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Lois Donald
New York Times, Friday, March 8, 1974
25-Down : ___ or woe
Author:
Lois Donald
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Lois Donald has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 B | 2 B | 3 C | 4 B | 5 U | 6 R | 7 G | 8 F | 9 A | 10 V | 11 A | 12 S |
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13 L | E | A | 14 A | F | A | R | 15 D | I | V | I | D | E |
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16 O | T | T | 17 R | O | T | I | 18 I | R | E | N | I | C |
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19 T | R | E | 20 K | S | 21 S | 22 L | O | E | 23 E | P | A |
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24 T | O | R | N | 25 W | 26 A | T | E | R | W | 27 A | G | O | N |
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28 O | T | T | O | 29 E | R | L | E | 30 A | V | A | S | T |
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31 H | O | T | 32 W | A | T | E | R | 33 T | A | R | E | S |
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34 H | A | L | 35 D | E | I | |||||||||
36 D | 37 E | 38 P | O | T | 39 W | 40 A | 41 T | E | R | L | 42 O | 43 O | ||
44 O | R | A | L | E | 45 A | N | E | W | 46 I | N | R | 47 E |
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48 W | A | T | E | R | 49 W | I | N | G | S | 50 N | E | D | S |
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51 A | S | S | 52 G | A | L | E | 53 E | G | R | E | T |
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54 G | U | I | 55 T | A | R | 56 A | 57 W | 58 A | Y | 59 O | R | E |
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60 E | R | E | C | T | S | 61 L | A | C | E | 62 U | L | E |
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63 R | E | S | E | E | 64 S | H | E | D | 65 S | Y | M |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,973
Across
1
English network : BBC
4
Tank town : BURG
8
Broad beans : FAVAS
13
Herd's home : LEA
14
At a distance : AFAR
15
Watershed : DIVIDE
16
Baseball star : OTT
17
French cook's word : ROTI
18
Peaceful : IRENIC
19
Wayfarers' ways : TREKS
21
Kind of gin : SLOE
23
U. S. ecology org. : EPA
24
Rent : TORN
25
Teetotaler's transport : WATERWAGON
28
Hapsburg name : OTTO
29
Gardner : ERLE
30
Nautical command : AVAST
31
Trouble : HOTWATER
33
Noxious weeds : TARES
34
Falstaff's princely friend : HAL
35
___ judicium (trial by ordeal) : DEI
36
Warehouse : DEPOT
39
Disastrous defeat : WATERLOO
44
Papal vestment : ORALE
45
Again : ANEW
46
Concerning : INRE
48
Aquatic aid : WATERWINGS
50
Men's nicknames : NEDS
51
Beast of burden : ASS
52
Author Zona : GALE
53
Plume : EGRET
54
Combo component : GUITAR
56
Absent : AWAY
59
Western state: Abbr. : ORE
60
Puts up : ERECTS
61
Oxford adjunct : LACE
62
Rubber source : ULE
63
View again : RESEE
64
Get rid of : SHED
65
Beethoven's forte: Abbr. : SYM
Down
1
Blind drunk : BLOTTO
2
Affiance : BETROTH
3
Wait on : CATERTO
4
Liquor locales : BARS
5
Science-fiction item : UFO
6
Bad guy : RAT
7
Strength of character : GRISTLE
8
Imbiber's intake : FIREWATER
9
Hail! : AVE
10
Vim : VINEGAR
11
Fatty : ADIPOSE
12
Cutting lines : SECANTS
15
Fashion name : DIOR
20
Opening for a young baseball fan : KNOTHOLE
22
Villain's glance : LEER
25
___ or woe : WEAL
26
Archaic verb : ART
27
Profiting : AVAILING
32
Well-known building : WATERGATE
35
Moistens : DEWS
36
Queen mother, for one : DOWAGER
37
Typist's bane : ERASURE
38
Fall guys : PATSIES
39
Lamentation : WAIL
40
Toughens : ANNEALS
41
Doe in second year : TEG
42
Burdensome : ONEROUS
43
Hospital helper : ORDERLY
47
Regard : ESTEEM
49
Conflicts : WARS
53
Studied : EYED
55
Portico: Abbr. : TCE
57
Panda : WAH
58
Expert : ACE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.