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Jack L. Steinhardt
New York Times, Saturday, June 11, 1983
53-Down : Catfish, in Cottbus
Author:
Jack L. Steinhardt
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 25, Avg Word Len: 5.88, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 108, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7
Jack L. Steinhardt has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 O | 3 R | 4 S | 5 A | 6 L | 7 S | 8 A | 9 R | 10 C | 11 A | 12 D | 13 E | 14 S |
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15 E | P | A | U | L | E | T | 16 F | U | R | N | I | S | H |
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17 C | A | R | B | I | N | E | 18 E | M | A | N | A | T | E |
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19 O | L | I | V | E | D | R | 20 A | B | 21 T | U | B | A | L |
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22 R | I | T | E | 23 L | O | R | R | 24 E | 25 M | O | T | T |
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26 U | N | A | R | 27 M | 28 L | A | I | R | 29 S | 30 L | E | I |
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31 M | E | N | T | A | 32 L | 33 B | L | U | E | 34 N | O | S | E |
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35 E | R | I | 36 N | 37 E | C | R | U | |||||||
38 S | 39 P | 40 A | R | K | L | E | 41 T | 42 T | U | R | 43 B | 44 O | 45 T |
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46 A | E | C | 47 S | T | A | U | 48 B | 49 M | E | L | B | A |
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50 M | E | T | 51 A | 52 S | T | R | E | 53 W | 54 M | U | T | T |
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55 P | R | I | M | 56 A | 57 E | N | G | E | 58 L | B | E | R | T |
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59 L | A | N | O | L | 60 I | N | 61 G | L | E | E | F | U | L |
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62 E | G | A | L | I | T | E | 63 A | S | T | R | I | D | E |
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64 D | E | L | E | T | E | D | 65 R | E | I | G | N | E | D |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,268
Across
1
Certain speech sounds : DORSALS
8
Covered passageways : ARCADES
15
Military ornament : EPAULET
16
Supply : FURNISH
17
Semiautomatic weapon : CARBINE
18
Issue : EMANATE
19
Cloth for a G.I. : OLIVEDRAB
21
Shylock's friend : TUBAL
22
"The ___ of Spring" : RITE
23
Star of "M" : LORRE
25
A Peace Nobelist: 1946 : MOTT
26
Deprive of weapons : UNARM
28
Hideaways : LAIRS
30
Niihau neckpiece : LEI
31
Pertaining to the chin : MENTAL
33
Prude : BLUENOSE
35
Hibernia : ERIN
37
Light brown : ECRU
38
Fiery particle : SPARKLET
42
European flatfish : TURBOT
46
Former nuclear org. : AEC
47
Redheaded Met : STAUB
49
Dame Nellie : MELBA
50
Roman racing column : META
52
Broadcast : STREW
54
Simpleton : MUTT
55
___ facie : PRIMA
57
Humperdinck : ENGELBERT
59
Wool fat : LANOLIN
61
Exultant : GLEEFUL
62
Part of a French motto : EGALITE
63
Spanning : ASTRIDE
64
Effaced : DELETED
65
Exercised suzerainty : REIGNED
Down
1
Dignified propriety : DECORUM
2
Milkily iridescent : OPALINE
3
N.J. river or town : RARITAN
4
Underminer of principles : SUBVERTER
5
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
6
Court star : LENDL
7
Unsaturated alcohol : STEROL
8
Not feverish : AFEBRILE
9
Type of runner : RUM
10
Partisan: Comb. form : CRAT
11
Per ___ : ANNUM
12
Devil: Comb. form : DIABOLO
13
Sights at Newport, R.I. : ESTATES
14
Scottish pony or dog : SHELTIE
20
Aba wearer : ARAB
24
Issue violently, as a volcano : ERUCT
27
Visible impressions : MARKS
29
Whey of milk : SERUM
32
Rhythmic cadences : LILTS
34
Famous trial city : NUREMBERG
36
Set in order : NEATENED
38
Had a taste : SAMPLED
39
Noble body : PEERAGE
40
Oral : ACTINAL
41
Curdle : TURN
43
Large tuna : BLUEFIN
44
Thrust forward : OBTRUDE
45
Squealed : TATTLED
48
Impoverish : BEGGAR
51
Soap substitute : AMOLE
53
Catfish, in Cottbus : WELSE
56
Got off : ALIT
58
Indonesian island group : LETI
60
Doctrinal suffix : ITE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.