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Christy Ridley
New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1984
49-Down : Crowded about
Author:
Christy Ridley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Christy Ridley has 54 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 U | 4 R | 5 A | 6 B | 7 E | 8 T | 9 S | 10 P | 11 O | 12 U | 13 R |
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14 O | R | R | A | 15 L | E | R | O | I | 16 A | B | R | A |
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17 M | A | G | N | 18 I | F | Y | I | N | G | 19 G | L | A | S | S |
20 E | L | E | C | T | 21 S | E | I | N | E | 22 N | A | P |
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23 H | A | 24 T | 25 N | A | N | 26 A | ||||||||
27 L | 28 O | O | K | I | 29 N | 30 G | G | L | A | S | 31 S | 32 E | 33 S |
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34 B | E | N | 35 E | D | E | R | 36 L | I | A | N | A |
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37 E | V | E | 38 L | 39 Y | E | A | 40 T | 41 S | 42 A | L | U | M |
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43 R | E | G | I | 44 E | 45 I | R | A | 46 S | 47 T | R | E |
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48 G | L | A | S | S | 49 M | 50 E | N | A | G | E | 51 R | I | E | |
52 A | T | O | M | 53 E | R | A | ||||||||
54 O | 55 F | 56 F | 57 A | B | B | 58 E | 59 S | 60 U | M | 61 B | 62 R | 63 A |
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64 G | L | A | 65 S | S | B | O | T | T | 66 O | M | B | O | A | T |
67 R | A | N | T | 68 E | D | N | A | S | 69 L | O | R | E |
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70 E | G | G | S | 71 D | Y | A | D | S | 72 E | K | E | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,600
Across
1
One of 24 : HOUR
5
Assists a felon : ABETS
10
Gush : POUR
14
Odd, in Edinburgh : ORRA
15
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
16
Texan's narrow pass : ABRA
17
Enlarging device : MAGNIFYINGGLASS
20
Choose : ELECT
21
Paris's river : SEINE
22
Snooze : NAP
23
Cloche or toque : HAT
25
Zola novel : NANA
27
Mirrors : LOOKINGGLASSES
34
Franklin or Turpin : BEN
35
Big dam in Germany : EDER
36
Climbing plant : LIANA
37
Knievel : EVEL
39
"Deirdre" playwright : YEATS
42
Grad : ALUM
43
Government monopoly : REGIE
45
Levin and Eaker : IRAS
47
Trevi number : TRE
48
T. Williams play, with "The" : GLASSMENAGERIE
52
Tiny particle : ATOM
53
Epoch : ERA
54
Away : OFF
57
French secular clergymen : ABBES
60
Shadow : UMBRA
64
Doris Day film, with "The" : GLASSBOTTOMBOAT
67
Harangue : RANT
68
Ferber and Best : EDNAS
69
Body of knowledge : LORE
70
Partner of bacon : EGGS
71
Pairs : DYADS
72
___ out (supplements) : EKES
Down
1
Kind of plate : HOME
2
Spoken : ORAL
3
Exhort : URGE
4
Estancia : RANCHO
5
Landon : ALF
6
Former rulers of Tunisia : BEYS
7
Buffalo's county : ERIE
8
Artist's activity : TONING
9
Distinctive : SIGNAL
10
Buddy : PAL
11
Scottish resort : OBAN
12
___ Major : URSA
13
File : RASP
18
"___ This Woman," Tracy film : ITAKE
19
Of hereditary factors : GENAL
24
Neat : TIDY
26
Largest of seven : ASIA
27
Flat : LEVEL
28
Second largest lake in Europe : ONEGA
29
Born : NEE
30
" ... amber waves of ___" : GRAIN
31
Intl. conference: 1968-72 : SALTI
32
Accustom : ENURE
33
Identical : SAME
34
Coast Guard target : BERG
38
Actress Eilbacher : LISA
40
___-la-la : TRA
41
Wise one : SAGE
44
These, in Taxco : ESTAS
46
Antitoxin : SERUM
49
Crowded about : MOBBED
50
Organize : EMBODY
51
Rove : RAMBLE
54
Monster : OGRE
55
Ensign : FLAG
56
Fearsome tooth : FANG
58
Lab burner : ETNA
59
African village : STAD
61
Schedule : BOOK
62
Scarce : RARE
63
Sweetsop : ATES
65
Kin of aves. : STS
66
C.I.A. forerunner : OSS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 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.