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James A. Brussel
New York Times, Monday, July 1, 1974
54-Across : ___ a bat out of ...
Author:
James A. Brussel
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J M Q V W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 83, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
James A. Brussel has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 H | 6 E | 7 N | 8 C | 9 E | 10 O | 11 R | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 O | N | E | R | 15 O | L | E | A | N | 16 F | A | D | E |
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17 D | E | L | E | 18 C | T | A | B | L | E | 19 F | R | E | T |
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20 S | T | E | P | H | E | N | S | 21 R | 22 E | S | E | N | T |
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23 C | H | I | L | D | 24 O | G | R | E | ||||||
25 S | 26 A | T | I | N | S | 27 P | A | I | N | T | 28 E | 29 R | 30 S |
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31 P | L | I | N | K | 32 L | O | S | E | S | 33 L | O | T |
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34 A | L | O | E | 35 P | O | S | E | S | 36 C | E | D | E |
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37 H | E | N | 38 G | R | I | T | S | 39 P | A | C | E | R |
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40 I | N | S | 41 U | R | E | R | S | 42 C | A | N | T | O | N |
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43 N | I | L | E | 44 P | O | R | T | O | ||||||
45 S | 46 A | 47 B | I | N | E | 48 R | E | S | T | O | R | 49 E | 50 S |
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51 E | X | I | T | 52 C | 53 O | U | N | T | E | R | A | C | T |
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54 L | I | K | E | 55 T | R | I | C | E | 56 A | T | O | R |
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57 F | L | E | D | 58 S | A | N | E | R | 59 L | E | N | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,088
Across
1
Historians' realm : PAST
5
Ergo : HENCE
10
Exam : ORAL
14
Standout : ONER
15
Upstate N. Y. city : OLEAN
16
Prepare to pass a football : FADE
17
Highly pleasing : DELECTABLE
19
Mandolin ridge : FRET
20
Confederate V.P. : STEPHENS
21
Object to : RESENT
23
Oz-book reader : CHILD
24
Monster : OGRE
25
Glossy materials : SATINS
27
Monet, Manet, etc. : PAINTERS
31
Make a ringing sound : PLINK
32
Finishes last : LOSES
33
Destiny : LOT
34
Century plant : ALOE
35
Does modeling : POSES
36
Grant : CEDE
37
Barnyard creature : HEN
38
Hominy : GRITS
39
Track horse : PACER
40
Lloyd's and others : INSURERS
42
Ohio city : CANTON
43
Khartoum's river : NILE
44
___ Alegre, Brazil : PORTO
45
Ancient Italian : SABINE
48
Puts back : RESTORES
51
Obey a stage cue : EXIT
52
Neutralize : COUNTERACT
54
___ a bat out of ... : LIKE
55
Moment : TRICE
56
Deer: Suffix : ATOR
57
Took off : FLED
58
More logical : SANER
59
Camera part : LENS
Down
1
Groups of seals : PODS
2
Writer Claude : ANET
3
Choices : SELECTIONS
4
Surgical saw : TREPHINE
5
Ritz and Grand : HOTELS
6
Antelope : ELAND
7
Beaks : NEBS
8
Dieter's concern: Abbr. : CAL
9
Atomic and solar : ENERGIES
10
Kind of printing : OFFSET
11
Thin : RARE
12
Mideastern gulf : ADEN
13
Baltic native : LETT
18
Fissure : CHINK
22
Sea birds : ERNS
24
Drinking places : OASES
25
Algerian soldier : SPAHI
26
Steve or Woody : ALLEN
27
Emily and parcel : POSTS
28
Eligible voters : ELECTORATE
29
Bronco-busters' event : RODEO
30
Strict : STERN
32
French river : LOIRE
35
Discourses publicly : PRELECTS
36
Of a church-choir area : CANTORAL
38
Pleased look : GRIN
39
Ex ___ : PARTE
41
"___ we stand ... " : UNITED
42
British hawker : COSTER
44
Peter's ___ : PENCE
45
Ego : SELF
46
Plant-stem angle : AXIL
47
Two-wheeler : BIKE
48
Make bankrupt : RUIN
49
School study: Abbr. : ECON
50
Ships: Abbr. : STRS
53
Mouths : ORA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 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.