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Jean J. Davison
New York Times, Thursday, March 13, 1975
31-Across : Topple
Author:
Jean J. Davison
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Jean J. Davison has 62 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 W | 3 A | 4 P | 5 C | 6 L | 7 O | 8 A | 9 K | 10 B | 11 I | 12 T |
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13 T | I | N | A | 14 R | O | U | S | E | 15 C | A | N | E |
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16 A | L | A | R | 17 I | N | T | H | E | 18 W | O | R | K | S |
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19 B | Y | P | A | 20 S | S | E | S | 21 P | A | L | E | S | T |
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22 G | E | E | R | 23 J | U | D | O | |||||||
24 C | 25 A | 26 N | O | N | S | 27 S | U | P | E | R | 28 M | 29 A | 30 N |
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31 U | P | E | N | D | 32 D | O | D | O | S | 33 O | R | E |
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34 R | A | H | S | 35 C | O | N | A | N | 36 H | O | M | E |
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37 E | R | R | 38 B | O | N | G | S | 39 B | O | R | E | D |
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40 S | T | U | 41 D | E | N | T | S | 42 G | R | E | E | D | Y |
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43 E | A | T | S | 44 R | E | A | D | |||||||
45 U | 46 R | 47 B | A | N | E | 48 H | A | N | G | O | 49 U | 50 T | 51 S |
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52 S | E | L | L | S | S | 53 H | O | R | T | 54 W | R | E | N |
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55 E | D | I | T | 56 T | U | B | E | R | 57 N | A | T | O |
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58 S | O | P | 59 S | T | O | R | Y | 60 S | L | E | W |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,343
Across
1
Exchange : SWAP
5
Half of a spy's outfit : CLOAK
10
Fell for : BIT
13
Miss Louise : TINA
14
Wake up : ROUSE
15
What sugar growers raise : CANE
16
Wing-shaped : ALAR
17
Pending : INTHEWORKS
19
Evades : BYPASSES
21
Most wan : PALEST
22
Actor Will : GEER
23
Relative of karate : JUDO
24
Established principles : CANONS
27
Kent's alter ego : SUPERMAN
31
Topple : UPEND
32
Fogies : DODOS
33
Mine product : ORE
34
Cheers : RAHS
35
Doyle's middle name : CONAN
36
Word in a sampler : HOME
37
Muff : ERR
38
Hits a gong : BONGS
39
Uninterested : BORED
40
Campus people : STUDENTS
42
Like King Midas : GREEDY
43
Vittles : EATS
44
Peruse : READ
45
Smoothly polite : URBANE
48
Favorite places : HANGOUTS
52
Underestimates : SELLSSHORT
54
Songbird : WREN
55
Blue-pencil : EDIT
56
Potato, for one : TUBER
57
Military alliance : NATO
58
Bribe : SOP
59
Bedtime or second : STORY
60
Killed : SLEW
Down
1
Make a ___ at : STAB
2
Crafty : WILY
3
Take ___ (snooze) : ANAP
4
Models of excellence : PARAGONS
5
Emergencies : CRISES
6
Solitary person : LONER
7
On the ___ (not speaking) : OUTS
8
Kind of blonde : ASH
9
Remain informed : KEEPUPON
10
Reveal : BARE
11
Signs : INKS
12
Trial : TEST
15
Kind of guard or blind : COLOR
18
___ into (attacks vigorously) : WADES
20
Transmit : SEND
23
Traitor : JUDAS
24
French priests : CURES
25
Separated : APART
26
Indian leader : NEHRU
27
Ditties : SONGS
28
Poet Marianne : MOORE
29
Well-prepared : ARMED
30
Indigent : NEEDY
32
Do's and ___ : DONTS
35
Competitions : CONTESTS
36
Rural dances : HOEDOWNS
38
Pork's companion : BEANS
39
Vaunt : BRAG
41
Handed out : DEALT
42
Upper class : GENTRY
44
More uncommon : RARER
45
Employs : USES
46
Redecorate : REDO
47
Image on a radar screen : BLIP
48
Rod-rider : HOBO
49
U.S.S.R. range : URAL
50
Head, in Nice : TETE
51
Drift or job : SNOW
53
Shack : HUT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.