This is the first crossword published by the New York Times. (Charles Erlenkotter's biography.)
1 W | 2 A | 3 V | 4 E | 5 L | 6 L | 7 A | 8 B | 9 L | 10 E | 11 G | 12 R | 13 A | 14 M | 15 A | 16 R | 17 A | 18 B | 19 I | 20 C |
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21 A | M | E | L | I | A | 22 P | E | A | R | 23 R | O | P | E | 24 P | E | R | I | S | H |
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25 S | P | I | K | E | S | 26 P | E | R | O | 27 R | A | T | E | D | 28 O | D | E | S | S | A |
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29 H | E | N | 30 U | S | 31 E | R | T | E | S | E | N | 32 T | A | 33 S | S | O | 34 T | U | R |
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35 E | R | E | 36 I | D | O | L | S | 37 C | U | 38 D | 39 L | E | T | T | 40 E | R | E | D |
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41 S | E | D | 42 U | 43 C | T | I | V | E | 44 S | U | L | U | 45 S | 46 W | I | T | N | E | S | S |
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47 S | A | U | T | E | 48 S | T | R | E | E | T | 49 S | 50 L | E | T | ||||||||
51 G | 52 E | 53 R | U | N | D | S | 54 F | P | A | 55 S | L | E | P | 56 T | 57 D | R | 58 O | 59 V | 60 E |
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61 A | V | E | R | S | E | 62 R | I | A | T | 63 A | 64 S | T | E | A | 65 M | 66 Y | V | O | N |
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67 T | E | M | P | O | 68 C | E | N | T | I | M | 69 E | 70 S | E | P | O | 71 Y | 72 E | L | I |
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73 E | R | I | E | 74 S | H | I | N | T | O | I | S | 75 M | 76 D | E | T | O | 77 U | R | E | D |
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78 T | R | 79 A | P | A | 80 S | E | N | 81 S | I | 82 R | 83 R | H | U | M | B | |||||||
84 H | 85 O | T | S | P | U | R | 86 S | 87 R | E | 88 D | E | N | O | 89 T | E | S | 90 B | O | 91 C | 92 A |
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93 A | V | E | 94 E | D | G | A | 95 R | 96 R | E | N | E | W | E | D | 97 F | R | A | I | L |
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98 G | E | N | 99 F | 100 S | E | N | O | 101 R | 102 S | T | R | A | W | 103 A | L | E | R | T | A |
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104 I | N | T | E | 105 R | 106 R | E | B | E | 107 C | 108 I | A | N | 109 S | M | O | L | D | E | R |
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110 R | E | 111 A | 112 R | E | V | I | 113 S | A | L | 114 M | I | S | O | L | ||||||||
115 C | 116 H | 117 O | R | A | L | 118 E | 119 D | U | C | A | L | 120 C | O | N | T | R | A | 121 C | 122 T | 123 S |
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124 R | E | S | O | L | I | N | 125 G | 126 E | E | L | 127 R | A | N | G | E | 128 A | E | T |
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129 A | R | T | 130 I | N | S | E | 131 T | 132 R | E | 133 V | E | N | G | E | R | 134 S | 135 V | E | E |
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136 B | R | E | 137 E | Z | E | 138 R | H | 139 E | O | M | E | T | E | R | 140 D | A | 141 N | I | T | E |
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142 B | I | N | D | E | R | 143 M | E | A | N | 144 L | I | V | E | 145 A | B | A | T | E | D |
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146 E | N | D | E | R | S | 147 S | O | R | E | 148 D | E | A | L | 149 M | E | T | E | R | S |
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 159 debuted here and reused later.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.