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Elio Desiderio
Elio Desiderio

New York Times, Monday, November 17, 1980

Author:
Elio Desiderio
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Elio Desiderio has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,332
Across
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Fratricide victim : ABEL
5
___ Ababa : ADDIS
10
Anthracite : COAL
14
Kind of bird or apple : LOVE
15
"___ said is soonest mended" : LEAST
16
Cinders or Raines : ELLA
17
Author Haley : ALEX
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Aged beer : LAGER
19
Tidy : NEAT
20
Rozovsky play, based on a Tolstoy story : STRIDER
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Put back a deposed monarch : RESTORE
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Dressed to the ___ : NINES
26
Title for Guinness : SIR
27
Puts on, as a play : STAGES
30
One with a will : TESTATOR
35
Shopping places : MARTS
36
First name in mystery lore : ERLE
37
Actor Edmund : LOWE
38
Regarding : ASTO
39
Some OPEC currency : RIALS
40
Window unit : PANE
41
Daze : STUN
42
Sea bird : ERNE
43
Plinths : BASES
44
Foretold : HERALDED
46
Existentialist writer : SARTRE
47
Contend : VIE
48
"Jaws" star : SHARK
50
Toughened : STEELED
54
Gawky : AWKWARD
58
"___ the Mood ... " : IMIN
59
Emulate Romeo and Juliet : MARRY
61
Edomites' ancestor : ESAU
62
Restaurant list : MENU
63
Gladden : ELATE
64
Place : SITE
65
Snick and ___ : SNEE
66
Discourage : DETER
67
Weight in 55 Down : TAEL
Down
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Mournful word : ALAS
2
Part from the party : BOLT
3
Always : EVER
4
New York City thoroughfare : LEXINGTONAVENUE
5
Steve and Marty : ALLENS
6
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
7
Hammarskjöld : DAG
8
European river : ISER
9
Underlines : STRESSES
10
New York City thoroughfare : CENTRALPARKWEST
11
Butter substitute : OLEO
12
Winglike : ALAR
13
Adjective for a Marquand hero : LATE
21
___ non (judge's holiday) : DIES
23
Pose for a portrait : SIT
25
Leaves high and dry : STRANDS
27
Broadway hit : SMASH
28
Sip : TASTE
29
A Rubinstein : ARTUR
31
Haggard title, in France : ELLE
32
Anyone greatly acclaimed : TOAST
33
Possessor : OWNER
34
Della of songdom : REESE
36
Gaelic name for Ireland : EIRE
39
Converted, as stocks, into cash : REDEEMED
43
Kennel sound : BARK
45
West role : LIL
46
He makes cords and boards : SAWYER
49
Creator of Truthful James : HARTE
50
Jazz artist Zoot : SIMS
51
Counterfeiter catchers : TMEN
52
German article : EINE
53
Hill's follower : DALE
55
Largest continent : ASIA
56
Grade : RATE
57
Affair of honor : DUEL
60
Squealer : RAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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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