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Jeanne Wilson
New York Times, Friday, December 13, 1991
9-Down : Like snow or sugar
Author:
Jeanne Wilson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 5.08, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 252 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Jeanne Wilson has 26 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 I | 3 N | 4 E | 5 R | 6 S | 7 L | 8 U | 9 G | 10 G | 11 E | 12 R | |||
13 A | D | A | N | O | 14 C | A | R | R | A | R | A | |||
15 D | O | M | E | S | 16 C | A | B | B | A | G | E | S | ||
17 A | L | E | 18 C | 19 L | O | D | 20 A | N | E | |||||
21 P | O | O | L | S | 22 N | U | R | 23 S | 24 E | 25 S |
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26 P | 27 A | 28 P | E | E | T | E | 29 M | E | L | 30 A | M | E |
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31 A | B | R | A | 32 T | S | 33 A | R | 34 A | 35 L | T | O | N |
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36 B | R | U | S | 37 S | E | L | S | S | 38 P | R | O | U | T | S |
39 L | U | N | E | T | 40 A | S | W | E | 41 B | R | E | E |
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42 U | T | E | 43 R | 44 A | W | 45 I | N | 46 T | E | N | D | S |
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47 M | E | S | 48 H | E | D | 49 A | G | A | R | D | ||||
50 A | A | R | 51 U | G | L | Y | 52 E | 53 T | 54 E |
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55 A | 56 N | D | K | I | 57 N | G | S | 58 O | 59 U | T | E | R |
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60 R | E | T | E | A | C | H | 61 U | N | T | E | R |
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62 I | T | O | R | N | O | T | 63 T | E | A | M | S |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,375
Across
1
Eatery : DINER
6
Ruth, for one : SLUGGER
13
Hersey's bell town : ADANO
14
Tuscan marble center : CARRARA
15
Capitol covers : DOMES
16
With 55 Across, O. Henry work : CABBAGES
17
Porter : ALE
18
Blockhead : CLOD
20
Chemical suffix : ANE
21
Sights in suburbia : POOLS
22
The Hyades, to Dionysus : NURSES
26
French Polynesia's capital : PAPEETE
29
Brooks or Blanc : MEL
30
Soul, in St.-Lô : AME
31
Canyon mouth : ABRA
32
Autocrat : TSAR
34
City in SW Ill. : ALTON
36
Belgian tots? : BRUSSELSSPROUTS
39
Little moon, old style : LUNET
40
"We are as much ___ see": Thoreau : ASWE
41
J. Fonda role in "Klute" : BREE
42
Shoshonean : UTE
43
Immature : RAW
45
Plans : INTENDS
47
City in Iran : MESHED
49
Henry ___ Wallace : AGARD
50
Bern's river : AAR
51
Far from fair : UGLY
52
Sedan summer : ETE
55
See 16 Across : ANDKINGS
58
___ space : OUTER
60
Instruct again : RETEACH
61
___ den Linden : UNTER
62
"Believe ___": Ripley : ITORNOT
63
Crews : TEAMS
Down
1
Arp's art style : DADA
2
Dagon, e.g. : IDOL
3
Designate : NAME
4
Compass pt. : ENE
5
Gat : ROSCOE
6
Lots : SCADS
7
Sci. room : LAB
8
Suave : URBANE
9
Like snow or sugar : GRANULAR
10
Security transaction : GAGER
11
Poetic preposition : ERE
12
Headland : RAS
16
Old King's side dish? : COLESLAW
19
Singer Lehmann : LOTTE
21
"___ porridge hot ... " : PEASE
23
Second-largest planet : SATURN
24
Hammed it up : EMOTED
25
Sanity : SENSES
26
Baby food : PABLUM
27
" ... self-sacrificing love of ___": Poe : ABRUTE
28
Breakfast dish : PRUNES
29
Alice Hegan Rice's heroine : MRSWIGGS
33
Onager : ASS
35
Like some leaves : LOBED
37
Comet, e.g. : STREAKER
38
Kind of colony : PENAL
44
Famed Hollywood dress designer : ADRIAN
46
Audition : TRYOUT
48
"It ___ Be You" : HADTO
49
Cipher : AUGHT
52
Singer James : ETTA
53
Pour : TEEM
54
Makes a boo-boo : ERRS
55
Jackie's second : ARI
56
Seine : NET
57
Cpl., for one : NCO
59
A French article : UNE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 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.