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William Jarvis
William Jarvis

New York Times, Wednesday, November 20, 1985

12-Down : Bobby or Al of Indy 500

Author:
William Jarvis
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 297 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 5, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
William Jarvis has 15 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1
B
2
O
3
E
4
R
5
S
6
H
7
A
8
G
9
U
10
E
11
G
12
U
13
M
14
O
W
L
E
T
15
O
M
A
R
S
16
U
N
I
17
A
N
I
M
A
18
L
M
A
G
N
E
19
T
I
S
M
20
A
M
I
E
S
21
I
D
E
E
22
W
23
H
24
I
P
P
E
R
S
25
N
26
A
27
P
P
E
R
S
28
E
E
N
29
S
S
S
30
A
L
I
31
N
A
P
32
A
33
S
P
E
C
34
I
35
A
36
L
37
D
R
U
G
38
S
39
T
40
O
R
E
C
O
W
B
O
41
Y
42
S
T
R
A
I
T
S
43
W
E
R
E
44
L
E
I
45
B
46
C
47
E
48
A
N
A
49
F
50
A
51
T
52
H
E
R
C
53
H
R
I
S
54
T
M
A
S
55
A
L
I
A
56
A
O
R
T
A
57
C
O
M
M
58
O
59
N
60
P
L
A
C
E
B
61
O
62
O
63
K
64
T
H
O
65
X
E
B
E
C
66
R
O
U
S
E
67
S
A
N
68
A
W
A
S
H
69
S
O
R
E
N
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,161
Across
1
Some South Africans : BOERS
6
World Court site, with "The" : HAGUE
11
Mucilage : GUM
14
Young but wise bird : OWLET
15
Sharif and Khayyám : OMARS
16
Prefix with corn or cycle : UNI
17
Mesmer's spiritlike force : ANIMALMAGNETISM
20
Parisian girlfriends : AMIES
21
___ fixe : IDEE
22
Impertinent youngsters : WHIPPERSNAPPERS
28
Poetic time : EEN
29
Draft initials : SSS
30
Spinks was once his jinx : ALI
31
Calif. valley : NAPA
33
Distinctive : SPECIAL
37
Urban loafer under a Stetson : DRUGSTORECOWBOY
42
Emergencies : STRAITS
43
"___ in the Money," 1933 song : WERE
44
Hawaiian souvenir : LEI
45
Bridge builder's deg. : BCE
48
Collection of anecdotes : ANA
49
St. Nick : FATHERCHRISTMAS
55
Former queen of Jordan : ALIA
56
Blood vessel : AORTA
57
Miscellany of memorable maxims : COMMONPLACEBOOK
64
Tai people of Tonkin : THO
65
One-time pirate ship : XEBEC
66
Stir up : ROUSE
67
Francisco or Salvador : SAN
68
Flooded : AWASH
69
Philosopher Kierkegaard : SOREN
Down
1
Long, fluffy scarf : BOA
2
Possess : OWN
3
Whitney or Wallach : ELI
4
Change a Mercator projection : REMAP
5
Imprints : STAMPS
6
Aaron wallops : HOMERS
7
Accumulate : AMASS
8
Hoax : GAG
9
Coffee maker : URN
10
Native of: Suffix : ESE
11
Cicerone : GUIDE
12
Bobby or Al of Indy 500 : UNSER
13
Marceau and Skelton : MIMES
18
" ... believing in old men's ___ ... ": Pound : LIES
19
Congressman O'Neill : TIP
22
Proceed : WEND
23
Heeds : HEARS
24
Data for a computer : INPUT
25
Back of the neck : NAPE
26
Actor McCowen : ALEC
27
Spanish peak : PICO
32
Cabinet dept. : AGR
33
Some fathers, for short : SRS
34
Wobblies' org. : IWW
35
Perpendicular to the keel : ABEAM
36
Blackmore's "___ Doone" : LORNA
38
Vendition : SALE
39
Layer : TIER
40
Of the ear : OTIC
41
These negate nays : YEAS
45
Open for discussion : BROACH
46
Round: Abbr. : CIRC
47
Glycerides : ESTERS
49
Scientist's quest : FACTS
50
Ciao, in Hawaii : ALOHA
51
Shakespearean misanthrope : TIMON
52
Theatrical showoff : HAM
53
Summons to court : HALES
54
Forbidden : TABOO
58
Chemist's prefix : OXA
59
Unused : NEW
60
Policemen's assn. : PBA
61
"___ Miss Brooks" : OUR
62
Sugar: Suffix : OSE
63
Range of understanding : KEN

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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