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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Saturday, September 22, 1984

31-Down : Kind of step

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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D
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O
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D
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O
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S
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A
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H
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P
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C
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R
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B
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V
O
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H
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T
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W
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G
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L
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E
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H
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R
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A
R
T
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Y
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M
O
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S
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A
R
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B
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L
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S
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Y
O
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K
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L
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D
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W
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B
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D
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,737
Across
1
Vanished creatures : DODOS
6
Cries of triumph : AHAS
10
Ratchet wheel part : PAWL
14
Ship that carried Miss Liberty : IRENE
15
Calcium oxide : LIME
16
A Met score : ARIA
17
Exclusive : ELECT
18
Reverse curve : OGEE
19
Bank (on) : RELY
20
Sophie Tucker's theme song : SOMEOFTHESEDAYS
23
Suffix with concert : INA
24
Hired assassin : BRAVO
25
Steer clear of : SHUN
28
Kind of cross : TAU
30
Falsify : WANGLE
34
Queen seduced by a cuckoo : HERA
35
Chichi : ARTY
37
Lows : MOOS
38
Sheikdom dweller : ARAB
39
___-eaters: "Odyssey" characters : LOTUS
41
English royal house : YORK
42
Hang laxly : LOLL
43
Glitter on a TV screen : WOMP
44
Homager's cousin : ESNE
45
Succeeded : ENSUED
48
Dundee denial : NAE
49
Stingy : NEAR
50
Iroquoians : ERIES
52
Joker : WAG
54
Norton-Handy song: 1913 : THEMEMPHISBLUES
61
Superman, to Lois Lane : HERO
62
Alpaca or vicuna : WOOL
63
Joyous cry of a card holder : BINGO
64
Napoli's Castel Sant'___ : ELMO
65
___ fixe : IDEE
66
Bony predecessor of path : OSTEO
67
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
68
Heroine of a d'Erlanger opera : TESS
69
Rose's seamier side : THORN
Down
1
Matrices : DIES
2
Plinth : ORLO
3
Judge : DEEM
4
Caldwell-Kern song: 1923 : ONCEINABLUEMOON
5
He wrote "Lives of the Hunted" : SETON
6
Myriad : ALOT
7
Cahn-Styne musical comedy: 1947 : HIGHBUTTONSHOES
8
Afghan nobleman : AMEER
9
Vacillate : SEESAW
10
The Gershwins' last musical comedy: 1933 : PARDONMYENGLISH
11
Bailiwick : AREA
12
Cunning : WILY
13
Ballads : LAYS
21
Disastrous : FATAL
22
Lehar work : EVA
25
Fissile rock : SHALE
26
Long-billed bird : HERON
27
Asian range : URALS
29
In a line : AROW
31
Kind of step : GOOSE
32
John Ridd's girl : LORNA
33
Glacial ridge : ESKER
36
City on the Colorado : YUMA
40
Ejects : SPEWS
46
Palindrome in a palindrome : ERE
47
Blockhead : DIMWIT
51
Verse form : EPODE
53
Cloister's director : ABBOT
54
Aaron Burr's daughter : THEO
55
Position of power : HELM
56
Writer Calderon : ERMA
57
___ Scilly : ILES
58
Biblical preposition : UNTO
59
Elbe feeder : EGER
60
Quickly : SOON

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

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