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John R. Prosser
John R. Prosser

New York Times, Thursday, September 22, 1983

28-Down : Homer's sorceress

Author:
John R. Prosser
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
John R. Prosser has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,371
Across
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Fat from hogs : LARD
5
Be solicitous : CARE
9
Melodic subject : TEMA
13
Not sotto voce : ALOUD
15
He wrote "My Enemy's Enemy" : AMIS
16
Calpurnia, to Caesar : UXOR
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A concern of Mehta : TEMPO
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Marceau's forte : PANTOMIME
20
Emulate Balboa : EXPLORE
22
Like a confusing report : GARBLED
23
Father of Cainan : ENOS
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"The ___ of Hoffmann" : TALES
25
Pinnacles : APEXES
28
Home of Icarus : CRETE
30
River of NW Russia : NEVA
31
Buffalo's county : ERIE
33
Having sharpness : EDGED
37
Miscalculate : SLIP
38
Of ecological stages : SERAL
40
Wreath atop Lancelot : ORLE
41
Shrugger in a Rand title : ATLAS
43
Seaport of Israel : ACRE
44
Discerning : WISE
45
Chassepot, e.g. : RIFLE
47
One behind the other : TANDEM
49
What Nolan Ryan became in 1979 : ASTRO
51
Incites Fido to attack : SICS
52
Pollen-bearing organs : STAMENS
54
Infatuate : ENCHANT
58
___ Act: 1862 : HOMESTEAD
60
More atypical : RARER
61
In a little while : ANON
62
Pearl Mosque site : AGRA
63
Perceptive : ACUTE
64
Essentials : MEAT
65
Credit form : LOAN
66
Osculate : KISS
Down
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Not punctual : LATE
2
Ruffian in "A Clockwork Orange" : ALEX
3
Trip gaily : ROMP
4
Double-decker abode : DUPLEXAPARTMENT
5
U.S. jutters into the Atlantic : CAPES
6
Drs.' group : AMA
7
Circus area : RING
8
Squire's place : ESTATE
9
Dilapidated abode in a pop song : TUMBLEDOWNSHACK
10
What Iran's shah became in 1979 : EXILE
11
Parisian kids : MOMES
12
Cézanne's "Boy in ___ Vest" : ARED
14
Lorna of fiction : DOONE
19
What a politico loves to do : ORATE
21
Ramblers : ROSES
25
Looped vase handle : ANSA
26
Trapper's trophy : PELT
27
Pernicious : EVIL
28
Homer's sorceress : CIRCE
29
Erect : REAR
32
Authentic : REAL
34
Grating : GRID
35
Besides : ELSE
36
Judge : DEEM
39
Admit : LETIN
42
Foals' fathers : SIRES
46
Primary : FONTAL
48
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
49
Expiate : ATONE
50
A Mead subject : SAMOA
51
One of the Maxwells : SEDAN
52
Wooden nickel, e.g. : SHAM
53
State flower of Utah : SEGO
55
N. African wild sheep : ARUI
56
Grand Banks gear : NETS
57
Three, in Toledo : TRES
59
Brazilian macaw : ARA

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

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