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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

FIRST-NAME GAME

New York Times, Sunday, October 28, 1990

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 142, Blocks: 80, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 517 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 115, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,964
Across
1
Sailor, e.g. : HAT
4
Flirt with : MASH
8
Packs down lightly : TAMPS
13
Lister, e.g. : PLOW
17
Tucked in : ABED
19
Writer Calderon : ERMA
20
Brand new : UNUSED
22
Shankar, the sitarist : RAVI
23
Dramatist de Vega : LOPE
24
Mine, in Marne : AMOI
25
Egypt's second president : NASSER
26
Black cat, to some : OMEN
27
31
Pittsburgh athlete : STEELER
32
Reno-to-Las Vegas dir. : SSE
33
English royal family : STUARTS
34
Misplace : LOSE
35
Southern constellation : HYDRA
39
Command to Fido : SIT
40
Where the Miami flows : OHIO
43
Shipshape : TRIM
46
___ over (collapses) : KEELS
48
Some salad days : TEENS
52
Low-cut shoes : PUMPS
54
Ticket-booth sign : SRO
55
Hiked, in a way : RAISED
57
Word with jack or stick : SLAP
58
Housebreaks : TRAINS
60
One of the Near Islands : ATTU
62
Penny dreadful or shilling shocker : NOVEL
64
A marzo date : IDI
65
Clear : NET
66
Certain tides : NEAPS
68
Greek letter : ETA
69
This, to Caesar : HIC
70
77
Choler : IRE
78
Brazil's ___ Branco : RIO
79
Africa's largest city : CAIRO
80
___ de la Cité : ILE
81
Year Claudius I died : LIV
82
Bon vivant : SPORT
85
Atop : UPON
86
Western squatter : NESTER
90
Annealing oven : LEER
92
Most crafty : SLIEST
94
A.L. member : VET
96
Narrow groove : STRIA
97
R. Wilbur's "Walking to ___" : SLEEP
99
Cartoonist Dean : ABNER
100
___ Blair (George Orwell) : ERIC
102
___-froid (calmness) : SANG
103
Supporting : PRO
105
Guys : STAYS
107
Tear apart : RIVE
109
Fun and games : PASTIME
113
Basinger of films : KIM
115
Fence in : ENCLOSE
119
Linear measures : STEIGERCAMERONSERLING
124
Water body east of the Caspian : ARAL
125
Cringe : GROVEL
126
Space : ROOM
127
A Phillies' manager: 1987 : ELIA
128
Egg-shaped fruit : LIME
129
Lofty : AERIAL
130
Poet Lazarus : EMMA
131
Lyricist Evans : REDD
132
Eucharistic rite : MASS
133
John Herzfeld TV film: 1987 : DADDY
134
Views : SEES
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Lawyer's thing : RES
Down
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Arrests : HALTS
2
Cancel a bombing mission : ABORT
3
Plains Indian shelter : TEPEE
4
Most abject : MEANEST
5
Weapons manufacturers : ARMORERS
6
A portmanteau word : SMOG
7
They are often split : HAIRS
8
Heredity factors : TUNNEYKRUPAAUTRYKELLY
9
Med.-sch. subject : ANAT
10
Rumple : MUSS
11
Attention getter : PSST
12
Cryptesthetic people : SEERS
13
Validates a will : PROBATES
14
Debussy opus : LAMER
15
Open : OVERT
16
Paul McCartney band : WINGS
18
Darkroom activity : DEVELOPING
21
Victorian expletives : DRATS
28
U.N. agency : ILO
29
Ski wood : ASH
30
Clubs, e.g. : SUIT
36
Juno, to Cato : DEA
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Check : REIN
38
Furthermore : ALSO
40
Elect : OPT
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"Ben-___" : HUR
42
Cohan's "___ Popular Man" : IMA
44
Tabriz native : IRANI
45
Auto court : MOTEL
47
Cleave : SEVER
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Diplomat Root : ELIHU
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Rock bottom : NADIR
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Off-color : SPICY
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Scornful looks : SNEERS
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Keep in custody : DETAIN
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Runways : STRIPS
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Take a powder : TALC
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Scoops : LADLES
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Impertinent lass : SNIP
70
Parts of wads : BILLS
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Mirador : ORIEL
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River quay : LEVEE
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Dough : MOOLA
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Flock : DROVE
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Boo-boo : BONER
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Author's "jackpot" : BESTSELLER
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Teases : RIBS
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Kind of caterpillar : TENT
87
Singing syllable : TRA
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German article : EIN
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Scandal sheet : RAG
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Herpetologist's subject : REPTILES
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Celebes, e.g. : SEA
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Boring : TIRESOME
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Betsey ___ (Dickens character) : PRIG
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British movie theaters : CINEMAS
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End : OMEGA
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Title Pinero had : SIR
108
TV adjunct : VCR
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Sacred song : PSALM
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Trajan's courtyards : ATRIA
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Furrows : SEAMS
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Misjudged : ERRED
114
Traditional customs : MORES
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Edmonton hockey player : OILER
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Slyly sarcastic : SNIDE
118
Kin of 21 Down : EGADS
120
Actress Witherspoon : CORA
121
Enthusiastic : AVID
122
Fermented drink : MEAD
123
Seward Peninsula city : NOME

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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