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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, October 22, 1990

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 63, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 17.2
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,958
Across
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Bistros : BARS
5
Drop heavily : PLOP
9
Cummerbund : SASH
13
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
15
Hawaiian city : HILO
16
Caesar's lover : CLEO
17
Go on a spree : KICKUPONESHEELS
20
Rough calculation : ESTIMATE
21
Snarl : TANGLE
22
___ volente : DEO
23
M. Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
24
Farm animal : EWE
25
Swiss river : AAR
27
Annoying : IRKSOME
31
Kind of punishment : CORPORAL
35
Loser to D.D.E. : AES
36
Stop suddenly : SLAMONTHEBRAKES
40
___ one's words (recant) : EAT
41
Writer like Agnes Repplier : ESSAYIST
42
Sticks : ADHERES
46
Composer Rorem : NED
47
Negative conjunction : NOR
48
Witch bird : ANI
50
W.W. II Gen. Eaker : IRA
53
Ancient German : TEUTON
56
Rural : PASTORAL
59
Gershwin musical: 1930 : STRIKEUPTHEBAND
61
"I smell ___" : ARAT
62
Food seasoning : SALT
63
Trace of color : TINGE
64
Bank (on) : RELY
65
Playing card : TREY
66
One of a series of rows : TIER
Down
1
___ Alaska (creamy dessert) : BAKED
2
Cordial flavoring : ANISE
3
Verso's opposite : RECTO
4
Munro's pen name : SAKI
5
Picture : PHOTO
6
Titanic, for one : LINER
7
Comic Olsen : OLE
8
Placard : POSTER
9
Views : SCENES
10
Hasn't ___ to stand on : ALEG
11
Peddle : SELL
12
Socks : HOSE
14
Daiquiri base : RUM
18
Benefactor : PATRON
19
Bird of prey : HAWK
25
Limb : ARM
26
G.I.'s address : APO
27
Seine sights : ILES
28
Hardwood trees : OAKS
29
Join up with : MEET
30
Sigma : ESS
31
Attired : CLAD
32
Solemn promise : OATH
33
Markings on an A.A.A. map : RTES
34
Cries of delight : AHS
36
___ of Galilee : SEA
37
Exile : BANISH
38
Cereal grass : RYE
39
Succor : AID
43
Discrete unit : ENTITY
44
Chess piece : ROOK
45
"___ Goes to Camp" : ERNEST
48
Baldwin, e.g. : APPLE
49
Spruce : NATTY
50
Tabriz native : IRANI
51
Cattle-grazing land : RANGE
52
Tree of the birch family : ALDER
53
Nicholas II, e.g. : TSAR
54
To be, to Jacques : ETRE
55
Russian river : URAL
57
Hanoi holiday : TET
58
R.I.P. notice : OBIT
60
Egypt, 1961-71: Abbr. : UAR

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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