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Michael Dubin
New York Times, Thursday, January 16, 1964
31-Across : Countess in "Twelfth Night."
Author:
Michael Dubin
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Michael Dubin has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 H | 3 O | 4 S | 5 T | 6 S | 7 W | 8 A | 9 B | 10 M | 11 O | 12 L | 13 T |
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14 R | A | D | I | I | 15 H | O | L | A | 16 A | C | I | S |
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17 A | L | O | N | G | 18 I | R | O | N | 19 E | R | L | E |
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20 F | O | R | E | H | 21 A | N | D | E | D | 22 L | E | A | R |
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23 S | T | I | E | S | 24 A | 25 L | S | A | C | E |
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26 S | 27 S | 28 W | 29 F | D | R | 30 R | I | O | T | |||||
31 O | L | I | 32 V | I | A | 33 O | B | D | U | R | 34 A | 35 T | 36 E |
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37 L | A | N | E | S | 38 O | W | I | 39 D | O | N | O | R |
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40 E | V | E | N | T | 41 F | U | L | 42 E | M | M | E | T | S |
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43 G | E | A | R | 44 U | N | O | 45 W | I | T |
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46 B | 47 I | 48 P | E | D | S | 49 E | N | D | U | 50 P | ||||
51 O | D | E | A | 52 H | 53 A | N | D | S | T | A | 54 N | 55 D | 56 S |
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57 T | A | R | N | 58 I | N | R | O | 59 H | I | E | R | O |
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60 C | H | I | C | 61 O | D | O | N | 62 E | N | V | O | Y |
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63 H | O | L | E | 64 N | I | L | E | 65 D | E | E | P | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,282
Across
1
TV shadow. : GHOST
6
Mop. : SWAB
10
Shed feathers. : MOLT
14
Spokes. : RADII
15
Latin-American shout. : HOLA
16
Lover of Galatea. : ACIS
17
With one. : ALONG
18
Golf club. : IRON
19
Man's name. : ERLE
20
Early. : FOREHANDED
22
Dramatic role. : LEAR
23
Pens. : STIES
24
Region of France. : ALSACE
26
Compass point, : SSW
29
Presidential initials. : FDR
30
Uproar. : RIOT
31
Countess in "Twelfth Night." : OLIVIA
33
Hard. : OBDURATE
37
Aisles. : LANES
38
Wartime group. : OWI
39
Philanthropist. : DONOR
40
Momentous. : EVENTFUL
42
Ants. : EMMETS
43
Type of wheel. : GEAR
44
One, in Rome. : UNO
45
Attic salt. : WIT
46
Men. : BIPEDS
49
Finish. : ENDUP
51
Greek theaters. : ODEA
52
Acrobatics. : HANDSTANDS
57
Mountain pool. : TARN
58
Japanese set of boxes. : INRO
59
Sacred: Prefix, : HIERO
60
Smart. : CHIC
61
Tooth, from the Greek. : ODON
62
Representative. : ENVOY
63
In golf, a dogleg. : HOLE
64
Memphis' river. : NILE
65
Ocean areas. : DEEPS
Down
1
German nobleman. : GRAF
2
Nimbus. : HALO
3
Characteristic quality. : ODOR
4
Mathematical ratios. : SINES
5
Certainly not generous. : TIGHTFISTED
6
Fish. : SHINER
7
Items sometimes eaten. : WORDS
8
Century plant. : ALOE
9
Medicine cabinet item. : BANDAID
10
Whirlpool. : MAELSTROM
11
Stem covering, in botany. : OCREA
12
Pale purple. : LILAC
13
Hebrew vowel point. : TSERE
21
Opera role. : AIDA
25
Blatant. : LOUDMOUTHED
26
Fish. : SOLE
27
Pole. : SLAV
28
Dark, purplish red. : WINE
30
Baseball item. : RBI
32
With a ___ (in a forceful manner). : VENGEANCE
33
Bird. : OWL
34
Again. : ANEW
35
Whole: Prefix. : TOTI
36
Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
38
Pronoun. : OUR
41
Vogue. : FASHION
42
Purposes. : ENDS
44
Not completed. : UNDONE
46
Hodgepodge. : BOTCH
47
State. : IDAHO
48
Risk. : PERIL
49
Register. : ENROL
50
American patriot. : PAINE
53
"The King ___." : ANDI
54
Crystallized snow. : NEVE
55
Theater curtain. : DROP
56
Oriental sauces. : SOYS
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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