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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Monday, April 6, 1992

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,490
Across
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___ up (pays to play) : ANTES
6
Army : HOST
10
Dips bait lightly : DAPS
14
Brag : BOAST
15
Resident of Tallinn : ESTH
16
Actress Raines : ELLA
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Pet-rights org. : ASPCA
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
19
He portrayed Sonny Corleone : CAAN
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Popular rock group : REM
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Semblance : FACE
25
Northern European : LAPP
28
Duned desert area : ERG
31
Feeble lights : TAPERS
35
Brit. decoration : OBE
36
Morally weak : FRAIL
38
Secure firmly : RIVET
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Chocolate source : CACAO
43
"Thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
44
Sound of mild rebuke : TUT
45
Chief deity of Egypt : AMENRA
47
Charlemagne's dom. : HRE
48
Annie Oakley : PASS
49
Vasco da ___ : GAMA
51
"Norma ___" : RAE
53
61
O'Neill's daughter : OONA
62
Back of the neck : NAPE
63
Make amends : ATONE
64
Hidden obstacle : SNAG
65
___ and the Belmonts : DION
66
Ranch in "Giant" : REATA
67
Suburb of Padua : ESTE
68
Actor Ray : ALDO
69
Mistake : ERROR
Down
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Blind as ___ : ABAT
2
Snack : NOSH
3
Recording ribbon : TAPE
4
Steep slope : ESCARP
5
Condition : STATE
6
Learn : HEAR
7
Capital on a fjord : OSLO
8
Hard : STIFF
9
TV's "Jake and ___ Man" : THEFAT
10
Weak : DECREPIT
11
Kyrgyz range : ALAI
12
Sketch : PLAN
13
Warbled : SANG
21
Kind of bag or board : EMERY
22
Two-handed card game : ECARTE
25
Spanish playwright : LORCA
26
Opposite the middle of a ship's side : ABEAM
27
Kind of pipe : PEACE
29
Shankar melody : RAGA
30
Encircle : GIRTH
32
One of the Peróns : EVITA
33
Twin of Rome's founder : REMUS
34
Printers' directions : STETS
36
Type of wreath : FLORAL
37
Cordelia's father : LEAR
40
English or Latin : LANGUAGE
41
Nimble : ALERT
46
Kate Jackson TV role : AMANDA
48
Annoy : PESTER
50
Thin as ___ : ARAIL
52
Molière's "L'___" ("The Miser") : AVARE
53
Thorny bloomer : ROSE
54
Very long periods of time : EONS
55
Small pest : GNAT
56
Footless : APOD
57
"But ___ buts": Fielding : MENO
58
White with age : HOAR
59
Knowledgeable about : ONTO
60
Have on : WEAR

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

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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