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Alfio Micci
New York Times, Tuesday, May 26, 1992
Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J P Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 17.4
Alfio Micci has 91 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 11 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 I | 3 D | 4 I | 5 A | 6 R | 7 E | 8 E | 9 L | 10 U | 11 L | 12 A | 13 N |
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14 A | G | E | D | 15 V | O | D | K | A | 16 N | E | M | O |
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17 T | O | L | O | 18 V | E | O | N | E | S | 19 E | L | F | I | S |
20 A | T | A | L | A | N | T | A | 21 L | I | T | R | E |
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22 N | U | S | 23 A | 24 B | E | T | ||||||||
25 S | 26 W | 27 A | 28 N | E | E | 29 S | L | A | V | 30 A | 31 R | 32 S |
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33 E | A | V | E | 34 F | I | O | R | E | 35 B | I | T |
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36 T | H | E | B | 37 E | 38 G | I | N | N | I | N | 39 G | O | F | A |
40 H | O | R | 41 N | O | N | C | E | 42 A | L | L | I |
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43 S | O | Y | 44 D | U | D | E | 45 M | 46 A | S | T | E | R |
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47 F | A | T | S | 48 C | A | D | ||||||||
49 S | 50 N | 51 A | I | L | 52 S | O | L | A | 53 R | 54 I | 55 U | 56 M |
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57 L | I | F | E | L | 58 O | 59 N | G | R | O | M | A | N | C | E |
60 O | R | A | N | 61 W | O | T | A | N | 62 N | O | L | O |
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63 W | O | R | D | 64 L | I | S | L | E | 65 G | N | A | W |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,540
Across
1
Region of France : MIDI
5
Spinning : AREEL
10
Bator lead-in : ULAN
14
Got gray : AGED
15
Martini type : VODKA
16
Nautilus skipper : NEMO
17
Start of a quote by Oscar Wilde : TOLOVEONESELFIS
20
Hippomenes outran her : ATALANTA
21
In the U.K., 1.0567 liquid quarts : LITRE
22
Mu followers : NUS
23
Be a party to : ABET
25
Gershwin-Caesar hit: 1919 : SWANEE
29
Serb or Croat : SLAV
30
___ gratia artis : ARS
33
Chalet feature : EAVE
34
Firenze flower : FIORE
35
Took the bait : BIT
36
More of the quote : THEBEGINNINGOFA
40
Aaron's burial place : HOR
41
Present time : NONCE
42
"___ want for Christmas ... " : ALLI
43
Kind of sauce : SOY
44
Fop : DUDE
45
Crackerjack : MASTER
47
Musical Waller : FATS
48
Bounder : CAD
49
Slow gastropod : SNAIL
52
Enclosed porch : SOLARIUM
57
End of the quote : LIFELONGROMANCE
60
Algerian port : ORAN
61
"Ring" character : WOTAN
62
___ contendere : NOLO
63
News : WORD
64
Knitting thread : LISLE
65
Nibble : GNAW
Down
1
Role for Greta : MATA
2
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
3
Walter-Mare connection : DELA
4
Box-office biggy : IDOL
5
Fifth or Park : AVENUE
6
Alex Haley book : ROOTS
7
Best of Hollywood : EDNA
8
Make do : EKE
9
___ Cruces : LAS
10
Dark : UNLIT
11
Departed : LEFT
12
Muslim prince : AMIR
13
Pry : NOSE
18
Weathercock : VANE
19
Field-hockey number : ELEVEN
23
Romberg's "One ___" : ALONE
24
Capital of Apulia : BARI
25
Thomas namesakes : SETHS
26
Burning bush : WAHOO
27
___ Fisher Hall : AVERY
28
Snout of a sort : NEB
29
Inasmuch as : SINCE
30
Like ___ from the blue : ABOLT
31
Winchester, e.g. : RIFLE
32
Flight segment : STAIR
34
Discovers : FINDS
37
Ultimate goal : ENDALL
38
Joint ailment : GOUT
39
Road sign : GAS
45
Dorothy of "Peyton Place" : MALONE
46
French pianist-composer : ADAM
47
Demon : FIEND
48
Reef material : CORAL
49
Poky : SLOW
50
De ___ of films : NIRO
51
Out yonder : AFAR
52
NCO's : SGTS
53
Pealed : RANG
54
Privy to : INON
55
Western campus : UCLA
56
Comment from Morris : MEOW
58
Hooter : OWL
59
Champ's rank, for short : NOI
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