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Peggy Devlin
Peggy Devlin

New York Times, Tuesday, February 25, 1992

Author:
Peggy Devlin
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Peggy Devlin has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,449
Across
1
Make well liked : ENDEAR
7
"Golden" army of the Khan : HORDE
12
"Les Misérables" mob : CANAILLE
14
Thais : ASIANS
16
Charming : ADORABLE
17
Riffraff : RABBLE
18
Author of "Honor Thy Father" : TALESE
19
Quartet : FOUR
21
Command : BID
22
Conceits : EGOS
23
Maidenhair, e.g. : FERN
24
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
25
Rule: Abbr. : REG
26
Macaw : ARARA
28
Icy rain : SLEET
29
Woodsy : SYLVAN
31
Alfalfa : LUCERNE
33
Sweep : OAR
34
Old French coin : SOU
35
Gathered : AMASSED
39
German : TEUTON
42
Artist Edouard ___ : MANET
43
On the qui vive : ALERT
45
Yeltsin's rep. : RUS
47
Piling : PIER
48
Tease : TWIT
49
Secrete : HIDE
50
Horror street? : ELM
51
Comedian Carvey : DANA
52
Disastrous : TRAGIC
54
Man for all seizings? : RIOTER
56
Believer in mob rule : NIHILIST
58
Supreme Court Justices, e.g. : ENNEAD
59
Rudiments : ELEMENTS
60
Governor famous for redistricting : GERRY
61
"Gaudy Night" author : SAYERS
Down
1
Vintner's study : ENOLOGY
2
Nostrils : NARES
3
"Buenos ___" : DIAS
4
North Sea feeder : ELBE
5
"___ for one ... " : ALL
6
Seaman's jacket : REEFER
7
___ al-Rashid of "Arabian Nights" : HARUN
8
Glacial ridges : OSAR
9
Kid : RIB
10
Dilettante : DABBLER
11
Vivify : ENLIVEN
12
Humor; indulge : CATER
13
Aphorisms : ADAGES
15
Collected : SEDATE
20
Spoken : ORAL
23
Bleachers' habitué : FAN
24
Alaskan native : ALEUT
26
Nautical "Halt!" : AVAST
27
Uncommon : RARE
28
Reconnoiter : SCOUT
30
T.K.O. victim, e.g. : LOSER
32
Addict : USER
35
Current unit : AMPERE
36
Catalogue merchant's activity : MAILING
37
Windflower : ANEMONE
38
Cockcrow : DAWN
39
Vietnamese holiday : TET
40
Sources : ORIGINS
41
Adamite : NUDIST
44
Tropical vines : LIANES
46
Dissenting bodies : SECTS
48
Like the ten o'clock scholar : TARDY
49
Basic coin in Prague : HALER
51
Expensive : DEAR
52
"___ also serve ... " : THEY
53
Frost : RIME
55
Thrice: Comb. form : TER
57
Dockers' org. : ILA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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