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Arthur S. Heiser
New York Times, Saturday, September 2, 1967
51-Across : Bird of the rail family.
Author:
Arthur S. Heiser
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Arthur S. Heiser has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 O | 3 C | 4 U | 5 S | 6 S | 7 N | 8 A | 9 P | 10 M | 11 U | 12 S | 13 E |
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14 F | R | A | N | C | 15 L | O | B | E | 16 E | D | A | M |
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17 V | I | S | O | R | 18 I | T | E | R | 19 A | T | I | V | E |
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20 S | G | T | 21 A | 22 N | N | U | L | 23 F | I | N | E | R |
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24 I | 25 M | P | U | G | N | 26 G | R | E | E | D | Y |
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27 J | 28 U | L | I | E | T | 29 B | 30 O | R | E | R | ||||
31 E | V | I | L | 32 A | E | R | I | E | 33 T | 34 A | 35 U |
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36 F | E | A | S | 37 T | 38 O | F | L | A | N | T | 39 E | R | N | S |
40 F | A | N | 41 A | V | A | I | L | 42 L | E | A | D |
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43 F | L | A | R | E | 44 A | 45 L | B | A | T | A |
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46 A | 47 P | 48 P | A | L | L | 49 V | 50 O | G | U | E | S | |||
51 C | R | A | K | E | 52 M | A | N | O | R | 53 U | 54 P | 55 A |
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56 T | I | G | E | R | 57 C | U | B | S | 58 K | 59 A | R | E | N |
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60 O | D | E | R | 61 I | S | L | E | 62 E | M | E | N | D |
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63 R | E | D | S | 64 C | H | E | T | 65 D | A | D | D | Y |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,594
Across
1
Concentrate. : FOCUS
6
Impetuous. : SNAP
10
Think deeply. : MUSE
14
Swiss coin. : FRANC
15
Aural segment. : LOBE
16
Gouda's cousin. : EDAM
17
Eye shade. : VISOR
18
Word expressing repetition. : ITERATIVE
20
Army abbreviation. : SGT
21
Cancel. : ANNUL
23
Less coarse. : FINER
24
Attack as untrue. : IMPUGN
26
Like Silas Marner. : GREEDY
27
Young lover. : JULIET
29
Destructive insect. : BORER
31
Diabolic. : EVIL
32
Dwelling on high. : AERIE
33
Greek letter. : TAU
36
Oriental new-year revel. : FEASTOFLANTERNS
40
Cooler. : FAN
41
Profit. : AVAIL
42
Precedence. : LEAD
43
Become angry (with "up"). : FLARE
44
Silvery alloy. : ALBATA
46
Horrify. : APPALL
49
Modes. : VOGUES
51
Bird of the rail family. : CRAKE
52
Country home. : MANOR
53
___ tree. : UPA
56
Little big cats. : TIGERCUBS
58
Name akin to Catherine. : KAREN
60
River into the Baltic. : ODER
61
Jersey, for one. : ISLE
62
Correct. : EMEND
63
Cincinnati ball club. : REDS
64
Huntley. : CHET
65
PTA member. : DADDY
Down
1
Noted Virginians. : FFVS
2
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
3
Spanish language. : CASTILIAN
4
Initials of 1945. : UNO
5
Predicament. : SCRAPE
6
Ancient missile launcher. : SLING
7
Credible. : NOTUNBELIEVABLE
8
W. H. Hudson hero. : ABEL
9
For each. : PER
10
Specialty. : METIER
11
City near Venice. : UDINE
12
Redeemed. : SAVED
13
Abrasive. : EMERY
19
Evil jinni. : AFREET
22
Litchi or hazel. : NUT
25
Israeli coins. : MILS
26
A smile plus. : GRIN
27
One of a comic pair. : JEFF
28
Layer of the iris. : UVEA
30
Verbal. : ORAL
32
___ cry. : AFAR
33
Held in high esteem. : TREASURED
34
Branch of morphology: Abbr. : ANAT
35
Freeman's dept. : USDA
37
Higher up. : TALLER
38
Elliptical. : OVAL
39
River into the North Sea. : ELBE
43
Frauds. : FAKERS
44
Bypast. : AGO
45
Lay in wait. : LURKED
46
Crawford or Lawford. : ACTOR
47
The pick. : PRIDE
48
Called by name. : PAGED
50
Beginning. : ONSET
52
Command to a sled dog. : MUSH
54
Await decision. : PEND
55
Prince's nickname. : ANDY
57
Title for LBJ. : CIC
59
Professional group. : AMA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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