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Jay Spry
New York Times, Monday, August 30, 1976
36-Across : Partners of pieces
Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 O | 3 C | 4 A | 5 S | 6 H | 7 E | 8 E | 9 R | 10 R | 11 I | 12 F | 13 E |
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14 A | L | U | M | 15 T | O | R | M | E | 16 O | N | E | A |
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17 F | E | L | I | 18 C | I | T | O | U | S | 19 B | O | L | T |
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20 E | S | T | 21 A | L | E | S | 22 T | 23 A | U | N | T | S |
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24 I | 25 M | P | E | L | 26 T | R | E | S | ||||||
27 N | 28 A | V | I | E | S | 29 F | R | A | C | T | 30 U | 31 R | 32 E |
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33 A | R | A | B | S | 34 F | R | E | I | 35 N | O | N |
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36 B | I | T | S | 37 P | R | E | E | N | 38 S | M | U | T |
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39 O | D | E | 40 R | A | T | S | 41 C | H | A | S | E |
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42 B | E | D | 43 R | 44 O | O | M | S | 45 S | O | O | N | E | R |
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46 U | R | G | E | 47 S | P | U | R | N | ||||||
48 B | 49 O | 50 R | D | E | R | 51 A | P | I | N | 52 E | 53 N | 54 E |
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55 A | M | I | D | 56 E | 57 M | B | I | T | T | 58 E | R | E | D |
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59 S | I | T | E | 60 S | C | E | N | E | 61 F | L | A | G |
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62 S | T | A | R | 63 S | A | L | E | S | 64 T | Y | R | E |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,879
Across
1
Imogene : COCA
5
Utter : SHEER
10
Prevalent : RIFE
14
Grad : ALUM
15
Singer Mel : TORME
16
Draft rating : ONEA
17
Nicely appropriate : FELICITOUS
19
Wolf, as one's food : BOLT
20
N.Y. time : EST
21
Brewers' products : ALES
22
Jeers at : TAUNTS
24
Actuate : IMPEL
26
Very: Fr. : TRES
27
National-defense arms : NAVIES
29
Skiing hazard : FRACTURE
33
Spirited horses : ARABS
34
Former Chilean president : FREI
35
French denial : NON
36
Partners of pieces : BITS
37
Pride oneself : PREEN
38
Obscenity : SMUT
39
Poem : ODE
40
Cry of disgust : RATS
41
Pursue : CHASE
42
Scenes of farces : BEDROOMS
45
Oklahoma name : SOONER
46
Exhort : URGE
47
Rebuff : SPURN
48
Kind of line or patrol : BORDER
51
Hear ___ drop : APIN
52
Compass point : ENE
55
Surrounded by : AMID
56
Made hostile : EMBITTERED
59
Location : SITE
60
Embarrassing display : SCENE
61
Wane : FLAG
62
Headliner : STAR
63
Kind of tax : SALES
64
Phoenician cry : TYRE
Down
1
Bistro : CAFE
2
Cheers : OLES
3
Refined : CULTIVATED
4
"___ my brother's keeper?" : AMI
5
Rural crossings : STILES
6
Waldorf or Ritz : HOTEL
7
Greek god : EROS
8
Bird from down under : EMU
9
Inhibit : RESTRAIN
10
Hale : ROBUST
11
Privy to : INON
12
Perceived : FELT
13
Corrodes : EATS
18
Cod and Horn : CAPES
23
Nuclear agcy. : AEC
25
Marbles : MIBS
26
Yews and ashes : TREES
27
Bigwig : NABOB
28
Thumb ___ : ARIDE
29
Worries : FRETS
30
Impolite : UNMANNERLY
31
Kindle : ROUSE
32
Record : ENTER
34
Put into words : FRAME
37
Pilgrim's achievement : PROGRESS
38
Restaurateur Toots : SHOR
41
___ noses : COUNT
43
Steering mechanism : RUDDER
44
Mine production : ORE
45
Offends : SPITES
47
Book part : SPINE
48
Kind of fiddle : BASS
49
Leave out : OMIT
50
Moreno : RITA
51
Early crime victim : ABEL
53
Close : NEAR
54
Advantage : EDGE
57
Show-business initials : MCA
58
Salamander : EFT
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.