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Peter G. Snow
New York Times, Saturday, October 20, 1984
31-Across : It's usually read monthly
Author:
Peter G. Snow
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8
Peter G. Snow has 29 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 N | 4 A | 5 G | 6 E | 7 R | 8 C | 9 A | 10 B | 11 I | 12 N | 13 E | 14 T |
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15 I | M | A | G | I | N | E | 16 A | B | A | L | O | N | E |
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17 M | E | M | E | N | T | O | 18 N | E | R | E | I | D | S |
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19 E | R | A | 20 S | E | P | 21 T | A | T | E | 22 S | I | T |
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23 L | I | T | 24 H | 25 R | E | E | D | S | 26 C | O | V | E |
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27 A | C | H | E | 28 S | 29 N | R | A | 30 L | A | M | E | R |
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31 G | A | S | M | E | 32 T | E | R | 33 C | A | R | E | S | S |
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34 M | E | N | D | I | 35 C | A | N | T | ||||||
36 A | 37 S | 38 S | E | R | T | 39 F | A | D | D | I | 40 S | 41 T | 42 S |
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43 S | T | I | R | S | 44 C | I | R | 45 S | E | T | U | P |
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46 C | A | N | S | 47 T | R | E | E | 48 D | 49 R | A | T | A |
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50 E | T | E | 51 T | H | U | D | D | E | 52 D | 53 T | O | R |
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54 N | U | D | 55 G | E | R | S | 56 F | E | A | 57 T | U | R | E |
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58 D | R | I | B | L | E | T | 59 O | R | B | I | T | E | R |
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60 S | E | E | S | A | W | S | 61 R | E | S | E | E | D | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,765
Across
1
Songbird : TANAGER
8
Cupboard : CABINET
15
Suppose : IMAGINE
16
Mother-of-pearl source : ABALONE
17
Souvenir : MEMENTO
18
Sea nymphs : NEREIDS
19
A goal of NOW : ERA
20
Like the nose : SEPTATE
22
___ shibah (mourn in Israel) : SIT
23
An S.S.R. : LITH
25
Donna and Walter : REEDS
26
Recess : COVE
27
Yearns : ACHES
29
Powerful lobby in D.C. : NRA
30
Debussy opus : LAMER
31
It's usually read monthly : GASMETER
33
One touch of Venus? : CARESS
34
His motto is "To alms!" : MENDICANT
36
Aver : ASSERT
39
Slaves to fashion : FADDISTS
43
Coolers for firebugs et al. : STIRS
44
About three times a diam. : CIR
45
Establish : SETUP
46
Axes : CANS
47
Cornered : TREED
49
Pro ___ : RATA
50
Season on the Seine : ETE
51
Made a dull sound : THUDDED
53
Crag : TOR
54
Joggers : NUDGERS
56
Eye, e.g. : FEATURE
58
Trifling sum : DRIBLET
59
Satellite, e.g. : ORBITER
60
Alternates : SEESAWS
61
Plants anew : RESEEDS
Down
1
Interval between two related phenomena : TIMELAG
2
"Beautiful" place : AMERICA
3
Broadway Joe's family : NAMATHS
4
Mature : AGE
5
Card-game cries : GINS
6
Diarize : ENTER
7
Took up again : REOPENED
8
Where Banff is : CANADA
9
Fosters a felony : ABETS
10
Denude : BARE
11
O'Neill play : ILE
12
Harmful : NOISOME
13
Dandelions' kin : ENDIVES
14
Canopies : TESTERS
21
Scared stiff : TERRIFIED
24
Some seamstresses : HEMMERS
26
Discoverer of the St. Lawrence : CARTIER
28
Haruspices : SEERS
30
Puts down : LANDS
32
Cause of blast-phemy? : TNT
33
Varlet : CAD
35
Liked very much : CAREDFOR
36
Rises : ASCENDS
37
Height : STATURE
38
Indefinitely : SINEDIE
40
Law : STATUTE
41
What a flautist in a limerick did : TUTORED
42
Lenient ones : SPARERS
44
Pie parts : CRUSTS
47
Cast : THREW
48
Farm-implement pioneer : DEERE
51
Tissue layer : TELA
52
Flounders : DABS
55
Monogram of a famed Fabian : GBS
57
Ligature : TIE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.