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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 1962
47-Down : Imps.
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 T | 4 E | 5 S | 6 P | 7 I | 8 C | 9 Y | 10 S | 11 E | 12 P | 13 T |
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14 A | W | A | Y | 15 C | A | D | R | E | 16 T | A | U | R |
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17 J | A | M | E | 18 S | O | G | L | E | T | 19 H | O | R | P | E |
20 O | R | E | 21 T | R | E | E | D | 22 O | R | S | A | Y |
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23 R | E | S | 24 P | O | N | D | 25 U | 26 N | U | M | ||||
27 O | P | S | 28 C | L | A | S | S | 29 I | 30 N | 31 G |
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32 A | 33 L | 34 B | S | 35 A | L | I | V | E | 36 V | I | A |
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37 M | I | L | E | 38 R | 39 L | I | T | 40 S | 41 C | A | L | P |
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42 E | M | U | 43 E | 44 B | O | N | Y | 45 O | N | E | S |
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46 S | E | E | 47 D | L | I | N | G | 48 G | 49 E | M | ||||
50 E | I | N | E | 51 P | A | R | A | 52 G | 53 O | 54 N |
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55 T | 56 H | 57 E | M | E | 58 N | 59 A | O | M | I | 60 R | H | O |
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61 W | A | R | O | F | 62 J | E | N | K | I | N | 63 S | E | A | R |
64 I | R | O | N | 65 E | S | S | E | N | 66 M | A | R | S |
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67 T | E | S | S | 68 T | S | A | R | S | 69 A | T | E | E |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,576
Across
1
Spouse. : MATE
5
Piquant. : SPICY
10
Month: Abbr. : SEPT
14
Distant. : AWAY
15
Framework. : CADRE
16
Bull: Prefix. : TAUR
17
General in 61 Across. : JAMESOGLETHORPE
20
Cinnabar. : ORE
21
Cornered: Colloq. : TREED
22
Quai d'___. : ORSAY
23
React. : RESPOND
25
E pluribus ___. : UNUM
27
Ceres' mother. : OPS
28
Grouping. : CLASSING
32
Vestments. : ALBS
35
Active. : ALIVE
36
Passing through. : VIA
37
Runner. : MILER
39
Kindled. : LIT
40
Trophy. : SCALP
42
Big bird. : EMU
43
Hardwood. : EBONY
45
Numerals. : ONES
46
Young plant. : SEEDLING
48
Diamond. : GEM
50
One: Ger. : EINE
51
Model of excellence. : PARAGON
55
Subject. : THEME
58
Mother-in-law of Ruth. : NAOMI
60
Greek letter. : RHO
61
Conflict of 1739-48. : WAROFJENKINSEAR
64
Fetter. : IRON
65
Ruhr city. : ESSEN
66
Man of war. : MARS
67
Angel Clare's wife. : TESS
68
Rulers. : TSARS
69
To ___. : ATEE
Down
1
Army officer. : MAJOR
2
Cognizant. : AWARE
3
Domesticates. : TAMES
4
Hurricane center. : EYE
5
Spurns. : SCORNS
6
Summoned by calling. : PAGED
7
Vain. : IDLE
8
Gullibility. : CREDULITY
9
Still. : YET
10
"Carla" and others. : STORMS
11
Fruiting spikes. : EARS
12
Insect stage. : PUPA
13
Card. : TREY
18
Obstruct. : STOP
19
Domiciles. : HOUSES
24
Propound. : POSE
26
Sea Force: Abbr. : NAV
28
Adhere. : CLING
29
See 68 Across. : IVAN
30
Shade of green. : NILE
31
Hiatuses. : GAPS
32
Iowa city. : AMES
33
Candy flavor. : LIME
34
Navy. : BLUE
35
Solitary state. : ALONENESS
38
Kind of map. : RELIEF
41
Silky tuft on a seed. : COMA
44
Storage place. : BIN
47
Imps. : DEMONS
48
Urchins. : GAMINS
49
Fenians' land. : ERIN
51
Card game. : POKER
52
Important. : GREAT
53
Chicago airport. : OHARE
54
Vikings. : NORSE
55
Upbraid. : TWIT
56
Rodent. : HARE
57
Cupid. : EROS
59
Handle: Lat. : ANSA
62
Type of engine. : JET
63
Little: Scot. : SMA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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