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Robert Dillman
New York Times, Friday, May 27, 1988
24-Down : Where shots are cheap
Author:
Robert O. Dillman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.16, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Robert Dillman has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 16 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
Robert O. Dillman is an alias for Robert Dillman.
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14 P | A | I | R | S | 15 P | A | R | E | E | 16 I | V | Y |
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17 O | L | L | I | E | 18 H | O | L | M | E | S | 19 Z | E | N |
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20 S | T | O | O | L | 21 N | I | 22 B | B | L | E |
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23 A | 24 C | 25 H | E | S | O | N | 26 W | A | D | E | R | |||
27 P | L | A | C | E | D | 28 F | A | C | E | D | O | 29 F | 30 F |
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31 H | I | N | T | S | 32 P | U | N | T | S | 33 W | A | R |
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34 I | N | K | 35 C | E | R | E | S | 36 N | E | A |
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37 D | I | T | 38 C | O | L | O | R | 39 L | 40 A | I | R | S |
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41 S | C | H | 42 I | L | L | E | R | 43 B | O | N | N | I | E |
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44 O | V | I | D | E | 45 S | L | U | G | G | E | R |
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46 H | 47 A | R | E | M | S | 48 D | I | O | D | E | ||||
49 A | T | E | 50 B | O | 51 P | A | S | T | E | R | 52 N | 53 A | 54 K |
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55 L | O | A | 56 E | R | I | C | A | 57 S | I | B | Y | L |
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58 E | M | U | 59 R | E | P | E | L | 60 T | S | A | R | S |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,080
Across
1
Coretta ___ King : SCOTT
6
Bart or Brenda : STARR
11
Musical Brown : LES
14
Dyads : PAIRS
15
" ... after they've seen ___" : PAREE
16
Wall creeper : IVY
17
Writer, familiarly : OLLIEHOLMES
19
Buddhist sect : ZEN
20
Milker's need : STOOL
21
Bite : NIBBLE
23
Truman Cabinet member : ACHESON
26
Stork or shoebill : WADER
27
Arranged : PLACED
28
Started an N.H.L. game : FACEDOFF
31
Pointers : HINTS
32
Small boats : PUNTS
33
Card game : WAR
34
Sign : INK
35
Asteroid or goddess : CERES
36
Teachers' org. : NEA
37
Morse-code character : DIT
38
Peach, for one : COLOR
39
Hideaways : LAIRS
41
"Ode to Joy" poet : SCHILLER
43
Clyde's partner : BONNIE
44
"Venus clerk, ___": Chaucer : OVIDE
45
Cleanup man : SLUGGER
46
Zenanas : HAREMS
48
Part of LED : DIODE
49
Goddess of criminal folly : ATE
50
Novelist, familiarly : BOPASTERNAK
55
Mauna ___ : LOA
56
Susan Lucci role : ERICA
57
"Private Lives" character : SIBYL
58
Big bird : EMU
59
Spurn : REPEL
60
Autocrats : TSARS
Down
1
Naval add. : SPO
2
President before Herb : CAL
3
Tin Man's need : OIL
4
Geometry-quiz directive : TRISECT
5
Feared flies : TSETSES
6
Angling lure : SPOON
7
Like some glasses : TALL
8
Fortify : ARM
9
Performs again : REENACTS
10
Sojourns : RESIDES
11
Poetess, familiarly : LIZBROWNING
12
"___ Knievel," 1972 film : EVEL
13
Since, to Burns : SYNE
18
Suffix for sister : HOOD
22
Partner of breakfast : BED
23
Sap suckers : APHIDS
24
Where shots are cheap : CLINIC
25
Essayist, familiarly : HANKTHOREAU
26
Big Poison of baseball : WANER
28
Hullabaloo : FUROR
29
"The ___ Queene" : FAERIE
30
British Columbian river : FRASER
32
West Indies volcano : PELEE
35
Fever blister : COLDSORE
38
Jungle gym : CLIMBER
39
Most stentorian : LOUDEST
40
"___ a short madness": Horace : ANGERIS
42
"___ got sixpence ... " : IVE
43
Spot : BLOT
45
Cordage fiber : SISAL
46
Sound : HALE
47
Scintilla : ATOM
48
Minnow's kin : DACE
51
Small seed : PIP
52
Spurs' org. : NBA
53
Queensland town : AYR
54
Units of vol. : KLS
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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