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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
New York Times, Monday, June 5, 1967
19-Across : Bird of the rail family.
Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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14 O | N | E | A | 15 A | G | E | R | 16 E | C | L | A | T |
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17 S | T | A | R | 18 N | O | N | E | 19 C | R | A | K | E |
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20 S | I | T | O | 21 U | T | 22 O | N | 23 L | O | O | K | E | R |
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24 C | O | M | S | A | 25 T | 26 T | O | M | B | |||||
27 S | L | A | 28 V | 29 T | E | A | 30 C | 31 U | 32 P |
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33 Q | 34 U | 35 A | 36 D | R | U | P | E | 37 D | 38 S | T | E | N | O |
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39 U | N | I | R | 40 S | I | N | U | 41 S | 42 I | B | I | S |
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43 I | D | L | E | 44 S | 45 R | U | S | T | 46 I | C | A | T | E |
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47 T | O | E | A | C | 48 H | 49 S | T | E | S | |||||
50 M | I | E | 51 N | 52 Y | E | L | 53 L | 54 O | 55 W | |||||
56 W | 57 A | 58 L | L | E | Y | E | 59 D | 60 R | E | A | S | O | 61 N |
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62 A | P | I | A | N | 63 W | A | 64 S | A | 65 R | O | M | A |
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66 F | R | A | N | C | 67 T | R | I | G | 68 C | L | A | P |
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69 T | A | R | D | E | 70 O | N | C | E | 71 H | E | N | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,505
Across
1
Type of noun: Abbr. : MASC
5
Schoolbook. : TEXT
9
Golf strokes. : BAFFS
14
___ day. : ONEA
15
Field: Lat. : AGER
16
Brilliant success. : ECLAT
17
28 Down, for one. : STAR
18
Not any. : NONE
19
Bird of the rail family. : CRAKE
20
Take no part in. : SITOUT
22
Kibitzer. : ONLOOKER
24
Early Bird satellite. : COMSAT
26
Pyramid, for example. : TOMB
27
European. : SLAV
29
Four o'clock china. : TEACUP
33
Dog. : QUADRUPED
38
Office worker. : STENO
39
To unite: Fr. : UNIR
40
Cavity: Anat. : SINUS
42
Wading bird. : IBIS
43
Loafs. : IDLES
45
Countrify. : RUSTICATE
47
"___ his own." : TOEACH
49
Jeanne d'Arc, et al. : STES
50
Manner. : MIEN
52
Canary. : YELLOW
56
Kind of pike. : WALLEYED
60
Sanity. : REASON
62
Pertaining to bees. : APIAN
63
"Taffy ___ Welshman ... " : WASA
65
European capital. : ROMA
66
European currency. : FRANC
67
In good condition. : TRIG
68
Sound of thunder. : CLAP
69
Afternoon, in Spain. : TARDE
70
Quondam. : ONCE
71
Fowl. : HENS
Down
1
Bryophyte. : MOSS
2
Caper. : ANTIC
3
Treaty org. : SEATO
4
Strike and rebound. : CAROM
5
Father of Niobe. : TANTALUS
6
Self. : EGO
7
Foreign: Prefix. : XENO
8
Nottingham's river. : TRENT
9
Suits. : BECOMES
10
Gymnastic. : ACROBATIC
11
Ack-ack. : FLAK
12
Counterfeit. : FAKE
13
Ending with old or young. : STER
21
U.N. member. : USSR
23
Parcel of land. : LOT
25
Large mammal. : TAPIR
28
Planet. : VENUS
30
Tropical tree. : CEBA
31
Inch or foot. : UNIT
32
Nonplus. : POSE
33
Resign. : QUIT
34
Open. : UNDO
35
Wing: Fr. : AILE
36
Utopia of a sort. : DREAMLAND
37
Powdery. : DUSTY
41
One way to travel. : STEERAGE
44
Subject for today's scholars. : SCIENCE
46
Capri. : ISLE
48
Cry of surprise. : HEY
51
Unconversant with. : NEWTO
53
Tree. : LARCH
54
"___ Mio." : OSOLE
55
Eve. : WOMAN
56
Float. : WAFT
57
Guamanian seaport. : APRA
58
Two-faced one. : LIAR
59
Sew. : DARN
61
Siestas. : NAPS
64
Thus: Lat. : SIC
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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