives : IRANI
29
Basic : VITAL
31
Anagram for untie : UNITE
32
Anagram for doles : LODES
33
Anagram for tires : TIERS
36
Hwy. : RTE
37
"___ Get Up," Nilsson song : GOTTA
40
Former Iberian kingdom : ASTURIAS
41
Part of A.P.B. : BULLETIN
44
A birthstone : OPAL
46
Manifest : EVINCE
47
Eur. land : NOR
49
Mandarin, e.g. : ORANGE
51
City for males? : SELMA
53
Request : SEEK
54
___ Qum, Turkmen desert : QARA
55
"Topaz" author : URIS
56
Celebrity : LION
58
Puccini matchmaker : GORO
59
Anagram for raid : ARID
60
Anagram for sire : RISE
63
Canadian prov. : ONT

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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