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Jay Sheldon
New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 1963
16-Across : In the open air.
Author:
Jay Sheldon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 287 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Jay Sheldon has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 V | 2 I | 3 S | 4 A | 5 V | 6 I | 7 S | 8 M | 9 A | 10 T | 11 E | 12 R | |||
13 M | O | N | U | M | E | N | T | 14 E | X | I | L | E | 15 S |
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16 A | L | F | R | E | S | C | O | 17 R | E | C | I | F | E |
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18 L | I | R | A | 19 T | U | R | 20 B | I | D | 21 X | I | I |
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22 A | T | A | 23 B | E | E | T | 24 S | I | N | N |
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25 B | I | R | 26 D | 27 D | U | D | E | 28 S | P | R | E | E |
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29 A | V | E | R | 30 N | U | S | 31 R | 32 I | T | E | ||||
33 R | E | D | O | A | K | 34 D | E | C | 35 O | 36 C | 37 T |
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38 W | O | E | 39 S | 40 S | E | M | I | N | A | R |
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41 S | 42 T | 43 O | S | S | 44 L | 45 O | P | S | 46 E | E | R | Y |
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47 W | I | L | Y | 48 T | I | K | I | 49 H | E | S |
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50 E | N | D | 51 S | A | M | A | R | 52 A | 53 S | O | F | T |
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54 A | D | A | 55 G | E | S | 56 P | A | R | 57 T | E | R | R | E |
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58 R | E | G | N | A | T | 59 I | N | C | E | N | S | E | D |
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60 R | E | U | N | E | 61 S | T | A | N | D | E | E |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,982
Across
1
Opposite to. : VISAVIS
8
Eton boy's parent. : MATER
13
Bunker Hill, for one. : MONUMENT
14
Expatriates. : EXILES
16
In the open air. : ALFRESCO
17
Port of Brazil. : RECIFE
18
Turkish pound. : LIRA
19
Muddled. : TURBID
21
Number on a clock dial. : XII
22
___ standstill. : ATA
23
Shade of red. : BEET
24
___ Fein. : SINN
25
Cushat or chebec. : BIRD
27
Rancher of a sort. : DUDE
28
Noisy frolic. : SPREE
29
Hades of Roman myth. : AVERNUS
31
Liturgy. : RITE
33
Hardwood tree. : REDOAK
34
Make an extract by boiling. : DECOCT
38
Misfortunes. : WOES
40
Course of study. : SEMINAR
41
Term in geology. : STOSS
44
Cuts off. : LOPS
46
Eldritch. : EERY
47
Crafty. : WILY
48
"Kon-___." : TIKI
49
Members of the stag line. : HES
50
Leftover. : END
51
Winged fruit. : SAMARA
53
Hush!, old style. : SOFT
54
Words of wisdom. : ADAGES
56
Theater location. : PARTERRE
58
___ populus: Motto of Arkansas. : REGNAT
59
Irate. : INCENSED
60
Go back to one's Alma Mater. : REUNE
61
Opera lover, perhaps. : STANDEE
Down
1
Expressing a wish, as a verb, mood, etc. : VOLITIVE
2
Certain rays. : INFRARED
3
Chapter of the Koran. : SURA
4
Soul: Fr. : AME
5
Put on garments. : VEST
6
Anything burdensome. : INCUBUS
7
Put away. : STORED
8
Excellence. : MERIT
9
Chopped. : AXED
10
Nervous symptom. : TIC
11
Medicinal item. : ELIXIR
12
Purify. : REFINE
13
Coastal region of India. : MALABAR
15
Rouen's river. : SEINE
20
Bock. : BEER
24
Kind. : SPECIE
26
Somnolent. : DROWSY
27
Noble. : DUKE
28
Opposite of stern. : STEM
30
Greek temple. : NAOS
32
Famous date. : IDES
35
Inferior: Colloq. : ONEHORSE
36
Happy. : CAREFREE
37
Had a rendezvous. : TRYSTED
39
Nickname for a thin man. : SLIM
40
Consonantal sound. : SPIRANT
41
Assert with emphasis. : SWEAR
42
Flammable material. : TINDER
43
Subject of "De Senectute." : OLDAGE
45
Giraffes' relatives. : OKAPIS
48
Discrimination. : TASTE
51
O'Casey. : SEAN
52
Reliquary. : ARCA
53
Remit. : SEND
55
Wildebeest. : GNU
57
Hosiery size. : TEN
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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