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Robert Hegler
New York Times, Wednesday, April 1, 1959
12-Down : Flake or chip of stone.
Author:
Robert Hegler
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { X }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.71)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Robert Hegler has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 U | 3 Z | 4 Z | 5 S | 6 A | 7 W | 8 H | 9 A | 10 C | 11 K | 12 S | 13 A | 14 W |
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15 O | N | E | O | N | T | A | 16 A | G | R | I | P | P | A |
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17 M | I | K | O | Y | A | N | 18 R | E | Y | N | A | R | D |
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19 B | E | E | T | 20 V | E | 21 S | T | S | 22 S | L | I | D |
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23 R | I | D | E | 24 J | E | L | L | Y |
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25 T | 26 A | 27 R | 28 M | A | C | 29 E | 30 N | 31 J | O | Y | ||||
32 O | R | B | E | D | 33 C | R | O | O | N | 34 C | 35 A | 36 B |
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37 R | A | I | N | I | 38 E | R | 39 S | E | Q | 40 U | O | I | A |
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41 E | S | S | 42 C | R | E | 43 T | E | 44 U | S | I | N | G |
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45 R | A | R | E | R | 46 G | I | A | N | T | S |
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47 N | 48 O | 49 B | E | L | 50 O | 51 P | A | L | ||||||
52 A | H | A | S | 53 N | 54 A | D | I | R | 55 H | 56 A | 57 F | 58 T |
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59 B | A | S | T | 60 I | O | N | 61 P | A | 62 T | E | L | L | A |
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63 O | R | I | E | N | T | E | 64 E | G | E | R | I | A | S |
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65 B | A | N | D | S | A | W | 66 S | E | E | S | A | W | S |
© 1959, The New York TimesNo. 3,547
Across
1
Woodpile accessory. : BUZZSAW
8
Metal-cutting implement. : HACKSAW
15
City in New York. : ONEONTA
16
Roman general, defeated Antony at Actium. : AGRIPPA
17
Leading Soviet deputy. : MIKOYAN
18
12th century fox. : REYNARD
19
Garden vegetable. : BEET
20
Endows with authority. : VESTS
22
Glided. : SLID
23
Journey. : RIDE
24
Tasty fruit product. : JELLY
25
Composition for surfacing runways. : TARMAC
29
Take pleasure in. : ENJOY
32
Rounded. : ORBED
33
Sing à la Crosby. : CROON
34
Part of a locomotive. : CAB
37
Peak in the Cascade Range. : RAINIER
39
Redwood tree. : SEQUOIA
41
Letter. : ESS
42
Greek island. : CRETE
44
Making a practice of. : USING
45
More infrequent. : RARER
46
San Francisco ball team. : GIANTS
47
Donor of famous prizes. : NOBEL
50
Semiprecious stone. : OPAL
52
Exclamations of surprise. : AHAS
53
Lowest point. : NADIR
55
Ax handle. : HAFT
59
Part of a fortification. : BASTION
61
Kneecap. : PATELLA
63
Formerly Santiago de Cuba. : ORIENTE
64
Feminine advisers, from name of nymph of Rome. : EGERIAS
65
Cabinetmaker's aid. : BANDSAW
66
Playground equipment. : SEESAWS
Down
1
Military projectile. : BOMB
2
Unicorn fish. : UNIE
3
Man's nickname. : ZEKE
4
Modern type of suit. : ZOOT
5
Curved plank of a ship. : SNY
6
Remotely ancestral. : ATAVIC
7
Decreased. : WANED
8
Male of the red deer. : HART
9
Generations. : AGES
10
Watchword. : CRY
11
Author of famous sociological report. : KINSEY
12
Flake or chip of stone. : SPALL
13
___ Fool. : APRIL
14
Australian war club. : WADDY
21
Soothsayer. : SEER
23
Political rebel. : RADICAL
24
Spring flower. : JONQUIL
25
Ripped. : TORE
26
Macaws. : ARAS
27
Items in baseball statistics. : RBIS
28
Earthlings. : MEN
30
Snout. : NOSE
31
___ Miller (old joke). : JOE
33
Algonquian Indian. : CREE
34
Make up, as a word. : COIN
35
Negative verbal contraction. : AINT
36
Snares game. : BAGS
38
"To ___ is human ... " : ERR
40
Dos Passos trilogy. : USA
43
Crushed under foot. : TROD
45
Slumbered. : RESTED
46
Auto repair shop. : GARAGE
47
Man of great wealth. : NABOB
48
Scarlett ___. : OHARA
49
Water reservoir. : BASIN
51
Wind instruments. : PIPES
53
___ bene. : NOTA
54
Over again. : ANEW
55
Pronoun. : HERS
56
Inter ___. : ALIA
57
Defect. : FLAW
58
Small cup: Scot. : TASS
60
Incumbents. : INS
62
Links place. : TEE
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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