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Manny Nosowsky
Manny Nosowsky

New York Times, Friday, September 17, 1993

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K }, Scrabble score: 301 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 40.6
Manny Nosowsky has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 246 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,019
Across
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Fills the positions : STAFFS
7
Fighting man : SCRAPPER
15
Auto adjustment : TUNEUP
16
Kaleidoscope opening : PEEPHOLE
17
Subdivision of "The Raven" : STANZA
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Wound off : UNCOILED
19
Act the rat : DESERT
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Black bird of puzzledom : ANI
22
Orange, lemon and lime : TREES
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Self puller-upper : BOOTSTRAP
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Contained : HELD
30
Phone-dial trio : DEF
31
Boo or yoo follower : HOO
32
Top performer : ACE
33
Convy or Parks : BERT
34
Help reach a high : ELATE
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Salutation for later? : WAVEOFTHEFUTURE
41
Cultured bauble : PEARL
42
Slaughter of diamonds : ENOS
43
Carlos's aunt : TIA
44
Thumbs-up sign using other fingers : VEE
45
Make a face : MUG
46
"Jeopardy" ans. : QUES
47
Simon Bolivar, e.g. : LIBERATOR
51
Persnickety : FUSSY
52
Chapter in history : ERA
53
Menotti's "___ Goes to the Ball" : AMELIA
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Conventioneer, perhaps : DELEGATE
59
Rust formations : OXIDES
63
Pick a number from ___ : ONETOTEN
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It has its convention : GENEVA
65
Most wimpy : NERDIEST
66
Think the world of : ESTEEM
Down
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They cross aves. : STS
2
Palindromic ruler : TUT
3
Actress Alicia : ANA
4
Parried : FENDED
5
Detonators : FUZES
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Bath and Baden : SPAS
7
Prod for now? : SPUROFTHEMOMENT
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Literary patchwork : CENTO
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Kind of vehicle or room : REC
10
Persian Gulf address in 1991 : APO
11
Key letter : PHI
12
Kind of bear or cap : POLAR
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"Maria ___," 1933 song : ELENA
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Use the ladle again : REDIP
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Siskel's cohort : EBERT
22
Melt the ice : THAW
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Short summary : RECAP
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French student : ELEVE
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"___ comes on little cat feet...": Sandburg : THEFOG
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Alone, to Ovid : SOLUS
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Exactly : TOAT
30
Make a boxer feel better? : DEFLEA
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Hole maker : BORER
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Ballerina togs : TUTUS
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Cat Nation tribesmen : ERIES
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Projecting edge : EAVE
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Get used to : ENURE
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Just like A B C : EASY
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Pleasantly old-fashioned : QUAINT
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Pretended : LEDON
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Papas of the screen : IRENE
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Cotton packer : BALER
50
Poets Nahum and Allen : TATES
51
Tough spots : FIXES
54
Theater section : LOGE
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Airport abbr. : ETD
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"Let me ___ pray thee...": Ex. 4:18 : GOI
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Had a little lamb : ATE
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Poor grade : DEE
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First fruit picker : EVE
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"Cheers" character : SAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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