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Peter Swift
Peter Swift

New York Times, Tuesday, September 30, 1980

Author:
Peter Swift
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 280 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 3
Peter Swift has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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C
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O
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L
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D
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P
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A
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R
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R
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D
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E
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A
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E
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N
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L
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R
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A
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F
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N
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S
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O
P
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T
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M
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R
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L
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M
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E
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S
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E
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D
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B
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A
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D
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H
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A
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C
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H
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E
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W
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M
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C
K
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I
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R
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M
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© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,284
Across
1
Reprimand : SCOLD
6
Box : SPAR
10
Traveled on : RODE
14
Section of TV equipment : AUDIO
15
Staff member : AIDE
16
Balanced : EVEN
17
Mayor of Buffalo who became President : GROVERCLEVELAND
20
To exist, in Paris : ETRE
21
Mamie's man : IKE
22
Glorifies : EXALTS
23
Part of L.A. : LOS
24
Court order : WRIT
25
Narrow water passage : STRAIT
29
Attaches : FASTENS
32
Seed coverings : ARILS
33
Verdi opus : AIDA
34
Choose : OPT
36
Congressman from Buffalo who became President : MILLARDFILLMORE
40
Fish : EEL
41
Blende and prill : ORES
42
Lets up : EASES
43
Vitiates : DEBASES
46
"Angel ___," 1941 play : STREET
47
Detail : ITEM
48
Sudermann's "___ Hohe Lied" : DAS
49
Hebrew greeting : SHALOM
52
Business-letter word : SIR
53
Steady pain : ACHE
57
President slain in Buffalo : WILLIAMMCKINLEY
60
Inactive : IDLE
61
Defeat : ROUT
62
Flat : STALE
63
Fermented beverage : MEAD
64
System of exercises : YOGA
65
Packs down lightly : TAMPS
Down
1
Cooking herb : SAGE
2
Abrupt in speech : CURT
3
Repute : ODOR
4
Not recorded : LIVE
5
Female kangaroo : DOE
6
Gives the ax to : SACKS
7
Heap : PILE
8
Fruit drink : ADE
9
Turnabout : REVERSAL
10
Tell : RELATE
11
Elliptical : OVAL
12
Unsightly sight on a sedan : DENT
13
Results : ENDS
18
Mob violence : RIOT
19
Way out : EXIT
23
Jurgen's wife : LISA
24
North African riverbeds : WADIS
25
Identical : SAME
26
Made an effort : TRIED
27
Lunar surface feature : RILLE
28
Mosel's "___ the Way Home" : ALL
29
Band instruments : FIFES
30
Snare : NOOSE
31
Drinking bout : SPREE
33
Pertinent: Lat. : ADREM
35
The Army's alpha, e.g. : TEST
37
Evergreen plant of the mint family : ROSEMARY
38
Allows : LETS
39
Spoil : MAR
44
Charged : BILLED
45
Thine: Fr. : ATOI
46
One of the Channel Islands : SARK
48
Pronouncements : DICTA
49
Do the crawl : SWIM
50
Cache : HIDE
51
___ breve (musical passage) : ALLA
52
Complacent : SMUG
53
Theatrical org. : ANTA
54
Stop talking, with "up" : CLAM
55
Cry of distress : HELP
56
Potato buds : EYES
58
Pasture sound : MOO
59
Adherent of: Suffix : IST

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