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Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon

New York Times, Monday, April 5, 1993

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { W }, Scrabble score: 294 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 21.0
Peter Gordon has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 109 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,854
Across
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Converses informally : CHATS
6
On the ___ vive (alert) : QUI
9
Hoosegows : JAILS
14
Great destruction : HAVOC
15
G.I.'s home away from home : USO
16
Happen : OCCUR
17
Cara of "Fame" : IRENE
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Believer : IST
19
Oscar winner Jeremy ___ : IRONS
20
Baseball preseason workout : SPRINGTRAINING
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"You ___ There," TV oldie : ARE
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Koppel of "Nightline" : TED
25
Gloss, in Gloucester : LUSTRE
29
Frog's cousin : TOAD
31
Speedometer abbr. : MPH
34
Boredom : ENNUI
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Sea east of the Caspian : ARAL
36
Fly alone : SOLO
37
Baseball book by Roger Kahn : THEBOYSOFSUMMER
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Fully grown filly : MARE
41
Prepares to fire : AIMS
42
Cougars : PUMAS
43
Airport abbr. : ETD
44
Open-handed blow : SLAP
45
Property : ESTATE
46
Exam for a high schooler : SAT
47
Tennis division : SET
48
Baseball's World Series, familiarly : THEFALLCLASSIC
56
Pale bluish purple : MAUVE
57
Televise : AIR
58
Actress Massey : ILONA
59
Wheel shafts : AXLES
60
Menagerie : ZOO
61
Castles for Fischer : ROOKS
62
Jet's rival : GIANT
63
Finish : END
64
Taste, for one : SENSE
Down
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Greek X's : CHIS
2
Angel's instrument : HARP
3
Affirm confidently : AVER
4
Singer Tennille : TONI
5
Outline of a plot : SCENARIO
6
Rather : QUITE
7
Former largest nation, for short : USSR
8
Small quantity : IOTA
9
United : JOINED
10
Bitterly pungent : ACRID
11
Little figure on a computer screen : ICON
12
Breathing organ : LUNG
13
Last year's jrs. : SRS
21
Pleasure, to Parisians : GRE
22
Sloping type: Abbr. : ITALS
25
"___ Entertain You" : LETME
26
Doff one's cap : UNHAT
27
Bergen dummy : SNERD
28
Toothpaste container : TUBE
29
Step heavily : TROMP
30
Clumsy fellows : OAFS
31
"Throw ___ From the Train," 1987 film : MOMMA
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Skirt fold : PLEAT
33
Carousel figure : HORSE
35
European neighbor : ASIA
36
Pornographic stuff : SMUT
38
Site of a 1945 conference : YALTA
39
One flight above : UPSTAIRS
44
Most secure : SAFEST
45
Electric fish : EEL
46
Deadly-sin count : SEVEN
47
Young haddock : SCROD
48
Judd Hirsch series : TAXI
49
Hawaiian dance : HULA
50
Do nothing : LAZE
51
M-G-M mascot : LION
52
Blackthorn : SLOE
53
Anon : SOON
54
Printers' needs : INKS
55
Job for Columbo : CASE
56
Cosmo, for one : MAG

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

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