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Richard Silvestri
Richard Silvestri

New York Times, Thursday, January 23, 1992

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J K Q Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,416
Across
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Calif. mountain range, with 7 Across : SIERRA
7
See 1 Across : NEVADA
13
Sasquatch : BIGFOOT
14
Gormandized : OVERATE
16
Former : ONETIME
17
Knit cloth : TEXTILE
18
Sopping : WET
19
Sacrificial spot : ALTAR
21
Abadan's land : IRAN
22
Naysayers : DENIERS
24
Pitcher Young et al. : CYS
25
Messed up : ERRED
28
English cathedral town : ELY
29
Landon : ALF
30
Encourage : REASSURE
32
Washday additive : BLEACH
35
Miller who dances : ANN
36
First of September? : ESS
37
Bad: Comb. form : MAL
38
Pi follower : RHO
39
Scene : LOCALE
41
Periods of sunlight : DAYTIMES
43
Sixty-min. periods : HRS
44
Make imperfect : MAR
45
Party throwers : HOSTS
46
Deli order : BLT
47
Keeps the peace : POLICES
49
River duck : TEAL
50
Twin Cities suburb : EDINA
51
Pub potation : ALE
54
Jazzman Coleman : ORNETTE
56
Advent : ARRIVAL
59
Colorful earth : REDSOIL
60
Casino employees : DEALERS
61
Collateral : ASSETS
62
Name of eight post-Norman English kings : EDWARD
Down
1
Trig ratio : SINE
2
Beach Boys' "___ Around" : IGET
3
Salamander : EFT
4
Regal homme : ROI
5
Type type : ROMAN
6
Workshops : ATELIERS
7
___ public : NOTARY
8
Tinker's target : EVERS
9
Irritate : VEX
10
A, e.g. : ARTICLE
11
Cattle sites : DAIRYFARMS
12
Telamon : ATLAS
13
Salaam : BOW
15
Poetic nightfall : EEN
20
TV part : TELE
22
___ Moines : DES
23
Motown mistakes : EDSELS
25
Of a time period : ERAL
26
City on the Truckee : RENO
27
Cattle sites : RANCHLANDS
29
"___ world's a stage": Shak. : ALLTHE
31
Exploit : USE
32
Serenade the moon : BAY
33
Newsman Huntley : CHET
34
One of the Cartwrights : HOSS
37
Tenderizing sauce : MARINADE
40
Naïve : ARTLESS
41
Limp-watch painter : DALI
42
Cyclades island : IOS
44
Cover girls : MODELS
46
Ky. college : BEREA
47
Kind of jury : PETIT
48
Gave a darn : CARED
49
Crag : TOR
51
Affirm : AVER
52
Hog fat : LARD
53
High-riding trains : ELS
55
Southern Italy area : TOE
57
Unpolished : RAW
58
Pier group: Abbr. : ILA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 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.

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