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DeWitt Anderson
New York Times, Tuesday, January 21, 1975
5-Across : Certain N.C.O.'s
Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 W | 3 A | 4 G | 5 S | 6 F | 7 C | 8 S | 9 S | 10 C | 11 R | 12 I | 13 M |
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14 W | E | I | R | 15 C | O | L | T | 16 T | R | I | T | E |
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17 A | T | M | A | 18 O | U | I | E | 19 R | A | C | E | R |
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20 T | H | E | F | 21 O | U | R | F | R | 22 E | E | D | O | M | S |
23 H | E | R | T | E | R | 24 F | E | R | A | L | ||||
25 E | R | I | 26 N | 27 S | K | E | 28 I | 29 N | 30 S |
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31 B | 32 R | 33 A | D | 34 N | A | 35 S | 36 H | 37 E | S | T | O | P |
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38 O | A | R | 39 A | G | R | O | U | 40 N | D | 41 A | R | I |
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42 C | H | E | 43 R | I | 44 D | U | N | E | 45 A | L | A | N |
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46 A | S | S | U | R | 47 E | 48 S | W | 49 I | G | |||||
50 F | L | A | 51 P | 52 S | 53 D | R | I | 54 V | 55 E | 56 R |
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57 T | 58 H | 59 E | F | O | U | R | T | 60 H | E | S | T | A | T | E |
61 E | O | L | I | C | 62 A | R | I | A | 63 A | L | A | E |
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64 S | N | E | A | K | 65 H | A | L | L | 66 T | O | I | L |
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67 T | E | E | N | S | 68 A | W | L | S | 69 E | R | N | S |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,292
Across
1
Booty : SWAG
5
Certain N.C.O.'s : SFCS
9
Theater curtain : SCRIM
14
Milldam : WEIR
15
Inventor of the revolver : COLT
16
Banal : TRITE
17
Hindu soul: Var. : ATMA
18
Fish gill: Fr. : OUIE
19
Le Mans entry : RACER
20
F.D.R. goals in W.W. II : THEFOURFREEDOMS
23
Dulles's successor at State : HERTER
24
Wild : FERAL
25
"___ go bragh!" : ERIN
27
Coils of yarn : SKEINS
31
Thin nail : BRAD
34
Old auto : NASH
37
Bar legally : ESTOP
38
Rower : OAR
39
Beached : AGROUND
41
Greek nickname : ARI
42
Darling, in Dijon : CHERI
44
Sahara feature : DUNE
45
Football's Page : ALAN
46
Guarantee : ASSURE
48
Drink in gulps : SWIG
50
To-dos : FLAPS
53
No. 1 wood : DRIVER
57
Journalism : THEFOURTHESTATE
61
Greek-dialect group : EOLIC
62
Sills specialty : ARIA
63
Winglike parts : ALAE
64
Kind of preview : SNEAK
65
Nordhoff's partner : HALL
66
"___ and trouble" : TOIL
67
Difficult years : TEENS
68
Pointed tools : AWLS
69
Sea birds : ERNS
Down
1
Mower's wake : SWATH
2
"___ people ... " : WETHE
3
Love, in France : AIMER
4
Emulated Tweed : GRAFTED
5
Type of pad : SCOURING
6
Crowd plus one : FOUR
7
Escarpment : CLIFF
8
Cubic meter : STERE
9
Flashed, as lightning : STREAKED
10
Nurtures : CRADLES
11
Carty of baseball : RICO
12
Bit of news : ITEM
13
French seas : MERS
21
Ended, in verse : OER
22
Vocal pauses : ERS
26
Ointment : NARD
28
Certain type: Abbr. : ITAL
29
Mrs. Helmer : NORA
30
Start a casino wheel : SPIN
31
Chica or Raton : BOCA
32
Cheers : RAHS
33
War god : ARES
35
Trifle : SOU
36
Attila and friends : HUNS
39
Pressure chambers : AIRLOCKS
40
Fresh starts at cards : NEWDEALS
43
Hoodlum : RUFFIAN
45
Stir up : AGITATE
47
___ de vie : EAU
49
Tax org. : IRS
51
Capital of Ceskoslovensko : PRAHA
52
Object of a final grasp : STRAW
54
Heroism : VALOR
55
Tin: Fr. : ETAIN
56
Staggers : REELS
57
Lab routine : TEST
58
Sharpen : HONE
59
Robt. ___ : ELEE
60
Bunker, e.g. : HILL
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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