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Lee Koch
New York Times, Wednesday, March 7, 1962
30-Down : Score.
Author:
Lee Koch
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { J K Q V W X }, Scrabble score: 265 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
Lee Koch has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 L | 4 T | 5 S | 6 C | 7 R | 8 O | 9 C | 10 U | 11 S | ||||
12 S | 13 A | P | I | E | N | T | 14 H | U | M | A | N | E | ||
15 P | R | I | M | A | T | E | 16 A | L | A | M | E | D | 17 A |
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18 O | R | D | E | R | 19 L | 20 O | N | E | R | 21 R | A | F |
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22 T | O | E | D | 23 S | L | O | G | S | 24 B | E | L | T |
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25 T | Y | R | 26 A | M | A | Z | E | 27 L | U | C | I | E |
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28 Y | O | S | 29 E | M | I | T | E | 30 T | A | R | T | A | R |
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31 R | I | L | E | 32 E | A | T | S | |||||||
33 A | 34 T | 35 E | A | S | E | 36 A | L | L | H | A | 37 N | 38 D | 39 S |
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40 C | R | A | S | H | 41 S | I | D | L | E | 42 O | R | T |
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43 R | I | S | E | 44 A | N | N | O | Y | 45 A | G | A | R |
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46 E | F | T | 47 S | C | O | U | R | 48 A | G | A | P | E |
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49 S | L | E | 50 E | P | E | R | 51 A | 52 N | G | E | L | E | S |
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53 E | R | R | A | N | T | 54 D | I | N | N | E | R | S |
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55 S | N | A | R | E | S | 56 O | B | I | T | S |
© 1962, The New York TimesNo. 4,618
Across
1
Flavors. : SALTS
6
Flower. : CROCUS
12
Discerning. : SAPIENT
14
Sympathetic. : HUMANE
15
Man or monkey. : PRIMATE
16
City on an island in San Francisco Bay. : ALAMEDA
18
Waiter's concern. : ORDER
19
Person who keeps to himself. : LONER
21
Historic air group. : RAF
22
___ the mark. : TOED
23
Plods. : SLOGS
24
Article of apparel. : BELT
25
Son of Odin. : TYR
26
Fill with wonder. : AMAZE
27
Dickens heroine. : LUCIE
28
Scenic area in the Sierra Nevada. : YOSEMITE
30
Shrew or spitfire. : TARTAR
31
Irritate: Colloq. : RILE
32
Victuals. : EATS
33
Military command. : ATEASE
36
Everybody. : ALLHANDS
40
Coarse cloth for towels. : CRASH
41
Move furtively. : SIDLE
42
Remnant of food. : ORT
43
Slope upward. : RISE
44
Harass. : ANNOY
45
Chinese gelatin. : AGAR
46
Newt. : EFT
47
Cleanse. : SCOUR
48
In a state of wonder. : AGAPE
49
Surprise success item. : SLEEPER
51
Los ___. : ANGELES
53
Wandering. : ERRANT
54
TV concomitants. : DINNERS
55
Traps. : SNARES
56
Newspaper items. : OBITS
Down
1
Frying pans. : SPIDERS
2
Directed (at). : AIMED
3
Cordelia's father. : LEAR
4
Explosive. : TNT
5
Starlike. : STELLATE
6
Fresh outfit. : CHANGE
7
Directions. : RULES
8
___ N. Bradley. : OMAR
9
Rotating machine part. : CAM
10
Bowing down. : UNERECT
11
City in central Missouri. : SEDALIA
12
Irregular. : SPOTTY
13
Watercourse. : ARROYO
17
In honor of. : AFTER
20
Soft mud. : OOZE
23
Bestow approval (on). : SMILE
24
Sac, in anatomy. : BURSA
26
Christian sect. : AMISH
27
Carpenter's machine. : LATHE
29
Cancel. : ERASE
30
Score. : TALLY
32
California in 1848. : ELDORADO
33
Lands. : ACRES
34
Bagatelles. : TRIFLES
35
Oriental. : EASTERN
36
Japanese aborigine. : AINU
37
Name of two cities on Arizona-Mexico border. : NOGALES
38
Dry goods dealer. : DRAPER
39
Emphasize. : STRESS
41
Loud laughs. : SNORTS
44
Suffix in chemistry. : ACENE
45
Emissary. : AGENT
47
Coast Guard member. : SPAR
48
Vedic fire god. : AGNI
50
Age. : ERA
52
Bill. : NIB
Answer summary:
3 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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