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Reginald L. Johnson
New York Times, Thursday, December 23, 1976
1-Down : Swiss measure
Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
The theme of this puzzle involves representing the word "first" with the letter "i" followed by "st"
1 I | 2 S | 3 T | 4 U | 5 P | 6 A | 7 L | 8 I | 9 M | 10 O | 11 N | 12 A |
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13 M | E | A | N | S | 14 L | E | N | 15 S | 16 I | R | O | N |
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17 M | A | R | G | O | 18 L | A | D | I | 19 E | S | I | S | T |
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20 I | S | T | L | A | 21 D | Y | 22 D | A | D | O | E | S |
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23 U | S | E | 24 P | 25 E | R | S | O | N | S | |||||
26 L | 27 A | 28 T | E | 29 I | 30 S | T | R | A | T | E | ||||
31 A | L | A | D | 32 S | T | O | A | 33 E | R | 34 O | 35 D | 36 E |
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37 S | A | R | 38 B | T | U | 39 S | 40 E | R | 41 V | I | N |
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42 H | I | N | 43 D | U | 44 B | 45 O | E | R | 46 F | E | N | D |
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47 I | S | 48 T | B | O | R | N | 49 O | R | E | S |
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50 D | 51 I | S | M | A | Y | S | 52 E | 53 A | R | |||||
54 H | O | S | T | E | L | 55 I | S | T | M | 56 A | 57 T | 58 E |
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59 I | S | T | I | N | L | 60 I | 61 N | E | 62 R | O | M | A | N |
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63 D | E | L | L | 64 Y | O | U | R | 65 I | S | T | L | T |
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66 E | S | E | L | 67 U | N | I | 68 P | A | S | C | O |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,994
Across
1
Lead-off man at the plate : ISTUP
6
Ring champ : ALI
9
___ Lisa : MONA
13
Wealth : MEANS
14
Camera part : LENS
16
Kind of horse : IRON
17
Actress with only one name : MARGO
18
Polite request : LADIESIST
20
President's wife : ISTLADY
22
Pedestal parts : DADOES
23
Manipulate : USE
24
Individuals : PERSONS
26
Newspaper edition : LATE
29
Tops : ISTRATE
31
"When I was ___" : ALAD
32
Portico : STOA
33
Slowly destroy : ERODE
37
Men's org. : SAR
38
Heat unit: Abbr. : BTU
39
Indian weight : SER
41
___ ordinaire : VIN
42
Native of India : HINDU
44
Dutch settler in Africa : BOER
46
Parry : FEND
47
Oldest child : ISTBORN
49
Bauxite et al. : ORES
50
Horrifies : DISMAYS
52
Thing to lend : EAR
54
Youth stopover : HOSTEL
55
Ship's No. 2 : ISTMATE
59
Head of a queue : ISTINLINE
62
Kind of type : ROMAN
63
Farmer's place : DELL
64
"___ honor" : YOUR
65
Officer : ISTLT
66
Donkey, in Berlin : ESEL
67
One: Prefix : UNI
68
City near Walla Walla : PASCO
Down
1
Swiss measure : IMMI
2
Black and White : SEAS
3
Small pie : TART
4
Not stuck : UNGLUED
5
Loin muscle : PSOAS
6
Unite : ALLY
7
" ... winding o'er the ___" : LEA
8
State: Abbr. : IND
9
One who errs : MISDOER
10
Sky hunter : ORION
11
Things to count : NOSES
12
Kitchen intruders : ANTS
15
Libyan gulf : SIDRA
19
Egg or island : EASTER
21
Believer : DEIST
24
"See other side": Abbr. : PTO
25
Classroom need : ERASER
26
Eye or whip : LASH
27
Jai ___ : ALAI
28
Mountain pool : TARN
30
Thickset : STUBBY
34
Again : OVER
35
Eat : DINE
36
Odds' partner : ENDS
38
Holiday riders : BUSMEN
40
Sea eagles : ERNES
43
Prepare moonshine : DISTILL
45
Hawaiian birds : OOS
46
Taiwan : FORMOSA
48
Score : TALLY
50
Measured amounts : DOSES
51
Basket fiber : ISTLE
53
Anchor position : ATRIP
54
Seek's partner : HIDE
55
Yesterday, in Italy : IERI
56
Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
57
Bath powder : TALC
58
Within: Prefix : ENTO
60
Debt initials : IOU
61
Sister : NUN
Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.