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Brice Metcalfe
New York Times, Saturday, October 12, 1963
13-Down : Most dismal, British style.
Author:
Brice Metcalfe
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Brice Metcalfe has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 R | 4 D | 5 N | 6 I | 7 O | 8 B | 9 E | 10 A | 11 B | 12 I | 13 G |
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14 A | M | I | R | 15 I | N | R | E | M | 16 S | A | D | R |
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17 N | U | M | B | 18 C | R | E | S | C | 19 T | R | E | E |
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20 A | S | I | E | 21 H | O | O | T | E | 22 N | A | N | N | Y |
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23 P | E | N | N | 24 S | T | A | 25 F | E | E | 26 E | T | E |
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27 E | D | I | C | T | 28 D | 29 S | O | 30 H | 31 A | G | I | S |
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32 A | A | 33 A | 34 O | O | 35 O | 36 W | A | F | T |
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37 T | 38 E | S | T | B | 39 A | N | T | R | 40 E | A | T | Y | ||
41 O | H | N | E | 42 C | R | Y | 43 B | R | R | |||||
44 R | E | D | Y | 45 E | 46 T | A | 47 G | 48 E | M | 49 I | 50 T | 51 S |
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52 A | N | Y | 53 D | 54 V | I | 55 A | 56 T | I | P | T | O | E |
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57 T | O | M | 58 S | W | I | F | 59 T | L | Y | 60 U | C | L | A |
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61 I | N | I | A | 62 T | I | R | O | L | 63 P | H | I | L |
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64 N | C | O | S | 65 A | C | A | R | E | 66 P | E | K | E |
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67 G | E | N | S | 68 L | E | V | E | R | 69 Y | S | E | R |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,186
Across
1
Boxing program. : CARD
5
Queen turned to stone. : NIOBE
10
" ... ___ fat hen." : ABIG
14
Afghan title. : AMIR
15
Against a thing: Lat. : INREM
16
Star in Cygnus. : SADR
17
Unfeeling. : NUMB
18
Loud passage, in music: Abbr. : CRESC
19
Locust. : TREE
20
Where Chine is. : ASIE
21
Informal party of these days. : HOOTENANNY
23
N. Y. C. landmark. : PENNSTA
25
Charge. : FEE
26
Opposite of "hiver." : ETE
27
Order. : EDICT
28
British decoration. : DSO
30
Prefixes meaning "sacred." : HAGIS
32
Traveler's aid. : AAA
34
Third quarter score. : OOO
36
Float. : WAFT
37
Milestone of Sept. 24, 1963. : TESTBANTREATY
41
Without: Ger. : OHNE
42
Exclamation. : CRY
43
Wintry sound effect. : BRR
44
Color again. : REDYE
46
Game. : TAG
48
Throws off. : EMITS
52
Pronoun. : ANY
53
6th century date. : DVI
55
Alert. : ATIPTOE
57
"Faster! Faster!" said ___. : TOMSWIFTLY
60
Big Five member. : UCLA
61
Amazon porpoise. : INIA
62
Where Innsbruck is. : TIROL
63
Loving: Prefix. : PHIL
64
Saluters of 67 Across. : NCOS
65
Without ___ in the world. : ACARE
66
Canine, for short. : PEKE
67
Pentagon personnel: Abbr. : GENS
68
Crowbar. : LEVER
69
Belgian river. : YSER
Down
1
Party tray item. : CANAPE
2
Tickled. : AMUSED
3
Adriatic port. : RIMINI
4
Well-known resident. : DRBENCASEY
5
___ wahr? : NICHT
6
Encroachment. : INROAD
7
Mountain: Prefix. : OREO
8
What to put forward. : BESTFOOT
9
Man of many introductions. : EMCEE
10
Famous terrier. : ASTA
11
New Jersey bay. : BARNEGAT
12
Call by name. : IDENTIFY
13
Most dismal, British style. : GREYEST
22
Book after Ezr. : NEH
24
Photographic copy. : STAT
29
Sophy, in Moscow. : SONYA
31
Happiness, according to Charles Schulz. : AWARMPUPPY
33
TV monogram. : ABC
35
Sphere. : ORB
37
For ___ (temporarily). : THENONCE
38
Poem by Keats. : ENDYMION
39
Trick. : ARTIFICE
40
"___ learn love, I'll practice to obey." : EREI
41
Holding forth. : ORATING
45
Windsor: Abbr. : EDW
47
Plentifully. : GALORE
49
Longs. : ITCHES
50
" ... getting ___ you ... " : TOLIKE
51
Undercoat, used by painters. : SEALER
54
Requisite. : VITAL
56
U. S. president. : TYLER
58
Impertinence. : SASS
59
___. agcy. : TRAV
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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