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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Tuesday, December 23, 1986

53-Down : Hosiery annoyance

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,559
Across
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Town in N.J. : LODI
5
Bean curd : TOFU
9
Not completely shut : AJAR
13
What Lendl won in 1986 : OPEN
14
___ Curtain : IRON
15
Feat for a novice pilot : SOLO
16
Tampa Bay team : BUCCANEERS
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"Not guilty" is one : PLEA
20
Engravers of the Arctic : ESKIMOS
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Like some eggs : DEVILED
23
Wail's relative : SOB
24
Flippant : AIRY
25
Financial transaction : DEPOSIT
29
Elevating device : STAIR
30
Moslem potentate : EMIR
31
Experienced mariners : SALTS
33
Alaskan cape : NOME
36
Baum marten, e.g. : FUR
37
Pumpernickel : RYE
38
Pan or Dionysus : GOD
39
Nicholas, e.g. : TSAR
41
High-priced : STEEP
43
Open a card game : LEAD
44
Records, in a way : TAPES
46
Bell of note : LIBERTY
48
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
49
Worn-out steed : NAG
50
Craves : DESIRES
53
Old Glory's reds and whites : STRIPES
57
Canyon phenomenon : ECHO
58
Armament for a man-of-war : CANNONBALL
60
Emerald Isle : ERIN
61
Plenty of horn : TUBA
62
Transportation for an exec : LIMO
63
Young seals : PUPS
64
Smelting waste : SLAG
65
Gaelic tongue : ERSE
Down
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Pendulous flesh : LOBE
2
Numbered composition : OPUS
3
Knock down a boxer : DECK
4
Cutting tooth : INCISOR
5
Cravats : TIES
6
Galena or stibnite : ORE
7
Water crossing : FORD
8
Ousts from office : UNSEATS
9
Headache pill : ASPIRIN
10
Corsair's ensign : JOLLYROGER
11
Away from the gusts : ALEE
12
Macadam construction : ROAD
17
Hebrew prophet : AMOS
18
"Ora pro ___" : NOBIS
22
Amtrak's Canadian cousin : VIA
25
Skillful : DEFT
26
Kin of ostriches : EMUS
27
Merchantman's nemesis : PIRATESHIP
28
Shelled pastries : TARTS
29
Shipment from Bethlehem : STEEL
32
Soap component : LYE
34
Castle defense : MOAT
35
Whirlpool : EDDY
40
Food at the front : RATIONS
41
Exercises an option : SELECTS
42
Piebald horse : PINTO
43
Easy to read : LEGIBLE
45
Linksman's standard : PAR
47
Rural structure : BARN
50
Like Browning's "Sordello" : DEEP
51
A shade of beige : ECRU
52
Apostle from Tarsus : SAUL
53
Hosiery annoyance : SNAG
54
Part of a full house : PAIR
55
Shade trees : ELMS
56
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
59
In which Dr. J operates : NBA

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