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Manny Miller
New York Times, Thursday, February 10, 1977
36-Down : Athletes with poles
Author:
Manny Miller
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26, Avg Word Len: 5.69, Missing: { B H J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 253 (avg 1.27)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Manny Miller has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 O | 3 T | 4 L | 5 U | 6 C | 7 K | 8 N | 9 O | 10 M | 11 A | 12 N | 13 I | 14 S |
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15 A | P | R | I | L | I | N | 16 O | R | O | G | E | N | Y |
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17 C | A | U | D | A | T | E | 18 T | R | O | T | T | E | R |
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19 I | L | A | 20 N | E | E | 21 D | S | I | S | 22 T | R | I |
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23 F | I | N | 24 E | 25 S | L | I | T | S | 26 A | L | T | A |
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27 I | N | T | R | 28 A | 29 S | S | E | 30 S | T | E | I | N |
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31 C | E | S | U | R | 32 A | 33 M | A | 34 N | A | S | S | A | S |
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35 P | R | E | 36 V | A | L | E | N | T | ||||||
37 P | 38 A | 39 R | T | I | S | A | N | 40 A | D | A | 41 P | 42 T | 43 S |
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44 E | R | I | E | S | 45 U | T | 46 E | 47 S | K | O | A | L |
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48 R | I | N | D | 49 E | L | L | A | 50 S | 51 E | S | P | Y |
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52 U | S | S | 53 A | L | T | E | R | E | 54 D | 55 T | E | N |
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56 S | T | E | 57 E | P | L | E | 58 L | E | I | 59 S | U | R | E |
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60 E | A | R | L | I | E | R | 61 A | T | T | I | R | E | S |
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62 D | E | S | I | G | N | S | 63 P | O | S | T | E | R | S |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,043
Across
1
Hazardous dinner prospect : POTLUCK
8
"___ an island" : NOMANIS
15
"___ Paris" : APRILIN
16
Mountain-making process : OROGENY
17
Having a tail : CAUDATE
18
Harness-race horse : TROTTER
19
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
20
"What this country ___ a good ... " : NEEDSIS
22
Numerical prefix : TRI
23
Dandy's companion : FINE
25
Narrow cuts : SLITS
26
Can. province : ALTA
27
Within: Prefix : INTRA
29
Compass reading : SSE
30
Beer holder : STEIN
31
Break in verse : CESURA
33
Civil War battlefield : MANASSAS
35
Widespread : PREVALENT
37
Kind of politics : PARTISAN
40
Makes suitable : ADAPTS
44
Eastern Indians : ERIES
45
Western Indian : UTE
47
"To your good health" : SKOAL
48
Thick skin : RIND
49
Fitzgerald and Grasso : ELLAS
51
Catch sight of : ESPY
52
Naval-ship letters : USS
53
Modified : ALTERED
55
Big ___ of Midwest : TEN
56
Roof structure : STEEPLE
58
Spare time : LEISURE
60
Before : EARLIER
61
Dresses : ATTIRES
62
Sketches : DESIGNS
63
News sources in China : POSTERS
Down
1
Peaceful : PACIFIC
2
Iridescent : OPALINE
3
Hooky players : TRUANTS
4
Movable cover : LID
5
___ Bator : ULAN
6
Summons : CITES
7
Takes a certain position : KNEELS
8
"Thou shalt ___" : NOTSTEAL
9
Scented iris : ORRIS
10
Elsie's sounds : MOOS
11
F.B.I. worker : AGT
12
Vexes : NETTLES
13
Inactivity : INERTIA
14
Assad and others : SYRIANS
21
Strip down : DISMANTLE
24
Became active, as Mauna Loa : ERUPTED
26
In jeopardy : ATSTAKE
28
Julie or Phil, to a limey : ARRIS
30
Beach and desert stretches : SANDS
32
Roman bronze : AES
34
Teachers' org. : NEA
36
Athletes with poles : VAULTERS
37
Read : PERUSED
38
Grain bristles : ARISTAE
39
Ones finishing shampoos : RINSERS
41
Carriage : POSTURE
42
Candle bearer : TAPERER
43
Cunning quality : SLYNESS
46
Winter-cap sidepiece : EARLAP
49
Actress Drew : ELLEN
50
Take care of : SEETO
53
___ in a poke : APIG
54
French sayings : DITS
57
Whitney : ELI
59
Convene : SIT
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.