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Richard Silvestri
New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 1990
Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 32.0
Richard Silvestri has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 84 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 D | 2 A | 3 V | 4 I | 5 D | 6 L | 7 U | 8 B | 9 E | 10 B | 11 E | 12 L | 13 L |
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14 E | L | I | T | E | 15 O | P | A | L | 16 O | P | I | E |
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17 E | L | E | C | T | 18 L | O | N | I | 19 R | I | F | E |
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20 D | A | S | H | E | 21 R | A | N | D | D | 22 A | N | C | E | R |
23 E | R | E | 24 S | E | L | F | ||||||||
25 B | 26 R | 27 A | D | 28 P | 29 A | 30 T | 31 D | I | R | 32 K | 33 S | |||
34 A | I | R | 35 S | A | R | E | 36 E | 37 G | E | N | I | 38 E |
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39 S | L | E | 40 E | P | Y | A | N | D | 41 S | N | E | E | Z | Y |
42 H | E | N | N | A | 43 B | O | N | E | S | 44 E | E | R |
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45 S | T | A | R | 46 T | 47 R | A | T | 48 E | L | S | E |
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49 M | E | R | 50 E | 51 T | 52 A | N | ||||||||
53 A | 54 T | 55 H | O | S | A | N | 56 D | 57 P | O | R | T | 58 H | 59 O | 60 S |
61 L | I | A | R | 62 C | O | L | A | 63 M | I | A | M | I |
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64 A | N | T | E | 65 E | L | I | S | 66 E | R | R | O | L |
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67 N | E | E | D | 68 D | A | I | S | 69 D | E | P | O | T |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,721
Across
1
Michaelangelo work : DAVID
6
Garage job : LUBE
10
Big Ben, e.g. : BELL
14
Cream of the crop : ELITE
15
Girasol : OPAL
16
Mayberry moppet : OPIE
17
Campaign-poster word : ELECT
18
Burt Reynolds's wife : LONI
19
Abundant : RIFE
20
A pair of sleigh pullers : DASHERANDDANCER
23
Prior to, to Prior : ERE
24
Ego : SELF
25
Finishing nail : BRAD
28
A way to stand : PAT
31
Daggers : DIRKS
34
Football filler : AIR
35
Bombay wear : SAREE
37
Wish granter of fable : GENIE
39
A pair of diminutive miners : SLEEPYANDSNEEZY
42
Hair dye : HENNA
43
Skeleton : BONES
44
Profit chaser : EER
45
Set in motion : START
47
Stoolie : RAT
48
Threatening word : ELSE
49
Pure and simple : MERE
51
Shade from the sun? : TAN
53
A pair of swordsmen : ATHOSANDPORTHOS
61
Joe Isuzu, for one : LIAR
62
Brown beverage : COLA
63
Sunshine State city : MIAMI
64
Pot builder : ANTE
65
Yale Bowl performers : ELIS
66
Flynn of films : ERROL
67
Require : NEED
68
V.I.P. platform : DAIS
69
Bus stop : DEPOT
Down
1
Homeowner's document : DEED
2
___ breve : ALLA
3
Contends : VIES
4
Had a hankering : ITCHED
5
Daunt : DETER
6
"Damn Yankees" siren : LOLA
7
Familiar with : UPON
8
Rock groups : BANDS
9
Skipped over : ELIDED
10
Elsa's story : BORNFREE
11
Grand : EPIC
12
Biography : LIFE
13
Lewd look : LEER
21
Compensate : REPAY
22
Trues up : ALIGNS
25
Wingding : BASH
26
Angers : RILES
27
"___ we all?" : ARENT
29
U.A.R. part : ARAB
30
General nature : TENOR
32
Prepare for prayer : KNEEL
33
Small, medium and large : SIZES
35
Alley consolations : SPARES
36
Best of the theater : EDNA
38
Brontë heroine : EYRE
40
Charmed : ENAMORED
41
Scrap : SETTO
46
Followed a trail : TRACED
48
Whole : ENTIRE
50
___ Gay : ENOLA
52
Ready for battle : ARMED
53
Shepard or King : ALAN
54
Antler branch : TINE
55
Execrate : HATE
56
MCIV halved : DLII
57
Overtake : PASS
58
Instrument for a Marx : HARP
59
Melville novel : OMOO
60
Delta material : SILT
Answer summary:
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