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Alfio Micci
Alfio Micci

New York Times, Tuesday, February 9, 1993

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 25.1
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,799
Across
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Baby food : PAP
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Georgia ___ : PEACH
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Celebrated archer : TELL
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Wood sorrel : OCA
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Dinsmore of fiction : ELSIE
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Contradict : BELIE
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Where R.N.'s sometimes work : ORS
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Discourage U.M.W. work? : DETERMINING
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Shelter : HOSPICE
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Kampala is its capital : UGANDA
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Health club : SPA
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Staffordshire river : TRENT
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Chesterfield, for one : COAT
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In agreement : ATONE
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Russian turndown : NYET
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Gaelic : ERSE
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Emulate Mike Nichols : DIRECT
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"___ Tu," 1932 pop song : ERES
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Take steps : ACT
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Jailbird type? : CONSORT
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Afts. : PMS
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Switch attachment : EROO
42
Subordinate despot : SATRAP
44
Duel memento : SCAR
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Sod : TURF
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Plunder : BOOTY
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Dashiell contemporary? : ERLE
52
Burdens, to Brutus : ONERA
54
Jungle swinger : APE
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Sanity : REASON
57
Duncan of dance : ISADORA
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Madison Ave. V.I.P.'s? : ADMINISTERS
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"Little ___ Echo" : SIR
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First Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1918 : POOLE
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Palindromic belief : TENET
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Have a little lamb : EAT
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Being, to Aquinas : ESSE
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Writers' retreat in Saratoga Springs : YADDO
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Stallone, to friends : SLY
Down
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Master Christopher's friend : POOH
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Puzzle type : ACROSTIC
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Dad's recreation? : PASSPORT
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Cure start : PEDI
5
Choose : ELECT
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Backward, at sea : ASTERN
7
Co.'s French cousin : CIE
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Part of H.R.H. : HER
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Bridge combination : TENACE
10
Author Wylie : ELINOR
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Darnell and Ronstadt : LINDAS
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Emissary : LEGATE
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Tom Hanks film: 1988 : BIG
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Complains : MUTTERS
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Window portion : PANE
24
Examines bauxite? : EYESORE
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Musical Peter : NERO
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Nabokov title : ADA
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"___ homo!" : ECCE
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An ice cream : TORTONI
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Pierce : STAB
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Common or proper word : NOUN
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Expert models? : PROPOSES
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Kind of witness : MATERIAL
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Emulate Hari : SPY
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Amphibian : TOAD
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Blanketlike garment : SERAPE
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Doctrines : CREDOS
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Los ___, N.M. : ALAMOS
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Spring back : RESILE
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"My ___ Flicka" : FRIEND
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___ as a beet : ASRED
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Romberg's "___ Alone" : ONE
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Regarding : ASTO
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Bohemian : ARTY
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Piggery : STY
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Afternoon social : TEA

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

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