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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Tuesday, February 20, 1990

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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S
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A
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G
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C
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H
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O
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R
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E
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A
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L
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F
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A
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A
L
A
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H
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W
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S
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B
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B
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A
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Y
C
K
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M
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D
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L
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D
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R
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T
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R
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A
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B
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B
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A
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H
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O
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R
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E
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O
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R
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A
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B
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T
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E
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C
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M
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L
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D
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H
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A
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G
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L
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D
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O
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R
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D
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U
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D
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S
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B
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O
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V
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D
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K
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D
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T
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A
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M
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G
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R
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Y
C
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P
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P
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C
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S
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© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,714
Across
1
Drift to leeward : SAG
4
Assignment : CHORE
9
Code word : ALFA
13
In imitation of : ALA
14
Iroquoian language : HURON
15
___ away (abrades) : WEARS
17
Memorable actress from Brooklyn : BARBARASTANWYCK
20
Fix in the memory : EMBED
21
Gibbons : LARS
22
He loved Lucy : DESI
23
Monte ___, Pennine alp : ROSA
24
Baltic native : LETT
26
Synagogue official : RABBI
30
Beached : ASHORE
35
Mouths : ORA
38
___ sienna : BURNT
40
Eroded by wind : EOLIC
41
Actress from Berlin : MARLENEDIETRICH
44
Beelzebub, once : ANGEL
45
Residue : DREGS
46
Cry of surprise : OHO
47
Took part in a mob scene : RIOTED
49
Coaxed : URGED
51
Blubbers : SOBS
53
"Metamorphoses" author : OVID
57
Chase of the theater : ILKA
61
Kind of bowl or jacket : DUST
63
Without friends : ALONE
64
Memorable actor from Omaha : MONTGOMERYCLIFT
67
Religious devotion : PIETY
68
Cloth fold : PLEAT
69
Passing grade : CEE
70
Suture formed in sewing : SEAM
71
Lots : SLEWS
72
Stray : ERR
Down
1
___ rattling (militarism) : SABER
2
Historic Franciscan mission : ALAMO
3
Arrays : GARBS
4
African republic : CHAD
5
Wallace's "Ben-___" : HUR
6
Spoken : ORAL
7
Actress from Waterbury, Conn. : ROSALINDRUSSELL
8
___ nous : ENTRE
9
Arista : AWN
10
Licentious : LEWD
11
Actress-singer from N.Y.C. : FAYE
12
Bows : ARCS
16
Enter a biathlon : SKI
18
Kodiak, e.g. : BEAR
19
Movie dog : ASTA
25
Dangerous fly : TSETSE
27
White poplars : ABELES
28
Woman's hair knot : BUN
29
Raised : BRED
31
Jordan's Mount ___ : HOR
32
Miscellany : OLIO
33
Sumptuous : RICH
34
Repeat : ECHO
35
Actor Sharif from Alexandria : OMAR
36
Hindu princess : RANI
37
Former southern constellation : ARGO
39
One of a series of rows : TIER
42
___ in on (inform) : LET
43
Leghorn's largess : EGG
48
Extinct bird : DODO
50
Pretty child : DOLL
52
Thank-you-ma'ams : BUMPS
54
Mezzo-soprano, e.g. : VOICE
55
Deduce : INFER
56
Dissuade : DETER
57
Scamp : IMP
58
Superman's friend : LOIS
59
Patella's location : KNEE
60
"___ girl!" : ATTA
62
Catalpa, for one : TREE
63
___ up (misbehaves) : ACTS
65
Calisthenics site : GYM
66
Veer, at sea : YAW

Answer summary:
3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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