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Bert Beaman
New York Times, Saturday, March 25, 1967
58-Across : Nine: Prefix.
Author:
Bert Beaman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Grid has duplicate clues.
Bert Beaman has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 H | 4 S | 5 N | 6 O | 7 V | 8 O | 9 E | 10 R | 11 E | 12 C | 13 T |
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14 A | N | A | T | 15 O | V | I | S | 16 A | L | L | O | Y |
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17 P | A | N | E | 18 L | D | I | S | C | 19 U | S | S | I | O | N |
20 A | N | D | R | E | 21 D | I | A | N | E | 22 A | P | E |
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23 S | A | T | I | N | 24 Y | 25 T | R | O | U | 26 T | ||||
27 O | C | T | O | 28 P | I | 29 S | P | A | 30 C | 31 E | 32 R |
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33 A | 34 S | H | 35 G | I | N | 36 T | B | O | N | E |
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37 S | T | A | 38 M | 39 P | I | N | G | 40 G | 41 R | O | U | N | D | S |
42 T | U | N | E | R | 43 F | E | E | 44 N | O | T |
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45 A | D | D | L | E | 46 S | 47 I | M | P | 48 A | 49 L | E | |||
50 S | T | A | 51 I | R | 52 S | T | A | C | 53 T | 54 E |
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55 A | 56 L | 57 A | 58 E | N | N | E | 59 A | 60 A | N | T | O | N |
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61 B | A | L | 62 L | R | O | O | M | D | 63 A | N | C | I | N | G |
64 O | K | A | P | I | 65 N | E | I | N | 66 E | V | E | R |
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67 W | H | I | S | T | 68 E | N | N | S | 69 R | E | D | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,433
Across
1
Sounds of disbelief. : PAHS
5
De ___ (anew): Lat. : NOVO
9
Set up. : ERECT
14
College course: Abbr. : ANAT
15
Genus of sheep. : OVIS
16
Pewter, for one. : ALLOY
17
TV specialty. : PANELDISCUSSION
20
One of de Gaulle's names. : ANDRE
21
French girl's name. : DIANE
22
Macaque. : APE
23
Smooth. : SATINY
25
Angler's prize. : TROUT
27
Cephalopods. : OCTOPI
29
Common mechanical device. : SPACER
33
Tree. : ASH
35
Card game. : GIN
36
Beefsteak. : TBONE
37
Hangouts. : STAMPINGGROUNDS
42
TV part. : TUNER
43
Charge. : FEE
44
"I should say ___!" : NOT
45
Flusters. : ADDLES
47
Transfix. : IMPALE
50
Way up. : STAIR
52
Ancient Jewish spice. : STACTE
55
___ king. : ALA
58
Nine: Prefix. : ENNEA
60
Dvorak. : ANTON
61
Debutante's forte. : BALLROOMDANCING
64
Giraffe's cousin. : OKAPI
65
Familiar negative. : NEIN
66
___ and anon. : EVER
67
Card game. : WHIST
68
River into the Danube. : ENNS
69
Claret and Burgundy. : REDS
Down
1
P.T.A. members: Colloq. : PAPAS
2
Pineapple: Sp. : ANANA
3
At close quarters. : HANDTOHAND
4
Spatial, in chemistry. : STERIC
5
Drowse. : NOD
6
Latin poet. : OVID
7
Sight-seers of a sort. : VISITINGFIREMEN
8
Hollywood name. : OSCAR
9
Approach: Colloq. : EASEUPTO
10
Literary initials. : RLS
11
Lamb. : ELIA
12
Confine. : COOP
13
Newcastle's river. : TYNE
18
Imparted. : LENT
19
Ones: Sp. : UNOS
24
Hindu mystic. : YOGI
26
Ban. : TABU
28
Fasten. : PIN
30
Preposition, for one. : CONNECTIVE
31
Within: Prefix. : ENDO
32
___ easy. : REST
33
Dog's name. : ASTA
34
Kind of poker. : STUD
38
Ott and others. : MELS
39
Signifying past time: Gram. : PRETERIT
40
Stone. : GEM
41
Materials. : REPS
46
In corpore ___. : SANO
48
___ end. : ATAN
49
Cavalry soldier. : LANCER
51
Hole ___. : INONE
53
Word with down or up. : TONED
54
Certain college grads: Abbr. : ENGRS
55
Take ___. : ABOW
56
100,000, as of rupees. : LAKH
57
Jai ___. : ALAI
59
Tennis score. : ADIN
62
Records. : LPS
63
Reply: Abbr. : ANS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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