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Hallie Parsons
Gerald Parsons
New York Times, Friday, May 17, 1974
18-Down : Canoe material
Author:
Hallie & Gerald Parsons
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { M Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 269 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3
1 F | 2 I | 3 R | 4 E | 5 B | 6 A | 7 N | 8 F | 9 F | 10 T | 11 E | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 A | C | E | S | 15 I | D | E | A | L | 16 I | N | C | A |
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17 D | O | N | T | 18 B | L | O | W | Y | O | 19 U | R | T | O | P |
20 E | N | T | A | I | L | 21 T | S | A | R | 22 R | U | E |
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23 T | R | E | 24 E | S | 25 T | I | 26 G | E | R | S |
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27 R | 28 E | 29 J | E | C | T | S | 30 S | A | N | |||||
31 O | R | O | 32 H | E | N | 33 C | 34 E | 35 L | A | 36 D | 37 E | 38 S |
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39 I | N | K | 40 S | 41 D | E | A | R | 42 S | 43 W | R | I | T |
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44 L | E | E | K | 45 S | 46 S | T | O | P | 47 S | 48 O | R | A |
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49 I | T | 50 A | 51 S | L | E | 52 E | P | E | R |
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53 T | 54 O | 55 S | S | U | P | 56 S | E | A | R | S | ||||
57 A | P | T | 58 D | I | 59 D | O | 60 S | A | P | 61 E | 62 L | 63 E |
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64 K | E | E | 65 P | Y | O | U | R | 66 S | H | I | R | T | O | N |
67 E | R | A | S | 68 L | E | A | S | E | 69 I | N | T | O |
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70 S | A | L | T | 71 E | S | S | E | D | 72 T | A | S | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,043
Across
1
Kind of fly : FIRE
5
Canadian resort : BANFF
10
Try out : TEST
14
Experts : ACES
15
Well-suited : IDEAL
16
S. A. empire : INCA
17
Advice for Donald Duck : DONTBLOWYOURTOP
20
Require : ENTAIL
21
Ruler : TSAR
22
___ de la Paix : RUE
23
Corners : TREES
25
Big cats : TIGERS
27
Turns thumbs down : REJECTS
30
___ Quentin : SAN
31
Kind of metal: Sp. : ORO
32
Ergo : HENCE
35
Uses a dipper : LADES
39
Signs : INKS
41
Loved ones : DEARS
43
Legal order : WRIT
44
Cousins of the onion : LEEKS
46
Words in telegrams : STOPS
48
Early English money : ORA
49
Call ___ day : ITA
51
Beauty of fairy tale, e.g. : SLEEPER
53
Even odds : TOSSUP
56
Chars : SEARS
57
Likely : APT
58
Caper : DIDO
60
Mahogany : SAPELE
64
Advice to one easily sunburned : KEEPYOURSHIRTON
67
Historical periods : ERAS
68
Lend-___ : LEASE
69
Preposition : INTO
70
Dead Sea contents : SALT
71
Ancient chariot : ESSED
72
Russian agency : TASS
Down
1
Cover a bet, in dice : FADE
2
Image : ICON
3
Torn : RENT
4
Plantation : ESTATE
5
Assigned quarters to : BILLETED
6
Commotion : ADO
7
Efts : NEWTS
8
Elves : FAYS
9
Rafts : FLOATS
10
French rifle range : TIR
11
___ nous : ENTRE
12
Use a soap pad : SCOUR
13
Makes a record : TAPES
18
Canoe material : BIRCH
19
Wild sheep of Asia : URIAL
24
Anglo-Saxon harvesters : ESNES
26
Nibble : GNAW
27
Make muddy : ROIL
28
White-tailed eagle : ERNE
29
Wisecrack : JOKE
33
Manx or Persian : CAT
34
Uneven : EROSE
36
Small amount : DROP
37
Shannon's land : EIRE
38
Super-athlete : STAR
40
Runners of a sort : SKIS
42
Made a bad dive : SPLASHED
45
Room for books : STUDY
47
Caravansary : SERAI
50
Parsley oleoresin : APIOLE
52
___ de corps : ESPRIT
53
Captures : TAKES
54
Aria setting : OPERA
55
Take a base : STEAL
56
Short-billed rails : SORAS
59
Club charges : DUES
61
Volcano : ETNA
62
Considerable amount : LOTS
63
Son of Seth : ENOS
65
Signal for silence : PST
66
Direction: Abbr. : SSE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.