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Samuel K. Fliegner
New York Times, Saturday, November 30, 1963
10-Down : Deciding game, in bridge.
Author:
Samuel K. Fliegner
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { F J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Samuel K. Fliegner has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
Solution grid had error at 63-Across. Clue was "Utopian." and solution had PARASITIC. Affected crossings, 52-Down and 64-Down, were clued for PARADISIC to be the correct word there. Made this change.
1 P | 2 R | 3 I | 4 S | 5 M | 6 A | 7 N | 8 T | 9 E | 10 R | 11 A | 12 B | 13 I |
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14 H | O | R | A | E | 15 C | U | R | L | 16 U | L | A | N |
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17 A | G | A | V | E | 18 C | R | Y | B | 19 A | B | I | E | S |
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20 S | E | N | A | T | 21 O | R | S | 22 A | L | B | E | R | T |
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23 E | R | I | N | 24 S | U | E | 25 S | 26 B | E | N | ||||
27 N | 28 U | M | E | R | A | 29 L | 30 R | A | 31 T | 32 A |
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33 O | 34 C | 35 E | A | N | A | 36 Y | V | E | 37 S | 38 T | O | M |
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39 N | O | T | H | I | N | 40 G | 41 A | C | A | 42 D | E | M | Y |
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43 U | S | C | 44 S | L | O | 45 W | 46 T | R | A | D | E | S |
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47 S | H | E | 48 D | 49 I | B | E | 50 R | I | A | N | ||||
51 T | A | 52 N | 53 I | D | E | O | 54 D | 55 O | 56 O | 57 M |
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58 O | 59 R | E | G | O | 60 N | 61 D | A | N | 62 S | E | U | S | E |
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63 P | A | R | A | D | I | 64 S | I | C | 65 A | R | I | C | A |
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66 E | D | A | M | 67 C | A | N | T | 68 S | U | D | A | N |
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69 N | A | S | A | 70 E | G | G | S | 71 S | P | A | R | S |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 5,235
Across
1
Binocular part. : PRISM
6
Pay (up). : ANTE
10
Nobel prize physicist. : RABI
14
Goddesses of the seasons. : HORAE
15
Frizzle. : CURL
16
___ Bator, Mongolian capital. : ULAN
17
Century plant. : AGAVE
18
Constant complainers. : CRYBABIES
20
Mmes. Smith and Neuberger. : SENATORS
22
Victoria's consort. : ALBERT
23
Colleen's land. : ERIN
24
Petitions. : SUES
26
Big ___. : BEN
27
Digit. : NUMERAL
30
Pro ___. : RATA
33
Harrington's ideal republic. : OCEANA
36
Actor Montand. : YVES
38
One of the Joneses. : TOM
39
What is served at a Barmecide feast. : NOTHING
41
West Point. : ACADEMY
43
Campus of the Trojans: Abbr. : USC
44
Dilatory. : SLOW
46
Certain winds. : TRADES
47
Hangar. : SHED
49
European peninsula. : IBERIAN
51
Color. : TAN
53
Thought: Prefix. : IDEO
54
Judgment Day. : DOOM
58
Francis Parkman's trail. : OREGON
61
Fonteyn, for one. : DANSEUSE
63
Utopian. : PARADISIC
65
Pacific port of Chile. : ARICA
66
Dutch city. : EDAM
67
Argot. : CANT
68
Where Khartoum is. : SUDAN
69
Important Washington agency. : NASA
70
Nog ingredient. : EGGS
71
Gaffs. : SPARS
Down
1
Aspect. : PHASE
2
Relative of O.K. : ROGER
3
Persian. : IRANI
4
Southern city. : SAVANNAH
5
Suitable. : MEET
6
Arise in due course. : ACCRUE
7
Room. : NURSERY
8
Attempt. : TRY
9
Island off Tuscany. : ELBA
10
Deciding game, in bridge. : RUBBER
11
Made unfriendly. : ALIENATED
12
Name in boxing lore. : BAER
13
The present month: Abbr. : INST
19
Balkan land: Abbr. : ALB
21
Turk. : OSMANLI
25
River into the Danube. : SAVA
28
Les Etats ___. : UNIS
29
Scriptures reading. : LECTION
31
Volume. : TOME
32
Miss March and others. : AMYS
33
Responsibility. : ONUS
34
Blackjack, British style. : COSH
35
Odds and ends. : ETCETERAS
37
One of the Delanos. : SARA
40
Desert of Asia. : GOBI
42
Get one's ___ (lose one's temper). : DANDERUP
45
Nuptials. : WEDDING
48
Portuguese navigator. : DAGAMA
50
Responds to stimuli. : REACTS
52
Feel drowsy. : NOD
55
Well-known pen name. : OUIDA
56
Hollywood name. : OSCAR
57
Wealth. : MEANS
58
Straightforward. : OPEN
59
Ukrainian legislature. : RADA
60
Well-mannered. : NICE
62
Stewed fruit: Dial. : SASS
64
Droop. : SAG
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.