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Norman S. Wizer
Norman S. Wizer

New York Times, Tuesday, December 29, 1981

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 9.4
Norman S. Wizer has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,739
Across
1
Phone : CALL
5
Goodbye to Pedro : ADIOS
10
Culinary V.I.P. : CHEF
14
Hautboy : OBOE
15
Signs : NEONS
16
Corridor : HALL
17
Origin : PROVENANCE
19
Menorca is one : ISLA
20
Consume : EAT
21
Role of the dog in "Peter Pan" : NURSE
22
Spud : TATER
23
Afghan coin : PUL
24
Actress Worth : IRENE
25
Smoldering remains : EMBERS
28
Former Asian alliance : SEATO
31
Kind of tactic : SCARE
32
Protective finishes : VARNISHES
36
Sesames : TILS
37
Exhibition place : SALON
38
Hockey structure : CAGE
39
Materials for Cézanne, Gaugin et al. : OILPAINTS
41
Billow : SURGE
42
Kefauver : ESTES
43
Emphasize : STRESS
44
Type of break : LUNCH
47
Spanish gold : ORO
48
Growing out : ENATE
49
Proportion : RATIO
52
Duct : VAS
55
Part of a play : ACTI
56
Center of interest : FOCALPOINT
58
Central European : SLAV
59
Wicker's "___ to Die" : ATIME
60
Repute : NOTE
61
Prefix for photo or scope : TELE
62
Consumer advocate : NADER
63
Type of sch. : ELEM
Down
1
Contend successfully : COPE
2
Girl in "East of Eden" : ABRA
3
Pillage : LOOT
4
Potok's "My Name Is Asher ___" : LEV
5
Does away with : ANNULS
6
Cherished : DEAR
7
Electrified particles : IONS
8
Start of a Grimm story : ONCE
9
Compass pt. : SSE
10
Contrast of light and dark : CHIAROSCURO
11
Dispatch : HASTE
12
Actress Vera-___ : ELLEN
13
Spread outward : FLARE
18
Harden : ENURE
22
S.A. monkey : TITI
23
What Picasso deliberately distorted : PERSPECTIVE
25
This, to Pablo : ESTO
26
Year in Paschal II's papacy : MCII
27
Gala event : BALL
28
Flavors : SALTS
29
Cupid : EROS
30
Massachusetts cape : ANN
32
Weathercock : VANE
33
Tortoise's rival : HARE
34
Three-minute ___ : EGGS
35
Witnesses : SEES
37
Pose for an artist : SIT
40
Retired tennis star : ASHE
41
Hone : STROP
43
Free-___ (opponent of slavery) : SOILER
44
Smallest amount : LEAST
45
Sam or Remus : UNCLE
46
Brazilian seaport : NATAL
49
List : ROTA
50
Sour : ACID
51
Gentle : TAME
52
Stringed instrument : VIOL
53
Feed the pot : ANTE
54
Arise : STEM
56
Aficionado : FAN
57
"Studio ___" of TV fame : ONE

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

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