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Macon Reed
New York Times, Monday, July 2, 1962
10-Across : Day times: Abbr.
Author:
Macon Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Macon Reed has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 R | 4 S | 5 B | 6 L | 7 U | 8 E | 9 S | 10 A | 11 F | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 A | B | U | T | 15 A | I | S | L | E | 16 S | L | O | W |
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17 R | E | D | A | 18 S | A | B | E | E | T | 19 T | A | T | A |
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20 A | L | E | R | T | 21 E | R | V | 22 A | R | G | O | N |
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23 S | A | 24 F | R | 25 E | 26 N | D | O | W | ||||||
27 S | 28 C | 29 B | 30 L | E | A | 31 R | N | E | D | 32 A | 33 L | 34 B |
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35 P | A | L | 36 L | E | T | T | E | 37 M | A | 38 R | V | E | L |
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39 A | G | U | A | 40 T | E | A | 41 S | E | 42 T | I | N | E |
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43 N | E | E | D | 44 L | E | 45 D | I | S | 46 S | E | N | T | S |
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47 G | Y | M | 48 E | R | 49 R | A | T | I | C | 50 G | O | T |
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51 O | 52 B | E | S | E | 53 U | S | A | 54 F | ||||||
55 L | 56 I | N | E | S | 57 S | 58 T | A | 59 D | R | 60 I | 61 V | 62 E |
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63 O | D | D | S | 64 W | H | I | T | 65 E | S | A | L | E | S |
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66 S | E | A | T | 67 A | I | R | E | S | 68 M | E | S | S |
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69 S | A | Y | S | 70 S | P | O | D | E | 71 E | S | T | E |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,735
Across
1
4 Down and ___, historic flag. : BARS
5
Pigments. : BLUES
10
Day times: Abbr. : AFTS
14
End at. : ABUT
15
Bride's path. : AISLE
16
Behind the times. : SLOW
17
Blushing: Colloq. : REDASABEET
19
Familiar farewell. : TATA
20
Watchful. : ALERT
21
Edition of the Bible: Abbr. : ERV
22
Gaseous element. : ARGON
23
Boers' home: Abbr. : SAFR
25
Bequeath. : ENDOW
27
Science degree. : SCB
30
Well-informed. : LEARNED
32
White robe. : ALB
35
Part of armor. : PALLETTE
37
Wonder. : MARVEL
39
Water: Sp. : AGUA
40
Needle. : TEASE
42
Spike. : TINE
43
Tease. : NEEDLE
45
Some court opinions. : DISSENTS
47
Place for action. : GYM
48
Wandering. : ERRATIC
50
Brought. : GOT
51
Fat. : OBESE
53
Men of SAC. : USAF
55
Cues for a palmist. : LINES
57
Whistle stop: Abbr. : STA
59
Energy. : DRIVE
63
Probabilities. : ODDS
64
Midwinter events. : WHITESALES
66
Member's right. : SEAT
67
Buenos ___. : AIRES
68
Dining room of a sort. : MESS
69
Alleges. : SAYS
70
China. : SPODE
71
Punta del ___. : ESTE
Down
1
Theda of early films. : BARA
2
Second son. : ABEL
3
Boorish. : RUDE
4
See 1 Across. : STARS
5
Farm sound. : BAA
6
Free. : LIBERATE
7
Consumer. : USER
8
Sixth prime number. : ELEVEN
9
Shampoo follower. : SET
10
Of a star: Prefix. : ASTRO
11
One kind of patriotism. : FLAGWAVING
12
In ___. : TOTO
13
White bird. : SWAN
18
Flat. : STALE
22
Po tributary. : ADDA
24
Chains. : FETTERS
26
Retribution. : NEMESIS
27
Abruptly: Colloq. : SPANG
28
Sly: Slang. : CAGEY
29
Hard day at the office. : BLUEMONDAY
31
"How to ___ Book." : READA
33
Slow: Mus. : LENTO
34
"___ be the tie ... " : BLEST
36
Youth. : LAD
38
U. S. 1: Abbr. : RTE
41
Placed. : SITUATED
44
Robert and Harry. : LEES
46
Oodles. : SCADS
49
Go to sea again. : RESHIP
52
Defeats. : BESTS
54
Part of glasses. : FRAME
55
Cause of red ink. : LOSS
56
Notion. : IDEA
58
Amateur. : TIRO
60
Islands: Fr. : ILES
61
Clothe. : VEST
62
Latin verb. : ESSE
64
Lived. : WAS
65
In the style of: Suffix. : ESE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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