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Christopher Sherwood
Christopher Sherwood

New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 1988

9-Down : Articles stashed by vacationers

Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.89, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1 Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,973
Across
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Feral pig : BOAR
5
Joy ride : SPIN
9
Conductor Solti's title : SIR
12
U.S. state : OKLA
13
Neighbor of Twelve Oaks : TARA
14
Quote : CITE
15
What to get down to : BRASSTACKS
18
Butter's rival : OLEO
19
Tarmac material : ASPHALT
20
Repository for oils : CANVAS
22
Language of the Gaels : ERSE
23
" ... Roaring Camp" author : HARTE
24
May they be well groomed! : BRIDES
27
Yuppie's concern : CAREER
28
Demeanor : AIR
29
Take exception : DEMUR
31
Egyptian dam : ASWAN
34
Tabloid grist : UFOS
36
Fleshy protuberances : LOBES
38
Bring to submission : TAME
39
Armor marrers : DENTS
41
Snuggeries : NESTS
43
Man the oars : ROW
44
Disabled : MAIMED
46
Stock-car drivers : RACERS
48
Amalgam : ALLOY
49
System of exercises : YOGA
50
Discourages : CHILLS
52
Motorcycle adjunct : SIDECAR
55
Staffer : AIDE
56
N.A. snake : COPPERHEAD
59
Took to one's heels : FLED
60
Orchestral instrument : OBOE
61
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
62
Indefinitely long period : EON
63
At ___ end : WITS
64
Swamp denizen : TOAD
Down
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Pert coiffure : BOB
2
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
3
Too bad! : ALAS
4
Talked like Don Corleone : RASPED
5
Hackneyed : STALE
6
Contract of a sort : PACT
7
Annoy : IRK
8
Org. for 46 Across : NASCAR
9
Articles stashed by vacationers : SILVERWARE
10
Graceful tree : ITEA
11
Vintage cars : REOS
14
Challenge : CONTEST
16
Tear up thoroughly : SHRED
17
Corn part : TASSEL
21
Kind of rug : AREA
23
Bugs's big cousins : HARES
24
Speed unit in telecommunications : BAUD
25
Teeming : RIFE
26
Device for Torquemada : IRONMAIDEN
27
Raised to the third power : CUBED
30
Rial, riel or riyal : MONEY
32
Don Juan's emotion : AMOR
33
Newport ___, Va. : NEWS
35
Played for time : STALLED
37
Walked triumphantly : STRODE
40
Window part : SILL
42
More perspicacious : SAGER
45
City in Russia or Idaho : MOSCOW
47
Special seal : CACHET
49
Cry of alarm : YIPES
50
Eatery : CAFE
51
Site of Rainbow Falls : HILO
52
Place precisely : SPOT
53
Pertaining to flight: Prefix : AERO
54
Hindu deity : RAMA
57
Kimono cincture : OBI
58
Pater : DAD

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