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Stanley A. Kurzban
New York Times, Wednesday, January 21, 1976
12-Across : Boat-shaped: Prefix
Author:
Stanley A. Kurzban
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 52, Avg Word Len: 4.44, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 281 (avg 1.62)
Open Squares: 48, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 11, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Stanley A. Kurzban has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 J | 4 S | 5 H | 6 E | 7 F | 8 E | 9 B |
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10 E | L | U | 11 L | 12 S | C | A | P | 13 H | 14 N | I | R | A |
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15 R | I | L | E | 16 P | O | L | I | O | 17 O | F | I | T |
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18 M | A | Y | I | 19 B | E | O | F | S | E | 20 R | V | I | C | E |
21 O | C | T | 22 O | D | E | |||||||||
23 W | 24 I | N | 25 S | 26 C | D | 27 B | 28 A | 29 N | 30 J | 31 O |
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32 J | A | N | U | 33 S | 34 A | I | 35 L | 36 S | E | A | S |
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37 A | U | G | U | S | T | 38 O | C | C | A | 39 S | I | O | N | S |
40 O | N | E | S | 41 A | R | T | 42 S | P | A | N | S | |||
43 K | E | R | E | 44 S | 45 A | I | 46 R | 47 A | N | S | ||||
48 T | 49 U | T | 50 E | 51 S | S | |||||||||
52 T | 53 O | 54 T | 55 H | E | R | I | 56 G | H | T | M | 57 A | 58 R | 59 C | 60 H |
61 A | G | R | A | 62 D | O | R | I | A | 63 P | O | L | A |
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64 B | L | I | P | 65 U | N | A | R | Y | 66 R | O | U | E |
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67 S | E | P | 68 S | S | E | 69 D | E | C |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,657
Across
1
___ Mahal : TAJ
4
Haggard novel : SHE
7
Month: Abbr. : FEB
10
Jewish month : ELUL
12
Boat-shaped: Prefix : SCAPH
14
Depression law: Abbr. : NIRA
15
Annoy : RILE
16
Dr. Sabin's field : POLIO
17
The long and short ___ : OFIT
18
Clerk's query : MAYIBEOFSERVICE
21
Month: Abbr. : OCT
22
Verse form : ODE
23
Take the blue ribbon : WIN
25
Graduate degree : SCD
27
"Oh! Susanna" instrument : BANJO
32
God of beginnings : JANUS
34
Trouble : AIL
36
Seven ___ : SEAS
37
Imposing events : AUGUSTOCCASIONS
40
Lose ___ cool : ONES
41
Skill : ART
42
Paired horses : SPANS
43
Hebrew Bible readings : KERES
45
Londonderry or fresh : AIR
47
Response: Abbr. : ANS
48
Famous tomb name : TUT
50
Letter : ESS
52
Parade command : TOTHERIGHTMARCH
61
Site of 1 Across : AGRA
62
Andrea ___ : DORIA
63
Miss Negri : POLA
64
Radar-screen image : BLIP
65
Of one kind, in chemistry : UNARY
66
Rake : ROUE
67
Month: Abbr. : SEP
68
Compass point : SSE
69
Month: Abbr. : DEC
Down
1
Period : TERM
2
Inter ___ : ALIA
3
Month : JULY
4
Dashes : SCOOTS
5
Fraction : HALF
6
Loosely connected, as a novel : EPISODIC
7
Miss d'Orsay : FIFI
8
___ the Red : ERIC
9
Lessen : BATE
11
Garland : LEI
12
Not ordinary: Abbr. : SPEC
13
Did garden work : HOED
14
Month: Abbr. : NOV
19
Gift for December : BONUS
20
Johnny ___ : REB
23
Mutuel transaction : WAGER
24
Occupied : INUSE
26
Saguaros : CACTI
28
Chinese or Indian : ASIAN
29
Bright signs : NEONS
30
Months: Abbr. : JANS
31
W.W. II group : OSS
32
Month : JUNE
33
Depot: Abbr. : STA
35
___ Cruces : LAS
37
Fine, to astronauts : AOK
38
Speeches : ORATIONS
39
Spell of energy : SPASM
44
Between Sault and Marie : STE
46
Take on again : REHIRE
49
Indic language : URDU
51
Restrain : STAY
52
Keep ___ on : TABS
53
Leer : OGLE
54
Throw off balance : TRIP
55
Chance : HAP
56
Mardi ___ : GRAS
57
Month: Abbr. : APR
58
Land measure : ROOD
59
Hint : CLUE
60
Form of Latin "this" : HAEC
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.