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Nancy Schuster
New York Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1969
48-Down : Destination of some planes.
Author:
Nancy Schuster
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { K Q W }, Scrabble score: 314 (avg 1.66)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 9
Nancy Schuster has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 2 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 T | 3 A | 4 R | 5 M | 6 S | 7 J | 8 E | 9 T | 10 O | 11 R | 12 E | 13 S |
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14 T | U | R | E | E | N | 15 U | A | R | 16 N | O | P | E |
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17 O | F | I | N | D | U | 18 S | T | R | Y | 19 E | X | I | T |
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20 M | A | L | T | 21 F | U | E | L | 22 P | S | Y | C | H |
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23 P | F | C | S | 24 D | I | F | ||||||||
25 C | 26 A | 27 T | 28 E | R | E | R | 29 R | I | P | O | 30 S | 31 T | 32 E |
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33 O | P | E | N | E | D | 34 G | O | V | E | R | N | O | R |
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35 P | I | N | T | A | 36 O | A | T | 37 S | C | O | R | N |
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38 A | S | S | E | M | 39 B | L | Y | 40 S | T | E | R | N | E |
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41 S | H | E | R | B | E | T | 42 S | I | E | S | T | A | S |
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43 P | L | Y | 44 H | E | L | M | ||||||||
45 A | 46 D | 47 O | R | E | 48 C | O | M | E | 49 O | 50 B | 51 O | 52 E |
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53 J | O | L | I | 54 P | U | N | I | S | 55 H | M | E | N | T |
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56 A | M | E | S | 57 I | B | O | 58 I | O | N | I | Z | E |
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59 R | O | S | E | 60 T | A | R | 61 A | B | I | D | E | S |
© 1969, The New York TimesNo. 7,151
Across
1
Sergeant ___. : ATARMS
7
Spurt. : JET
10
Certain resources. : ORES
14
Sideboard item. : TUREEN
15
Middle East initials. : UAR
16
Slangy reply. : NOPE
17
Captain ___. : OFINDUSTRY
19
Theater sign. : EXIT
20
Brewer's need. : MALT
21
Butane, for one. : FUEL
22
College course, for short. : PSYCH
23
Noncoms. : PFCS
24
Chateau ___. : DIF
25
Provisioner. : CATERER
29
Comeback. : RIPOSTE
33
Began. : OPENED
34
Lieutenant ___. : GOVERNOR
35
One of seagoing trio. : PINTA
36
Grain. : OAT
37
Contempt. : SCORN
38
General ___. : ASSEMBLY
40
"Tristram Shandy" author. : STERNE
41
Dessert. : SHERBET
42
Pauses of a sort. : SIESTAS
43
Layer. : PLY
44
Ship's wheel. : HELM
45
Worship. : ADORE
48
Arrive. : COME
49
Instrument. : OBOE
53
Pretty: Fr. : JOLI
54
Corporal ___. : PUNISHMENT
56
Iowa city. : AMES
57
Tribe in Nigeria. : IBO
58
Convert into particles. : IONIZE
59
Color. : ROSE
60
Surfacing. : TAR
61
Tolerates. : ABIDES
Down
1
Mighty mite. : ATOM
2
Porous rock. : TUFA
3
Seed covering. : ARIL
4
Budget item. : RENT
5
Pre-___. : MED
6
Extinguished. : SNUFFED
7
Early invaders of Britain. : JUTES
8
Peer. : EARL
9
Beset. : TRY
10
Marshal ___. : ONESFORCES
11
Old movie palace. : ROXY
12
Large-scale. : EPIC
13
Son of Adam. : SETH
18
Sugar: Prefix. : SUCR
22
Trouser style. : PIPESTEM
23
"We, the people ... " : PREAMBLE
24
Math chore: Abbr. : DIV
25
Panama gum trees. : COPAS
26
Following blindly. : APISH
27
Future, for one. : TENSE
28
Private ___. : ENTERPRISE
29
Bosh. : ROT
30
Horsey sound. : SNORT
31
Return: Ital. : TORNA
32
Sea birds. : ERNES
34
Spritely. : GAY
36
Danube tributary. : OLT
39
Turkish title. : BEY
40
Soft cotton twill. : SILESIA
42
Partly: Prefix. : SEMI
44
___ guard. : HONOR
45
Open. : AJAR
46
Major ___. : DOMO
47
Bravos. : OLES
48
Destination of some planes. : CUBA
49
All: Prefix. : OMNI
50
Star in Eridanus. : BEID
51
French numeral. : ONZE
52
French summers. : ETES
54
Stone. : PIT
55
Quoits peg. : HOB
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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