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Ernie Furtado
Ernie Furtado

New York Times, Monday, October 28, 1991

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 41.0
Ernie Furtado has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,329
Across
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One of a 22-card set : TAROT
6
Lyric poems : ODES
10
Cranberry patch : BOG
13
Duck : EVADE
14
Leather substitute : VINYL
16
Miscalculate : ERR
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Require a stylus? : NEEDANEEDLE
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Actress Alicia : ANA
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Perfume : SCENT
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Microcomputer : LAPTOP
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Enervate : SAP
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Commercials : ADS
27
Do voice-overs : NARRATE
28
Spasms : CRICKS
30
Rub elbows (with) : HOBNOB
31
Remus or Tom : UNCLE
32
Author Bellow : SAUL
33
Harvest : REAP
36
Kon-___, Heyerdahl's raft : TIKI
37
Chili con ___ : CARNE
38
Rhyme scheme : AABA
39
Where ends meet : SEAM
40
Corrida cheers : OLES
41
Web-footed mammal : OTTER
42
Pledged; risked : PAWNED
44
Incantations : SPELLS
45
Rule by a select group : ELITISM
47
Simian : APE
48
Journal attachment : ESE
49
Late : RECENT
50
Vigilant : ALERT
52
___ of the covenant : ARK
53
Gave Irene the role? : CASTACASTLE
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It takes a year to get around him : SOL
59
Matriculate : ENTER
60
Care chaser : TAKER
61
Watch : EYE
62
Abound : TEEM
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Eat into : ERODE
Down
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Knockout number : TEN
2
"___ Maria" : AVE
3
Charlotte or Norma : RAE
4
Probability : ODDS
5
It goes with the punch : TEACAKE
6
Hot spots : OVENS
7
Topic of many a best seller : DIET
8
Zone for gridders : END
9
Word unit : SYLLABLE
10
Outplay Ringo? : BEATABEATLE
11
"Here I come, ready ___!" : ORNOT
12
Vine item : GRAPE
15
Ascertain : LEARN
18
Beatty and Rorem : NEDS
22
Divide proportionately : PRORATE
23
Rabbit tails : SCUTS
24
"L.A. Law" character : ARNIE
25
Select a gherkin? : PICKAPICKLE
27
Cats and dogs, e.g. : NOUNS
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Factor important to snowbirds : CLIMATE
30
Sped : HARED
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Capital of Ore. : SALEM
34
Actor and labor leader : ABELS
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Analyze a sentence : PARSE
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Unremitting : CONSTANT
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Run : OPERATE
43
Blench or flinch : WINCE
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On ___ (at a risk) : SPEC
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Change one's mind on paper : ERASE
46
Baby of films : LEROY
47
Apprehension : ALARM
50
To ___ (precisely) : ATEE
51
Peter or Paul : TSAR
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Fr. holy woman : STE
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Stat for Foreman : TKO
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Was ahead : LED
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Afore : ERE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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