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Stephanie Spadaccini
New York Times, Saturday, November 22, 1980
66-Across : Atom splitter
Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 29, Avg Word Len: 5.44, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Stephanie Spadaccini has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 36 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 T | 2 H | 3 E | 4 A | 5 T | 6 R | 7 E | 8 S | 9 A | 10 L | 11 T | 12 E | 13 D | ||
14 R | A | N | G | I | E | R | 15 T | R | O | U | P | E | 16 S |
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17 U | N | D | E | R | G | O | 18 A | R | A | B | I | A | N |
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19 I | D | O | 20 E | A | T | 21 E | R | 22 M | E | T | R | E |
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23 S | O | R | 24 T | 25 L | I | A | R | 26 S | 27 R | O | S | A |
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28 M | U | S | I | 29 C | 30 C | R | I | E | 31 S | 32 M | I | K |
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33 S | T | E | E | L | 34 S | 35 S | N | A | P | 36 P | E | R | S |
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37 R | A | P | 38 T | 39 G | L | U | E | |||||||
40 S | 41 C | 42 I | S | S | O | R | 43 S | 44 S | N | O | 45 R | 46 T | 47 S |
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48 C | A | B | 49 S | T | I | E | 50 S | 51 K | N | E | E | L |
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52 O | N | E | 53 R | 54 S | P | E | W | 55 S | 56 Y | A | R | E |
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57 T | A | R | O | 58 T | 59 P | R | O | W | 60 L | 61 M | E | N |
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62 E | P | I | C | U | 63 R | E | 64 R | E | A | 65 R | E | N | D |
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66 R | E | A | C | T | O | R | 67 D | E | L | A | N | C | E |
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68 S | N | O | U | T | S | 69 S | T | A | N | D | E | R |
© 1980, The New York TimesNo. 11,337
Across
1
Haymarket attraction : THEATRE
8
Preserved : SALTED
14
Taller and thinner : RANGIER
15
Traveling players : TROUPES
17
Experience : UNDERGO
18
Kind of horse or camel : ARABIAN
19
Zsa Zsa has said it several times : IDO
20
Gourmand : EATER
22
About 39 inches in England : METRE
23
Classify : SORT
25
Tellers of twisted tales : LIARS
27
Sub ___ (secretly) : ROSA
28
Meredith Wilson's "The ___ Man" : MUSIC
30
"___ and Whispers," Bergman film : CRIES
32
Cartoonist who created Ferd'nand : MIK
33
Hardens : STEELS
35
Castanets : SNAPPERS
37
Engrossed : RAPT
39
Stamp stuff : GLUE
40
Tool for a tailor : SCISSORS
44
Sounds of derision : SNORTS
48
Calloway : CAB
49
Pens : STIES
51
Genuflect : KNEEL
52
Kayo blow : ONER
54
Ejects : SPEWS
56
River on the Broads : YARE
57
Gypsy's card : TAROT
59
Rove furtively : PROWL
61
Most West Pointers : MEN
62
Gourmet : EPICURE
64
Part of a car : REAREND
66
Atom splitter : REACTOR
67
Fer-___, pit viper : DELANCE
68
Muzzles : SNOUTS
69
Max in "Hart to Hart" : STANDER
Down
1
Platitudes : TRUISMS
2
"Dime" of song, e.g. : HANDOUT
3
Support : ENDORSE
4
Jack Benny's secret : AGE
5
Tucker out : TIRE
6
Queenly : REGAL
7
Amatory : EROTIC
8
Movie-credit word : STARRING
9
Dep.'s opposite : ARR
10
Rich soil : LOAM
11
Oca or yam : TUBER
12
Representative example : EPITOME
13
Letter opener : DEARSIR
16
Untrustworthy people : SNEAKS
21
Dumbo's "wings" : EARS
24
Wedding-cake parts : TIERS
26
Otaries : SEALS
29
Kind of room or mate : CLASS
31
True grit : SPUNK
34
Signs of rubeola : SPOTS
36
Showy flower : PEONY
38
Mechanisms for switches : TRIPPERS
40
Sea duck : SCOTER
41
Tidbits : CANAPES
42
Native of a European peninsula : IBERIAN
43
Calchas, for one : SEER
45
Change anew : REAMEND
46
Playwright Rattigan : TERENCE
47
Having little force or validity : SLENDER
50
Swashbucklers' needs : SWORDS
53
"___ and His Brothers," 1960 film : ROCCO
55
Nectarous : SWEET
58
Garb for "Swan Lake" : TUTU
60
Tra trailers : LALA
63
Rubbish! : ROT
65
Smuggled : RAN
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.