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Arthur S. Verdesca
New York Times, Monday, August 19, 1991
40-Down : Planters
Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 B | 4 E | 5 N | 6 E | 7 R | 8 R | 9 E | 10 D | 11 O | 12 R | 13 E |
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14 S | E | I | N | E | 15 D | I | O | D | E | 16 N | O | W |
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17 H | A | N | D | A | 18 N | D | F | O | O | T | 19 E | V | E |
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20 R | A | I | T | T | 21 R | 22 I | V | E | R |
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23 T | 24 A | 25 L | E | S | E | 26 B | A | K | E | R | Y |
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27 D | E | T | E | S | T | 28 S | 29 L | I | C | E | R | |||
30 U | N | F | I | T | 31 S | L | A | N | T | 32 Y | 33 E | 34 T |
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35 A | S | I | S | 36 S | W | A | R | D | 37 S | H | E | A |
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38 D | E | R | 39 B | L | A | N | D | 40 S | T | A | R | T |
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41 S | 42 P | R | I | N | G | 43 B | E | A | N | I | E |
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44 F | 45 A | T | H | O | M | 46 B | L | E | N | D | E | |||
47 E | T | H | I | C | 48 S | 49 A | L | A | D | |||||
50 T | O | A | 51 A | 52 T | C | L | O | S | E | 53 H | 54 A | 55 N | 56 D |
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57 A | N | N | 58 D | U | O | M | O | 59 R | I | P | E | R |
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60 L | E | D | 61 E | N | T | A | D | 62 S | E | E | D | Y |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,259
Across
1
Veep Barkley : ALBEN
6
Misplayed : ERRED
11
Pay dirt : ORE
14
River to the English Channel : SEINE
15
Current rectifier : DIODE
16
At this time : NOW
17
Constantly and diligently : HANDANDFOOT
19
First mother : EVE
20
"Carousel" star : RAITT
21
Pee Dee or Hudson : RIVER
23
Author of "Honor Thy Father" : TALESE
26
Torte's place : BAKERY
27
Hate : DETEST
28
Deli machine : SLICER
30
Not qualified : UNFIT
31
Point of view : SLANT
32
Still : YET
35
Sale condition : ASIS
36
Turf : SWARD
37
Jets' former home : SHEA
38
"___ Rosenkavalier" : DER
39
Insipid : BLAND
40
Commence : START
41
Stravinsky's "The Rite of ___" : SPRING
43
Freshman's cap : BEANIE
44
Get to the bottom of : FATHOM
46
Ore of zinc : BLENDE
47
Particular moral standard : ETHIC
48
Food course : SALAD
50
Done ___ turn : TOA
51
Nearby : ATCLOSEHAND
57
Landers or Blyth : ANN
58
Florence's cathedral : DUOMO
59
More mature : RIPER
60
Conducted : LED
61
Inward : ENTAD
62
Rundown : SEEDY
Down
1
Bat wood : ASH
2
Grassy field : LEA
3
Food receptacle : BIN
4
Fragment : END
5
Most intimate : NEAREST
6
Bracken or Fisher : EDDIE
7
Fissure : RIFT
8
Search about : ROOT
9
Old Tokyo : EDO
10
Draw away : DETRACT
11
All around : ONEVERYHAND
12
Nomad : ROVER
13
Room for jugs, linens, etc. : EWERY
18
Tweed's twitter : NAST
22
D.D.E. : IKE
23
Strained : TENSE
24
Directly : ATFIRSTHAND
25
Hawaiian wreaths : LEIS
26
Jam : BIND
27
Couple : DUAD
28
Argot : SLANG
29
Hog fat : LARD
31
Cygnet : SWAN
33
Eldritch : EERIE
34
London art gallery : TATE
36
Meager : SLIM
37
Laurel of films : STAN
39
Rich cloth with a raised design : BROCADE
40
Planters : SEEDERS
42
Key letter : PHI
43
Hugo's "Ruy ___" : BLAS
44
Embryonic : FETAL
45
Make amends : ATONE
46
Lineage : BLOOD
48
Carlyle : SCOT
49
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
52
Large wine cask : TUN
53
Hasten : HIE
54
Mimic : APE
55
Composer Rorem : NED
56
Not sweet, as wine : DRY
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.