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Elizabeth A. Yaro
New York Times, Saturday, December 4, 1976
47-Across : Take the lead
Author:
Elizabeth A. Yaro
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 307 (avg 1.67)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has both left-right and up-down symmetry.
Elizabeth A. Yaro has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 J | 2 U | 3 J | 4 U | 5 B | 6 E | 7 J | 8 E | 9 J | 10 U | 11 N | 12 E |
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13 O | P | U | L | E | N | 14 T | 15 R | A | M | E | K | I | N |
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16 C | A | V | A | L | L | O | 17 A | N | I | T | R | A | S |
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18 K | N | E | E | 19 S | T | 20 U | B | S | 21 S | A | N | E |
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22 E | D | N | 23 A | B | B | 24 I | T | A |
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25 Y | U | A | 26 N | 27 P | L | I | E | 28 S | 29 I | N | I | T |
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30 S | P | L | I | 31 N | E | S | 32 T | O | 33 L | T | E | C | S |
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34 N | U | R | 35 L | E | A | |||||||||
36 J | 37 A | 38 V | E | L | I | 39 N | 40 C | E | I | L | 41 I | 42 N | 43 G |
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44 I | B | O | S | 45 L | O | 46 T | U | S | 47 S | T | A | R |
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48 G | I | L | 49 C | A | R | 50 E | T | O |
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51 S | N | U | 52 G | 53 R | A | J | A | 54 H | 55 D | R | A | W |
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56 A | T | T | I | 57 R | E | S | 58 R | A | 59 D | I | A | T | E |
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60 W | R | E | S | T | L | E | 61 E | J | E | C | T | O | R |
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62 S | A | S | H | E | S | 63 J | O | K | E | R | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,975
Across
1
Lozenge : JUJUBE
7
Childish : JEJUNE
13
Luxurious : OPULENT
15
Small baking dish : RAMEKIN
16
Horse, in Padua : CAVALLO
17
"___ Dance," by Grieg : ANITRAS
18
On bended ___ : KNEE
19
Pencils, toward the end : STUBS
21
Reasonable : SANE
22
Press run: Abbr. : EDN
23
Warp yarn : ABB
24
Give ___ try : ITA
25
Chinese money : YUAN
27
Carries on : PLIES
29
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
30
Slats used in drafting : SPLINES
32
Mexican natives : TOLTECS
34
Only, in Bremen : NUR
35
Meadow : LEA
36
Piece for a decathlon event : JAVELIN
40
Hit the ___ : CEILING
44
Nigerian people : IBOS
45
Water flower : LOTUS
47
Take the lead : STAR
48
"___ Blas" : GIL
49
Vehicle : CAR
50
W.W. II area : ETO
51
Comfortable : SNUG
53
Indian leader : RAJAH
55
Attract : DRAW
56
Garbs : ATTIRES
58
Diffuse : RADIATE
60
Engage in a sport : WRESTLE
61
Razor-blade device : EJECTOR
62
Obis : SASHES
63
Wags : JOKERS
Down
1
Sande, Arcaro, etc. : JOCKEYS
2
On the ___ (honest) : UPANDUP
3
Roman satirist : JUVENAL
4
Hawaiian fish : ULAE
5
___ canto : BEL
6
Army recruitings: Abbr. : ENLS
7
Peerce and others : JANS
8
Honshu town : EMI
9
Planes : JETS
10
Kiev's republic : UKRAINE
11
Conn. resort on L.I. Sound : NIANTIC
12
Installs on a throne : ENSEATS
14
Bottom-line figures : TOTALS
15
Carpenter's joint : RABBET
20
Where: Lat. : UBI
26
Dressed to the ___ : NINES
27
Danger : PERIL
28
Shoe parts : SOLES
29
Type varieties: Abbr. : ITALS
31
Not any, in law : NUL
33
Gift from Hawaii : LEI
36
Certain puzzles : JIGSAWS
37
From within: Lat. : ABINTRA
38
Column spirals : VOLUTES
39
In ___ (not at all) : NOCASE
40
Arrow poison : CURARE
41
Repeat : ITERATE
42
Swimmer : NATATOR
43
Farmers : GROWERS
46
___ Mahal : TAJ
52
Lillian or Dorothy : GISH
53
Units of resistance : RELS
54
Pilgrimage: Var. : HAJJ
55
Van Dyke : DICK
57
Map abbr. : RTE
59
___ volente : DEO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 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.