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Norman S. Wizer
Norman S. Wizer

New York Times, Monday, August 16, 1982

20-Across : Watches

Author:
Norman S. Wizer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.31, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 266 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Norman S. Wizer has 18 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,969
Across
1
Spoken : ORAL
5
"Serpico" author : MAAS
9
Rowed : OARED
14
Passed a rope through : ROVE
15
Suffix with assist : ANCE
16
Kind of force or strength : BRUTE
17
Broadway hit: 1958 : TWOFORTHESEESAW
20
Watches : SENTRIES
21
Pledged faiths : TROTHS
22
Aficionado : FAN
23
Earth sci. : GEOL
24
Art of self-defense : KARATE
27
Smith and Jones, e.g. : SURNAMES
31
Speedily : APACE
32
___ dixit : IPSE
33
Corrode : EAT
34
Song popularized by Pearl Bailey : TAKESTWOTOTANGO
38
Homophone for Ayr : ERE
39
Decays : ROTS
40
Nobelist in Physiology: 1970 : EULER
41
Riddlers of a sort : STRAFERS
44
One more time : ENCORE
45
Word with bath or lap : ROBE
46
Dull routine : RUT
47
Observation : ESPIAL
50
Counterfeit : SPURIOUS
55
Loesser-Carmichael hit: 1938 : TWOSLEEPYPEOPLE
57
Hindu queen : RANEE
58
Tip : TILT
59
Zola novel : NANA
60
Edit : EMEND
61
Sweetsop : ATES
62
Lath : SLAT
Down
1
Scraps : ORTS
2
Nicholas or "Schoolboy" : ROWE
3
Bard's river : AVON
4
Military command : LEFTFACE
5
Oceanic : MARINE
6
Feed the pot : ANTE
7
Heine's sighs : ACHS
8
View : SEE
9
Merle of movies : OBERON
10
Interstice : AREOLA
11
Shade of brown : RUST
12
Greenland settlement : ETAH
13
Condensations : DEWS
18
Declaims : ORATES
19
Sound system : STEREO
23
Blasts : GUSTS
24
Smith and Jackson : KATES
25
Separate : APART
26
One gathering hay : RAKER
27
Theatrical lights : SPOTS
28
___ Park, Calif. : MENLO
29
___ beaver : EAGER
30
Supply : STORE
32
"And ___ a big red rose" : IWORE
35
High-pitched voice : TREBLE
36
Holding right : TENURE
37
Puts on the block : AUCTIONS
42
Up and about : ARISEN
43
Had a colt : FOALED
44
Bursts forth : ERUPTS
47
Raison d'___ : ETRE
48
Emulated Spitz : SWAM
49
Corn bread : PONE
50
Narrow shoal : SPIT
51
Ernie or Gomer : PYLE
52
Girasol : OPAL
53
Arm bone : ULNA
54
Back or bucket follower : SEAT
56
Airline abbr. : ETA

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.

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