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Emory H. Cain
Emory H. Cain

New York Times, Monday, October 5, 1981

7-Down : Dit's companion

Author:
Emory H. Cain
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 59, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0
Emory H. Cain has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,654
Across
1
Smith and Hirt : ALS
4
Word with side or hog : ROAD
8
___ Nostra : COSA
12
Twist : SLUE
13
Prefix with liminal or national : SUPRA
14
River in England : AVON
15
Munich's river : ISAR
16
Sorcery : WITCHCRAFT
18
Tiny amounts : SOUPCONS
20
Rand's "___ Shrugged" : ATLAS
21
Sins : ERRS
22
Yawn : GAPE
24
Exposed : OPENED
27
Staubach threw these : LATERALS
31
Sew loosely : BASTE
32
Straight-edged ___ : RAZOR
33
Eerie flier : BAT
34
Superlative suffixes : ESTS
35
Seraglio : HAREM
36
Had on : WORE
37
Lunched : ATE
38
Vacuums : VOIDS
39
Freeway sign : MERGE
40
Revolutionary War mercenaries : HESSIANS
42
Post office employee : SORTER
43
All ___ (eager to hear) : EARS
44
Pump, e.g. : SHOE
45
Of the air : AURAL
48
Sci-fi flick : STARWARS
52
Author of "Dracula" : BRAMSTOKER
55
Spread on rye : OLEO
56
In one's birthday suit : BARE
57
Old-womanish : ANILE
58
Take charge : LEAD
59
King or Arkin : ALAN
60
Persian's neighbor : MEDE
61
T-man, for one : FED
Down
1
In addition : ALSO
2
Hilo feast : LUAU
3
These got in Medusa's hair : SERPENTS
4
Parthenon and Colosseum, e.g. : RUINS
5
Chooses : OPTS
6
Curve : ARC
7
Dit's companion : DAH
8
Nick of fiction : CARTER
9
Ellipsoidal : OVAL
10
Lounge : SOFA
11
Pismires : ANTS
12
Little girl's nickname : SIS
13
Excalibur was one : SWORD
17
Prance : CAPER
19
Algonquian : CREE
22
Intent looks : GAZES
23
Particle : ATOM
24
Haitian voodoo : OBEAH
25
Adhesive : PASTE
26
Kefauver : ESTES
27
Garnishes, in a way : LARDS
28
Cancel a missile launch : ABORT
29
Outsize : LARGE
30
Guide : STEER
32
Showers : RAINS
35
Kind of frost : HOAR
36
Lycanthrope : WEREWOLF
38
Small vessels : VIALS
39
Person of Arab-Berber descent : MOOR
41
Mates, pursers et al. : SEAMEN
42
Portion : SHARE
44
Stone slab : STELE
45
___ Eban of Israel : ABBA
46
Russian river : URAL
47
___ avis : RARA
48
Slide : SKID
49
Away from the wind : ALEE
50
Scan : READ
51
Turf : SOD
53
Headgear with kilts : TAM
54
Unit : ONE

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