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Calista Luminati
Calista Luminati

New York Times, Friday, September 4, 1992

53-Down : Prefix for sphere

Author:
Calista Luminati
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Calista Luminati has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,641
Across
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Kick : BOOT
5
Psalter of ___ : TARA
9
Abbr. on a tombstone : HRIP
13
"___ in the Wilderness," 1974 TV movie : ACRY
14
Heron cousin : IBIS
15
Tune, in Taxco : AIRE
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Corded cotton : REPP
17
Young ___, Scott hero : LOCHINVAR
19
Rampur address of respect : SAHIB
21
Conniving wife in an Ibsen play : HEDDA
22
Type of poker game : ANACONDA
25
"___ Home With Bonnie Jean," 1947 song : ILLGO
28
He devised logarithms : NAPIER
29
French F.B.I. : SURETE
31
The Afrikaans : TAAL
33
Arp's art : DADA
35
University city in Honshu : KYOTO
36
Have : OWN
37
Pilose : HIRSUTE
39
Bro. or dau. : REL
40
Role in "I Pagliacci" : TONIO
42
Marquis de ___ : SADE
43
Uttar Pradesh city : AGRA
44
Prayer : ORISON
46
Indebted : LIABLE
48
Perry's aide : DELLA
49
One-mate state : MONOGAMY
52
Mohammed's favorite wife : AISHA
54
Quapaw quarters : TEPEE
55
Good-___ (plant used as a potherb) : KINGHENRY
59
"Gil ___" : BLAS
60
Icelandic collection : EDDA
61
B.L.T. addition : MAYO
62
" ... ye better reck the ___": Burns : REDE
63
Org. : ASSN
64
Like a summer drink : ICED
65
Parliament votes : AYES
Down
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"Nor iron ___ cage": Lovelace : BARSA
2
Singer Billy ___ : OCEAN
3
Comics heroine : ORPHANANNIE
4
Representative : TYPICAL
5
Sesame : TIL
6
Turku, to Swedes : ABO
7
"Poor ___": Franklin : RICHARDSALMANAC
8
U.S. Open champion: 1968 : ASHE
9
"Cool ___," 1967 film : HANDLUKE
10
Competition : RIVALRY
11
Author Levin : IRA
12
For each : PER
18
Exile Amin et al. : IDIS
20
Jazz form : BOP
23
Nests, to Virgil : NIDI
24
Charming children : DEARS
26
Marquand protagonist : GEORGEAPLEY
27
Paravane : OTTER
30
Weed of the West : EOLA
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Ms. Gale's pet : TOTO
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"___ to the wise ... " : AWORD
34
Field of sound recording : AUDIO
37
Happy ___, comics hero : HOOLIGAN
38
Tone, in Troon : TEAN
41
Baffin and Block : ISLANDS
43
High-school subject : ALGEBRA
45
"Versus" poet : NASH
47
Fly larva : BOT
50
Victor at Gettysburg : MEADE
51
O.K.'s : YESES
53
Prefix for sphere : HEMI
55
Green parrot : KEA
56
Sources of libidos : IDS
57
Bar order : RYE
58
Hebrew letter : YOD

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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