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Sara V. Tuckerman
New York Times, Thursday, October 12, 1967
23-Down : The Amish.
Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 E | 3 O | 4 S | 5 S | 6 I | 7 G | 8 N | 9 T | 10 W | 11 A | 12 S |
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13 B | E | L | L | I | 14 A | C | R | E | 15 H | O | M | O |
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16 A | R | I | D | E | 17 F | O | R | W | 18 A | R | D | E | D |
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19 G | R | O | W | N | 20 M | E | N | 21 P | R | E | E | N | S |
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22 S | A | T | I | N | E | T | 23 P | L | A | S | H | |||
24 V | A | R | Y | 25 L | A | S | H | O | 26 U | 27 T |
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28 W | 29 I | 30 S | E | 31 S | P | 32 R | A | Y | 33 U | S | U |
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34 R | A | H | S | 35 L | U | I | 36 A | S | I | S |
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37 A | G | O | 38 B | A | N | N | 39 S | 40 T | E | A | K |
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41 P | O | R | 42 T | 43 R | A | Y | 44 P | E | 45 A | T | ||||
46 T | R | A | N | S | 47 E | A | R | I | 48 N | 49 G | 50 S |
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51 A | 52 C | C | E | N | T | 53 D | O | M | I | C | I | L | E |
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54 R | O | U | N | D | E | 55 D | U | P | 56 O | W | L | E | T |
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57 M | O | T | T | 58 R | E | A | L | 59 S | I | L | A | S |
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60 A | P | S | E | 61 S | O | L | E | 62 E | T | Y | M |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,634
Across
1
Ancient city near Smyrna. : TEOS
5
No Exit, for one. : SIGN
9
First word of "Jabberwocky." : TWAS
13
Casus ___. : BELLI
14
Port north of Haifa. : ACRE
15
Same: Prefix. : HOMO
16
Go for ___. : ARIDE
17
Sent on. : FORWARDED
19
Adults. : GROWNMEN
21
Prinks. : PREENS
22
Fabric. : SATINET
23
Sound of a raindrop. : PLASH
24
Diversify. : VARY
25
Make a verbal assault. : LASHOUT
28
Prudent. : WISE
31
Kind of gun. : SPRAY
33
Generally: Abbr. : USU
34
Encouraging sounds. : RAHS
35
French pronoun. : LUI
36
In its present state. : ASIS
37
In the past. : AGO
38
Pulpit announcement. : BANNS
40
East Indian tree. : TEAK
41
Depict. : PORTRAY
44
Fuel. : PEAT
46
Prefix with port or pose. : TRANS
47
Nautical ropes. : EARINGS
51
Circumflex. : ACCENT
53
Home. : DOMICILE
54
Gathered. : ROUNDEDUP
56
Bird. : OWLET
57
Lucretia ___, social reformer. : MOTT
58
Substantial. : REAL
59
Eppie's foster father. : SILAS
60
East end of a church. : APSE
61
Absolute. : SOLE
62
The history of words: Abbr. : ETYM
Down
1
___ firma. : TERRA
2
Creator of Mr. Prufrock. : ELIOT
3
___ tale. : OLDWIVES
4
Reddish-brown pigment. : SIENNA
5
Maneuvers in bridge. : SAFETYPLAYS
6
Work of art. : ICON
7
Canine comment. : GRR
8
Broadway attraction. : NEWPLAY
9
Flail. : THRESH
10
Creator of Jeeves. : WODEHOUSE
11
Assent. : AMEN
12
Covers with turf. : SODS
13
Captures. : BAGS
18
Macaws. : ARAS
20
Seas: Fr. : MERS
23
The Amish. : PLAINPEOPLE
26
Initials in the news. : USIA
27
Type of tooth. : TUSK
28
Something to wear. : WRAP
29
Villain of classic drama. : IAGO
30
Timesavers. : SHORTCUTS
32
Uninterrupted sequence. : RUN
36
Humor, Greek style. : ATTICWIT
38
Teases good-naturedly. : BANTERS
39
Jointure. : SEAM
42
Thirty: Fr. : TRENTE
43
Part of a shoe. : RAND
45
Songlike. : ARIOSE
48
Willy-___. : NILLY
49
Pinpoint of light. : GLEAM
50
Groups. : SETS
51
First word of the Aeneid. : ARMA
52
Type of store: Colloq. : COOP
53
Binary. : DUAL
55
___ gratias. : DEO
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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