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Reichert
Reichert

New York Times, Wednesday, March 28, 1984

27-Down : Mariner's tool

Author:
Reichert
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Reichert has 4 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,559
Across
1
Concentrate : FOCUS
6
Jet speed number : MACH
10
___ Wilander, tennis star : MATS
14
Greeted the dawn : AROSE
15
___ Nagy, Hungarian statesman : IMRE
16
Zaragoza's river : EBRO
17
Pertaining to a petrified Pa. product : BITUMINOUS
19
Ivan, e.g. : TSAR
20
Lawyer's advance : RETAINER
21
Stationary : STATIC
23
Suffix for alcohols : INOL
24
Essay : TRY
25
Buoy : ELATE
26
Container: Abbr. : CTN
27
Her or his, in Lyon : SES
28
___-Saud : IBN
30
Comparative suffix : IOR
31
Indian weight : SER
32
Kith and kin : COUSINRY
34
Product of a day's work in Pa.? : SIXTEENTONS
36
Custom : PRACTICE
38
Number of coins in the fountain : TRE
39
Poetic contraction : EEN
40
Aged: Lat. abbr. : AET
41
Rules to follow : DOS
42
Ogre's last word : FUM
45
Inert element : ARGON
47
One, in Glasgow : AIN
48
Occupation : LINE
49
Curries favor : COURTS
51
"Hurry up!" : STEPONIT
53
Ayes, in Paree : OUIS
54
Petrified product of Pa. : ANTHRACITE
56
___ time (never) : ATNO
57
Pierce : GORE
58
Subsequent : LATER
59
Youth : TEEN
60
Perfume : ODOR
61
Travois and monoski : SLEDS
Down
1
Serge or buckram : FABRIC
2
Adjust : ORIENT
3
Another example of 1 Down : COTTON
4
Run-of-the-mill : USUAL
5
Highway hauler : SEMI
6
Some Pa. workmen : MINERS
7
He wrote "Home Town": 1950 : AMORY
8
French vineyard : CRU
9
Memorable pianist : HESS
10
Bismuth, e.g. : METAL
11
Refrains : ABSTAINS
12
Arnold was one : TRAITOR
13
Voodoo : SORCERY
18
Connect : INTERTIE
22
Certain muscles : TENSORS
27
Mariner's tool : SEXTANT
28
Charged particle : ION
29
Seamstress, sometimes : BUTTONER
31
"___ 'em!" : SIC
32
Bee chaser : CEE
33
Ending for elephant or serpent : INE
34
Optimistic : SANGUINE
35
Outside:Comb. form : ECT
36
Sailor's garb : PEACOAT
37
Detour : REROUTE
41
Nervous Nellie's condition : DITHER
42
Limited : FINITE
43
Part of U.M.W. : UNITED
44
Measures : METERS
46
A human Bean : ORSON
47
Kind of dome or turf : ASTRO
48
A.F.L. branch : LOCAL
50
Pudding starch : SAGO
52
Cronies : PALS
55
It's east of Eden : NOD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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