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Manny Miller
New York Times, Saturday, January 20, 1962
66-Across : Card game.
Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 4.80, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 1, XRef: 3, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 I | 4 P | 5 E | 6 C | 7 E | 8 B | 9 U | 10 A | 11 B | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 A | R | T | E | L | 15 A | N | O | N | 16 B | R | A | U |
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17 L | A | S | T | B | 18 U | T | N | O | T | 19 L | E | A | S | T |
20 A | D | A | 21 A | S | T | O | R | I | A | 22 N | E | Y |
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23 D | E | L | 24 L | 25 A | L | B | 26 L | O | 27 R | D | ||||
28 L | A | 29 G | 30 E | L | 31 M | 32 S | E | E | 33 P | 34 S |
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35 S | 36 P | I | N | E | 37 L | 38 E | A | 39 R | 40 G | N | A | T |
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41 L | I | N | G | O | E | 42 S | 43 P | O | 44 T | A | B | L | E |
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45 A | T | T | U | 46 T | A | 47 D | 48 C | O | L | U | M | N |
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49 W | A | H | O | 50 O | 51 D | I | 52 S | 53 M | I | R | ||||
54 E | R | S | 55 T | 56 S | K | 57 I | 58 A | G | 59 N | 60 I |
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61 J | 62 U | G | 63 S | E | 64 A | S | I | D | 65 E | 66 G | I | N |
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67 A | S | A | 68 M | A | T | T | E | R | O | F | 69 F | A | C | T |
70 D | E | M | E | 71 R | E | N | T | 72 T | I | T | H | E |
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73 E | D | E | N | 74 A | N | T | S | 75 S | N | E | E | R |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,572
Across
1
Stemlike part. : STIPE
6
Philippine isle. : CEBU
10
Retired. : ABED
14
Russian-type cooperative. : ARTEL
15
Unknown: Abbr. : ANON
16
Brew, in Berlin. : BRAU
17
Cliché descended from Spenser. : LASTBUTNOTLEAST
20
Miss Clare of "Bleak House." : ADA
21
Oregon port. : ASTORIA
22
Marshal under Napoleon I. : NEY
23
Glen. : DELL
25
Vestment. : ALB
26
Master. : LORD
28
Retardation. : LAG
30
Slippery ___. : ELM
32
Oozes. : SEEPS
35
Kind of ruby. : SPINEL
38
Spike. : EAR
40
Punkie. : GNAT
41
Dialects. : LINGOES
43
Fit to drink. : POTABLE
45
Aleutian isle. : ATTU
46
Son of 10 Down. : TAD
48
Daily feature. : COLUMN
49
Burning bush. : WAHOO
51
Not: Prefix. : DIS
53
Me: Ger. : MIR
54
Long ago: Archaic. : ERST
56
Wooden runner. : SKI
58
God of fire. : AGNI
61
Container. : JUG
63
Shore. : SEASIDE
66
Card game. : GIN
67
Actually. : ASAMATTEROFFACT
70
Greek township. : DEME
71
Fissure. : RENT
72
Tenth. : TITHE
73
British statesman. : EDEN
74
Arthropods. : ANTS
75
Deride. : SNEER
Down
1
Cold dish. : SALAD
2
Customers. : TRADE
3
Good sport's dictum. : ITSALLINTHEGAME
4
Puppy or kitten. : PET
5
Italian isle. : ELBA
6
Black Angus. : CATTLE
7
Dignify. : ENNOBLE
8
Clown. : BOOR
9
To the point that. : UNTIL
10
Presidential nickname. : ABE
11
Memorial, currently in news. : BRANDENBURGGATE
12
Assuage. : EASE
13
Respect. : DUTY
18
Country: Abbr. : USA
19
Asian land. : LAOS
24
Lack of spirit. : LANGUOR
27
Insignia. : REGALIA
29
Earth: Prefix. : GEO
31
Graph. : MAP
33
Victory symbol. : PALM
34
British gun. : STEN
35
See 1 Down. : SLAW
36
Cordage fiber. : PITA
37
Permit. : LET
39
Fabulous bird. : ROC
42
Blue. : SAD
44
Father of 10 Down. : TOM
47
Difference of opinion. : DISSENT
50
Greek mountain. : OSSA
52
Borders. : SKIRTS
55
Four: Prefix. : TETRA
57
Phrase of assent. : IDO
59
Wall recess. : NICHE
60
Between: Prefix. : INTER
61
Hard stone. : JADE
62
Put in operation. : USED
64
Sun disk. : ATEN
65
Lizards. : EFTS
68
Persons. : MEN
69
Airfoil. : FIN
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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