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David P. Babcock
New York Times, Saturday, April 13, 1974
56-Across : Hams it up
Author:
David P. Babcock
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
David P. Babcock has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 S | 2 M | 3 A | 4 R | 5 T | 6 M | 7 A | 8 K | 9 E | 10 S | 11 M | 12 R | 13 S |
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14 I | M | B | U | E | 15 A | R | E | N | A | 16 E | E | L |
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17 T | E | C | H | N | 18 O | C | R | A | C | Y | 19 N | R | A |
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20 R | E | G | R | E | T | S | 21 S | T | A | Y |
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22 P | 23 E | 24 P | 25 T | R | O | T | S | 26 M | A | I | N | S |
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27 U | N | A | 28 L | 29 E | C | E | 30 P | A | L | O | ||||
31 N | O | T | U | 32 P | 33 O | R | 34 D | I | N | A | N | 35 C | 36 E |
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37 I | C | E | C | A | 38 P | S | 39 A | N | I | M | A | L | S |
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40 C | H | R | I | S | T | M | 41 A | S | 42 T | I | B | E | T |
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43 N | A | S | A | 44 R | T | 45 E | 46 S | L | O | E |
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47 S | 48 C | O | N | E | 49 S | M | A | L | 50 L | 51 E | N | S |
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52 P | E | S | O | 53 A | L | E | R | T | E | 54 D | ||||
55 A | N | T | 56 G | R | A | N | D | S | T | A | 57 N | 58 D | 59 S |
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60 I | T | E | 61 U | N | T | I | L | 62 O | L | E | O | S |
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63 N | O | R | 64 T | O | S | A | Y | 65 N | I | T | R | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,009
Across
1
Aleck or set : SMART
6
Creates : MAKES
11
Woman's title : MRS
14
Permeate : IMBUE
15
Coliseum area : ARENA
16
Sea creature : EEL
17
Elitist theory of government : TECHNOCRACY
19
New Deal org, : NRA
20
Polite turndown of an invitation : REGRETS
21
Restrain : STAY
22
Energy : PEP
25
Certain horse races : TROTS
26
Water pipes : MAINS
27
Single : UNAL
29
Habitat : ECE
30
___ Alto : PALO
31
Still in bed : NOTUP
33
Law : ORDINANCE
37
Polar features : ICECAPS
39
Cats and dogs : ANIMALS
40
Kind of card : CHRISTMAS
42
Mountain land : TIBET
43
Canaveral agency : NASA
44
Map abbr. : RTE
46
___ gin : SLOE
47
Tea cake : SCONE
49
Unpretentious : SMALL
51
Printers' measures : ENS
52
Coin of Mexico : PESO
53
Put on guard : ALERTED
55
Insect : ANT
56
Hams it up : GRANDSTANDS
60
Dweller: Suffix : ITE
61
Before : UNTIL
62
Spreads : OLEOS
63
Connective : NOR
64
That is ___ (namely) : TOSAY
65
Saltpeter : NITRE
Down
1
Meet : SIT
2
French woman's title : MME
3
Basic principle : ABC
4
German mining area : RUHR
5
Belief : TENET
6
Universe as a whole : MACROCOSM
7
Detain: Fr. : ARRETER
8
English poet : KEATS
9
Envelope additions: Abbr. : ENCS
10
Utter : SAY
11
Not taboo : MENTIONABLE
12
Showed again : RERAN
13
Does in : SLAYS
18
Monster : OGRE
21
Deli features : SALAMIS
22
Of Carthage : PUNIC
23
Light or Arden : ENOCH
24
Prayer : PATERNOSTER
26
Can. province : MANIT
28
Mobster Lucky ___ : LUCIANO
30
Ornament : PIN
32
Out of date : PASSE
34
Cowardly : DASTARDLY
35
Jones of baseball : CLEON
36
Colorado park : ESTES
38
Community org. : PTA
41
Soviet republic : ARMENIA
45
Kneads, old style : ELTS
47
Part of Iberia : SPAIN
48
Hundred, in Italy : CENTO
49
Wood strips : SLATS
50
Reveal : LETON
53
U. S. cartoonist : ARNO
54
Surrealist leader : DALI
56
Tennis-racket ingredient : GUT
57
Seine : NET
58
June beetle : DOR
59
Compass point : SSE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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