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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Tuesday, December 8, 1987

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { G J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 25.7
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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H
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P
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B
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C
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P
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O
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D
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E
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C
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M
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R
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M
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O
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R
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A
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Y
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© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,909
Across
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Dwell (on) : HARP
5
Fiber for rope : ABACA
10
Footless : APOD
14
U.S. satellite : ECHO
15
Jeweler's measure : CARAT
16
Mummer : MIME
17
Passing fancy : WHIM
18
Like Poe's poems : RHYTHMICAL
20
Roman councils : SENATES
22
Sheen, in Shropshire : LUSTRE
23
Pindarics : ODES
24
Rex and Donna : REEDS
26
Curved : ARCED
28
Shoot the breeze : CHAT
29
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
33
Karpov's forte : CHESS
34
Subterfuge : RUSE
35
Boutique : SHOP
36
Rocky pinnacle : TOR
37
Trucking rigs : SEMIS
38
Actress Claire : INA
39
Essence : ODOR
41
"Oh, ___ in England ... ": Browning : TOBE
42
He was Lou Grant : ASNER
44
Level, in Lincolnshire : RASE
45
Winglike : ALAR
46
Butler of fiction : RHETT
47
Railroad tracks : LINES
49
___ ex machina : DEUS
50
Bellhop's mission : ERRAND
53
SuperSonics' turf : SEATTLE
56
Gershwin's "___ Blue" : RHAPSODYIN
59
Excursion : TOUR
60
Grid figures : REFS
61
Fingers : FEELS
62
Sicilian resort : ENNA
63
Cloy : SATE
64
Soap chip : FLAKE
65
"Camino ___": T. Williams : REAL
Down
1
Fells : HEWS
2
Hurt : ACHE
3
Horned mammal : RHINOCEROS
4
Hair ointments : POMADES
5
Landed property : ACRES
6
Cries of scorn : BAHS
7
Ending for secret : ARY
8
Grimalkin : CAT
9
Olympics contestants : ATHLETES
10
"___ as good as a mile" : AMISSIS
11
Scot's ancient associate : PICT
12
Baseball's Moreno : OMAR
13
Stet's opposite : DELE
19
Goner's name : MUD
21
Spreads to dry : TEDS
24
Hispanic dances: Var. : RHUMBAS
25
Less strenuous : EASIER
26
Equity member : ACTOR
27
Sitcom of the 70's : RHODA
28
Cooked with a spicy sauce : CREOLE
30
Imitation diamond : RHINESTONE
31
French Impressionist : MONET
32
Divorced : APART
37
Tie : STANDOFF
40
Backslide : RELAPSE
42
Terrain : AREA
43
Camera part : SHUTTER
48
Officeholders : INS
49
Compact : DENSE
50
Makes a wrong turn : ERRS
51
Flightless bird : RHEA
52
George of films : RAFT
53
Word with screen or stocking : SILK
54
Kind of moth : LUNA
55
Of a period : ERAL
57
___ City, Okla. : DEL
58
Affirmative vote : YEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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