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Jean J. Davison
New York Times, Friday, January 6, 1989
35-Across : Spills the beans
Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F J K Q X }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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16 L | E | N | D | I | N | G | A | 17 L | I | E | L | O | W |
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18 E | A | S | E | S | 19 G | I | 20 S | M | O | 21 A | T | A |
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22 E | V | E | R | 23 H | E | N | R | Y | 24 T | R | I | M |
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25 T | E | D | 26 G | U | S | T | O | 27 C | R | I | M | P |
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28 C | E | N | T | S | 29 B | L | A | Z | E | S |
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30 S | 31 H | U | N | T | S | 32 S | L | O | P | E | S | |||
33 S | T | O | R | E | S | 34 S | W | I | S | S | ||||
35 T | E | L | L | S | 36 P | O | I | S | E | 37 W | 38 E | 39 D |
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40 A | N | D | Y | 41 H | O | R | N | S | 42 L | I | A | R |
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43 N | C | O | 44 B | O | W | E | D | 45 P | U | T | T | O |
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46 Z | I | N | 47 G | E | R | 48 S | L | 49 O | U | C | H | E | S |
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50 A | L | T | E | R | S | 51 T | E | R | R | I | E | R | S |
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52 S | O | O | T | Y | 53 D | R | E | A | R | Y |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,304
Across
1
Points a car : STEERS
7
Promote : BOOST
12
Fork over : SHELLOUT
14
Lets : ALLOWS
16
___ hand (pitching in) : LENDINGA
17
Hide out : LIELOW
18
Facilitates : EASES
19
Doohickey : GISMO
21
One ___ time : ATA
22
Perpetually : EVER
23
Gibson or Morgan : HENRY
24
Cut fat : TRIM
25
"Nightline" host's first name : TED
26
Spirit : GUSTO
27
Bend into shape : CRIMP
28
Small change : CENTS
29
Flares up : BLAZES
30
Moves aside : SHUNTS
32
Ski places : SLOPES
33
Boutiques : STORES
34
Cheese type : SWISS
35
Spills the beans : TELLS
36
Self-assurance : POISE
37
Marry : WED
40
Griffith or Rooney : ANDY
41
Shofars : HORNS
42
Pseudologist : LIAR
43
Bilko, e.g. : NCO
44
Bent down : BOWED
45
Renaissance cupid : PUTTO
46
Witty retort : ZINGER
48
Slumps : SLOUCHES
50
Modifies : ALTERS
51
Lhasa apsos, e.g. : TERRIERS
52
Like a chimney : SOOTY
53
Drab : DREARY
Down
1
Pulley wheel : SHEAVE
2
Became anxious : TENSED
3
Tribal leader : ELDER
4
Yalies : ELIS
5
Pitcher Guidry : RON
6
Hints at : SUGGESTS
7
Bananas : BALMY
8
Medley : OLIO
9
Corrida cry : OLE
10
Affect by sunlight : SOLARIZE
11
Double-crosses : TWOTIMES
12
Bad weather : SLEET
13
Contaminates : TAINTS
15
Inundates : SWAMPS
20
Angel's favorite letters : SRO
23
Searches for : HUNTS
24
Snares : TRAPS
26
Heredity factors : GENES
27
Complete : CLOSE
28
A Stooge : CURLY
29
Euphoria : BLISS
30
Letter patterns : STENCILS
31
Keep : HOLDONTO
32
Flimflammed : SWINDLED
33
Verse : STANZA
34
Most resentful : SOREST
36
G.I. in a stalag : POW
37
Dry up : WITHER
38
Greasy spoon : EATERY
39
Leavings : DROSS
41
The ___ set (fox hunters) : HORSY
42
"Santa ___," Italian song : LUCIA
44
Convy of TV : BERT
45
Blameless : PURE
47
Earth: Comb. form : GEO
49
Hockey great : ORR
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.