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Stephanie Spadaccini
Stephanie Spadaccini

New York Times, Wednesday, April 27, 1977

33-Down : Weatherman's bad news

Author:
Stephanie Spadaccini
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2 Grid has duplicate clues.
Stephanie Spadaccini has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 36 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,119
Across
1
Ink mishap : BLOT
5
Doll's word : MAMA
9
Kind of stone : HAIL
13
Opera by Verdi : AIDA
14
Culture medium : AGAR
15
Copperfield's second wife : AGNES
17
Weatherman's bad news : SNOWSTORM
19
___-Chapelle, historic French town : NEUVE
20
Cowboy, e.g. : HERDER
21
One who offers : TENDERER
23
Weatherman's bad news : RAINYDAY
25
Brownie : ELF
26
Extremely : VERY
29
Heart, to Hadrian : COR
30
"The Monkey's ___" : PAW
32
Hamill's milieu : ICE
33
Nobelist for literature: 1946 : HESSE
35
Unpleasant, as weather : NASTY
39
Perplex : CONFUSE
41
Accountants' books : LEDGERS
43
Witch of ___ : ENDOR
44
Despondently : SADLY
46
Hint : CUE
47
Part of a bikini : BRA
49
Command to a horse : GEE
50
Ending for ham or young : STER
51
___-relief : BAS
54
Soul or stomach : INNERMAN
57
Particular : ESPECIAL
59
Hebrew prophet : ELISHA
63
Tropical climber : LIANA
64
Weatherman's bad news : TORNADOES
66
Annex : ADDON
67
Dill herb : ANET
68
He was: Lat. : ERAT
69
"___ Quam Videri," N.C. motto : ESSE
70
Big sizes: Abbr. : LGES
71
Make over : REDO
Down
1
Party, British style : BASH
2
Word with bread or life : LINE
3
Scent : ODOR
4
Gaudy : TAWDRY
5
Points of origin or growth : MATRICES
6
Past : AGO
7
St. Sebastian, St. Joan et al. : MARTYRS
8
Prepared for war : ARMED
9
Mr. Fixit : HANDYANDY
10
World Series star: 1969 : AGEE
11
Toughen : INURE
12
On the ___ (honest) : LEVEL
16
Helot : SERF
18
Red or Yellow : SEA
22
Siesta : NAP
24
Things to count : NOSES
26
Kind of squad : VICE
27
College course: Abbr. : ECON
28
Tear : REND
31
Humorist : WAG
33
Weatherman's bad news : HURRICANE
34
Pliny the ___ : ELDER
36
Swedenborgianism, e.g. : SECT
37
Faithful : TRUE
38
River near Dunkerque : YSER
40
Little pocket : FOB
42
Water and air, e.g. : ELEMENTS
45
Everlasting : AGELONG
48
Blackbird : ANI
50
"Duke" or the diamond : SNIDER
51
Lugosi : BELA
52
Whispered comment : ASIDE
53
Miners' nails : SPADS
55
Of birth : NATAL
56
Between Miss. and Ga. : ALA
58
Adam's grandson : ENOS
60
Angry one, with 61 Down : SORE
61
See 60 Down : HEAD
62
Concerning : ASTO
65
Western Indian : REE

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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