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Arthur S. Verdesca
Arthur S. Verdesca

New York Times, Friday, May 5, 1989

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 26.6 Grid has duplicate clues.
Arthur S. Verdesca has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,423
Across
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Ares' sister : ERIS
5
Succinct : TERSE
10
Shea cover : TARP
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Lopez theme : NOLA
15
Break forth : ERUPT
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___ Bongo, Gabonese statesman : OMAR
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Bore : DULLPERSON
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Row : LINE
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Component of some nerves : STEEL
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Burlesque : TRAVESTY
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TV newsman : MUDD
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Autocrat : TSAR
27
In circulation : OUT
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Leniency : MERCY
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Lots : RAFTS
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More irritable : SNAPPIER
38
Lampoon : SATIRE
39
French girlfriend : AMIE
40
Range or compass : SWEEP
42
Soprano Mitchell's hometown : ENID
43
Web-footed sea bird : GANNET
45
Pedestrian : PLODDING
47
"___ Talking," Joan Rivers book : ENTER
48
Lower in rank : BELOW
49
Call, at poker : SEE
50
Sonoran sandwich : TACO
52
Three-handed card game : SKAT
54
Receding object, sometimes : HAIRLINE
58
Lacy fluting : RUCHE
62
Earthenware jar : OLLA
63
Bore : TIDALFLOOD
66
Languish or quail : WILT
67
Certain collars : ETONS
68
Groundless : IDLE
69
Poise : EASE
70
Body: Comb. form : SOMAT
71
Hammerhead part : PEEN
Down
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Wide receivers : ENDS
2
Disorderly throng : ROUT
3
River at Rennes : ILLE
4
City in S India : SALEM
5
Peete prop : TEE
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"The cautious seldom ___': Confucius : ERR
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Idleness : RUST
8
Fast : SPORTY
9
Lab burners : ETNAS
10
Bore : TOLERATED
11
"Lucky Jim" author : AMIS
12
Rail : RANT
13
Make raids for booty : PREY
18
Come down abruptly : PLUMP
22
Iberian unit of length : VARA
24
Voltaire or Jefferson : DEIST
25
Attracted : DREW
27
Type of orange : OSAGE
28
Deprive of courage : UNMAN
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Corrupt : TAINT
31
Thin pancake : CREPE
33
Conclusion : FINIS
34
Threefold : TRINE
35
Yellow iris : SEDGE
37
Bore : PENETRATE
38
Apparition : SPOOK
41
Building additions : ELLS
44
Of an epoch : ERAL
46
Diminutive : DWARF
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Game and food fish : BONITO
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Mentions for military honors : CITES
53
Spring bulb : TULIP
54
Sewing-machine inventor : HOWE
55
Inter ___ : ALIA
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Calamities : ILLS
57
Esau : EDOM
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Penal or zip follower : CODE
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Fault : HOLE
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She wrote "The Salamanca Drum" : EDEN
64
Memorabilia : ANA
65
Mil. landing craft : LST

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

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