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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, September 14, 1992

9-Down : A kick downstairs

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { F J K Q U X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 245 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,651
Across
1
Served perfectly : ACED
5
Complain : CARP
9
Type of electron tube : DIODE
14
Naked : BARE
15
Turgenev's birthplace : OREL
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Billie Sol ___ : ESTES
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Concerning : INRE
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Actress Turner : LANA
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Sacred vocal work : MOTET
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Memorable Met star : GEORGELONDON
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Fields : AREAS
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Convened : SAT
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Tabby : CAT
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Rebuff : SLAP
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Author of "The Devil's Dictionary" : BIERCE
33
When I was ___ ... ": Gilbert : ALAD
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Freeman F. Gosden role : AMOS
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Mount the soapbox : ORATE
40
Pop star : DINAHWASHINGTON
43
___ a minute : AMILE
44
Observed : SEEN
45
City on the Yonne : SENS
46
Great Venetian painter : TITIAN
48
Pedestal section : DADO
50
Airport abbr. : ETA
51
Cow or ewe, sometimes : DAM
53
Play : ENACT
57
Israel Baline : IRVINGBERLIN
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En ___ ! (Watch it!) : GARDE
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Lucre : LOOT
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Weak, as an excuse : LAME
66
First sign of spring : ARIES
67
Daughter of James II : ANNE
68
Cupid, to Zeno : EROS
69
Contemptible person : BEAST
70
Require : NEED
71
Transmitted : SENT
Down
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" ... carry ___ stick" : ABIG
2
City in Crete : CANEA
3
Mistake : ERROR
4
Farm-machine manufacturer : DEERE
5
Side dish : COLESLAW
6
An inland sea : ARAL
7
City on the Truckee : RENO
8
Projects : PLANS
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A kick downstairs : DEMOTION
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"When the frost ___ ... " : ISON
11
Master Melvin : OTT
12
Ruby or Frances : DEE
13
Erhard's technique : EST
21
Empty talk : GAS
22
Flatfish : DAB
25
Shipping-room item : CRATE
26
A literary Bell : ACTON
27
High schoolers : TEENS
29
You love, to Calpurnia : AMAS
30
Offered a puzzle : POSED
32
Work units : ERGS
33
"___ With Judy," 1948 film : ADATE
34
Boundary : LIMIT
35
Singer Baker : ANITA
36
Famed Surrealist : DALI
38
Mets' place : SHEA
41
Car-seat adjunct : HEADREST
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Beholden : INDEBTED
47
U.S. sea arm : NAV
49
United : ONE
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Lombardy's capital : MILAN
54
Van Gogh slept here : ARLES
55
Mrs. Luce : CLARE
56
Shakespeare's misanthrope : TIMON
57
January 13, to Cato : IDES
58
One minus one : NONE
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Left : GONE
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Robin's roost : NEST
61
Chatter : GAB
62
Plural of is : ARE
63
Creek : RIA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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