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Fred Toole
New York Times, Tuesday, September 10, 1991
31-Across : Ancient Greek city
Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 D | 4 O | 5 L | 6 A | 7 U | 8 D | 9 S | 10 R | 11 E | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 E | M | I | R | 15 A | R | S | O | N | 16 E | L | L | A |
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17 M | E | S | A | 18 D | I | S | M | A | 19 N | T | L | E | D |
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20 P | R | E | T | 21 T | I | E | R | 22 P | O | I | S | E | ||
23 N | I | N | E | S | 24 A | S | S | N | ||||||
25 S | C | O | T | S | 26 B | E | H | E | A | 27 D | 28 E | 29 D |
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30 K | U | H | N | 31 A | R | G | O | S | 32 I | D | A |
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33 E | T | A | S | 34 P | L | A | I | T | 35 A | S | S | T |
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36 E | R | N | 37 D | R | A | G | S | 38 R | H | E | A |
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39 P | A | T | 40 R | I | O | T | S | 41 C | 42 A | M | E | L | ||
43 E | S | T | E | 44 B | E | R | R | A | ||||||
45 P | 46 E | A | C | E | 47 H | A | N | K | E | R | 48 E | 49 D |
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50 D | I | S | P | O | S | 51 S | E | S | S | 52 S | T | Y | E |
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53 A | P | S | E | 54 T | O | R | S | O | 55 T | E | R | N |
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56 P | E | E | R | 57 S | P | O | O | R | 58 S | N | A | G |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,281
Across
1
Bustle : TODO
5
Praises : LAUDS
10
Actual : REAL
14
Arab ruler : EMIR
15
Firebug's crime : ARSON
16
Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
17
High plain : MESA
18
Took apart : DISMANTLED
20
More attractive : PRETTIER
22
Self-assurance : POISE
23
Dressed to the ___ : NINES
24
Org. : ASSN
25
Highlanders : SCOTS
26
Decapitated : BEHEADED
30
Ex-baseball chief Bowie ___ : KUHN
31
Ancient Greek city : ARGOS
32
Ore. neighbor : IDA
33
Greek letters : ETAS
34
Braid : PLAIT
35
Short helper? : ASST
36
Sea eagle : ERN
37
Uses a grapnel : DRAGS
38
Ostrichlike bird : RHEA
39
New England eleven : PATRIOTS
41
Dromedary : CAMEL
43
Town in NE Italy : ESTE
44
Yogi of baseball : BERRA
45
"Shalom!" : PEACE
47
Had a yen for : HANKERED
50
Take property away : DISPOSSESS
52
Eye problem : STYE
53
Church part : APSE
54
Unfinished statue : TORSO
55
Sea swallow : TERN
56
Equal : PEER
57
Wild animal's track : SPOOR
58
Obstacle : SNAG
Down
1
F. or C. : TEMP
2
Hebrew dry measure : OMER
3
Take illusions away : DISENCHANT
4
Ciceronian products : ORATIONS
5
Lords' mates : LADIES
6
The Ram : ARIES
7
Former cold-war antagonist : USSR
8
Suffix with serf : DOM
9
Quick pic : SNAPSHOT
10
Eye part : RETINA
11
Building additions : ELLS
12
Toward the sheltered side : ALEE
13
Young fellow : LAD
19
Certain winning margins : NOSES
21
Explosive : TNT
24
Sponsorship : AEGIS
25
Hindu sacred writings : SUTRA
26
Boasts : BRAGS
27
Take away courage : DISHEARTEN
28
Ford's folly : EDSEL
29
Facts : DATA
30
Retain : KEEP
31
Winged : ALATE
34
Objects : PROTESTS
35
Furniture features : ARMRESTS
37
Descendant of jazz : DISCO
40
Farm machine : REAPER
41
Faultfinder : CENSOR
42
Clumsy boat : ARK
44
___ profundo : BASSO
45
Corncob or hookah : PIPE
46
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
47
Brave one : HERO
48
Wildcat : EYRA
49
Chinese leader : DENG
50
Fish, in a way : DAP
51
Placebo : SOP
Answer summary:
3 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.