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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Monday, July 8, 1991

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Grid flow: 33.0
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,217
Across
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Horned vipers : ASPS
5
Uruguayan money : PESOS
10
Surrealist painter : DALI
14
Lean : THIN
15
Ward off : AVERT
16
Black, to a bard : EBON
17
Theater box : LOGE
18
Second-story man : CATBURGLAR
20
Space : AREA
21
Vienna duo : ENS
22
Anna Neagle's title role: 1940 : IRENE
23
Furnace tenders : STOKERS
25
___ the music (accept consequences) : FACE
27
Tidings : NEWS
28
Latin American knives : MACHETES
32
Hue for Gainsborough : OCHRE
34
Trawler's haul : FISH
35
Affirmative reply : SURE
36
___ volente : DEO
37
Chanticleer : ROOSTER
40
Inlet : RIA
41
Building wings : ELLS
43
Punctuation marks : DOTS
44
Typical Tom Mix film : OATER
46
Printing devices : STENCILS
48
Bird's beak : BILL
49
Fleming and Hunter : IANS
50
Money holders : WALLETS
53
Pile : STACK
56
Poker player's prize : POT
57
Entity : UNIT
58
Ragtime dance : TURKEYTROT
61
Expensive : DEAR
62
Rose's lover : ABIE
63
Wear away : ERODE
64
Yellowish brown : ECRU
65
Raise : REAR
66
Woodland spirit : SATYR
67
Card game for three : SKAT
Down
1
A reference book : ATLAS
2
Brief : SHORT
3
Categorize : PIGEONHOLE
4
Shoe for L. Bird : SNEAKER
5
Meadowlands competitors : PACERS
6
Dame Edith ___ : EVANS
7
Tennis-match units : SETS
8
Sphere : ORB
9
Actor Erwin : STU
10
Academic awards : DEGREES
11
Proficient : ABLE
12
Kind of shark : LOAN
13
Regarding : INRE
19
Well-heeled : RICH
24
Piece of crockery : EWER
25
Refrains from eating : FASTS
26
Dull pain : ACHE
28
Aerosol sprays : MISTS
29
Type of sweater : TURTLENECK
30
Iroquoian Indian : ERIE
31
Burn : SEAR
32
Lyrical poems : ODES
33
Briton or Breton : CELT
34
Nincompoops : FOOLS
38
Norse deity : ODIN
39
Irritate : ROIL
42
Snide laugh : SNICKER
45
Refers : ALLUDES
47
Soap unit : CAKE
48
Man in a box : BATTER
50
Writer-actor Allen : WOODY
51
Papal crown : TIARA
52
Walk like 37 Across : STRUT
53
Headliner : STAR
54
Toothpaste container : TUBE
55
Song for Bumbry : ARIA
56
Meth., e.g. : PROT
59
Truckler's word : YES
60
___-la-la : TRA

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