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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Tuesday, December 30, 1980

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 27.6
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,375
Across
1
Israeli statesman ___ Eshkol : LEVI
5
Sharpen a razor : STROP
10
Boxer's weapon : FIST
14
Dismounted : ALIT
15
Occupation : TRADE
16
Wimbledon winner: 1975 : ASHE
17
20
W.W. II area : ETO
21
Shovel's partner : PICK
22
Like a double martini : POTENT
23
Bass wind instrument : SERPENT
25
Milliner's question : SIZE
26
Energy unit : ERG
27
Sensitive to pollen, e.g. : ALLERGIC
31
Annual department store employee : SANTA
34
Uses a telephone : DIALS
35
Top-notch : ACE
36
To the sheltered side : ALEE
37
Livestock shelters : BARNS
38
"___ is that music ... ": Keats : FLED
39
Word with soup or jacket : PEA
40
Doctrine : TENET
41
Kind of cloth : SUEDE
42
Wrote hastily : SCRAWLED
44
___ José : SAN
45
A Diamond who was rough : LEGS
46
Dealer in equestrian gear : SADDLER
50
Marine fish that lures other fish : ANGLER
53
Mite : IOTA
54
Black bird : ANI
55
Symbols of firm friendship : DAMONANDPYTHIAS
58
Coup d'___ : ETAT
59
Grief : DOLOR
60
Feminine suffix : ETTE
61
Three on TV: 1960–72 : SONS
62
Hall of Fame infielder : EVERS
63
Display behind a bar : RYES
Down
1
Adds a little liquor to : LACES
2
Make happy : ELATE
3
Cap feature : VISOR
4
Multinational corp. : ITT
5
Yo-yo attachment : STRING
6
Brief treatise : TRACT
7
Having an unpleasant odor : RANK
8
Singular : ODD
9
Amphetamines : PEPPILLS
10
Stumble : FALTER
11
"Typee" locale : ISLE
12
Avoid : SHUN
13
Book for students : TEXT
18
Word with hat or house : OPERA
19
Exudes slowly : OOZES
24
Astronaut Conrad : PETE
25
Bias : SLANT
27
Publicized : AIRED
28
Novelist Zona ___ : GALE
29
On the rocks : ICED
30
Grant : CEDE
31
Boobs : SAPS
32
Actor Guinness : ALEC
33
Kind of beer : NEAR
34
Citizens of Aalborg and Aarhus : DANES
37
Capital of Yugoslavia : BELGRADE
38
Pecuniary resources : FUND
40
Relative of 'twixt : TWEEN
41
Egyptian in the news : SADAT
43
Sets apart : ALLOTS
44
Backers of Bacchus : SATYRS
46
Lethargy : SOPOR
47
Nonprofessionals : LAITY
48
Akin on Mom's side : ENATE
49
Attains a higher status : RISES
50
Summer drinks : ADES
51
Defense org. : NATO
52
Fed : GMAN
53
Unemployed : IDLE
56
Month: Abbr. : NOV
57
Possessive pronoun : HER

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

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