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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Wednesday, August 13, 1980

10-Down : "Our Gang" member

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { B J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,236
Across
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Fish seen in tanks a lot : GUPPY
6
Asian title of respect : KHAN
10
Sea ___ (motorboat) : SLED
14
Harden : INURE
15
The Supreme Court, e.g. : NINE
16
He had many a kick coming : PELE
17
English town : STRATFORDONAVON
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Rent : TORN
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Top-notch : ACE
22
Clumsy : INEPT
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Uncomfortably moist : DANK
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Preserves in brine : PICKLES
27
About to be a has-been : FADING
30
Chummy, in Cheltenham : MATEY
31
Great expanse : OCEAN
32
Adjutant : AIDE
33
Tit for ___ : TAT
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French city : CHALONSSURMARNE
40
Coop dweller : HEN
41
Nick Charles's dog : ASTA
42
Make amends : ATONE
43
Boniface, Benedict et al. : POPES
45
Without kernels : PITTED
46
Neckwear : SCARVES
49
Birthmark : MOLE
50
Craze : MANIA
51
Dads : PAS
52
Unless, to lawyers : NISI
56
New York town : ARDSLEYONHUDSON
60
Nothing : ZERO
61
Virile : MALE
62
Kind of criminal : FELON
63
She wrote "The Salamanca Drum": 1977 : EDEN
64
Card game : SKAT
65
"Night Music" playwright : ODETS
Down
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Main point : GIST
2
"Do ___ others ... " : UNTO
3
Contented cat's comment : PURR
4
Regarding dinner : PRANDIAL
5
Still : YET
6
Bad-mouth : KNOCK
7
Charter : HIRE
8
Plus : AND
9
Recent: Prefix : NEO
10
"Our Gang" member : SPANKY
11
Tell it like it is : LEVEL
12
Run away together : ELOPE
13
Jalopy features : DENTS
18
Jack London's "White ___" : FANG
19
Pleasing : NICE
24
Part of A.D. : ANNO
25
City west of Venice : PADUA
26
Aqueduct of Sylvius : ITER
27
World War I marshal : FOCH
28
Dull pain : ACHE
29
Doyen : DEAN
30
Vapors : MISTS
32
Silly people : ASSES
33
Jog : TROT
34
One of Henry VIII's wives : ANNE
35
___ off (began) : TEED
37
Neck part : NAPE
38
Post : MAIL
39
Was there : ATTENDED
43
Possible residence of 62 Across : PRISON
44
Ellipsoidal : OVAL
45
Fashionable : POSH
46
Form of air pollution : SMAZE
47
Was concerned : CARED
48
Novelist Malraux : ANDRE
49
Impressionist Edouard : MANET
51
Actress Negri : POLA
53
Lake Superior's ___ Royale : ISLE
54
Fuliginous substance : SOOT
55
Hospices : INNS
57
Typesetting measures : EMS
58
"Mirthquake" : YAK
59
Strange sky sight : UFO

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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