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Evelyn Benshoof
New York Times, Tuesday, July 16, 1985
48-Down : Process sea water
Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 L | 3 I | 4 E | 5 D | 6 S | 7 C | 8 A | 9 T | 10 H | 11 O | 12 L | 13 E |
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14 U | I | N | T | A | 15 L | O | N | E | 16 O | P | A | L |
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17 S | T | R | O | M | 18 A | N | O | N | 19 C | A | R | D |
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20 S | H | E | N | A | 21 N | I | G | A | N | 22 U | R | G | E |
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23 G | O | N | E | 24 E | 25 A | S | T | E | R |
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26 M | 27 A | 28 S | 29 H | E | R | 30 S | 31 T | R | I | P | ||||
32 A | T | T | U | 33 S | 34 E | T | A | 35 N | O | 36 T | 37 E | 38 D |
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39 S | T | U | M | 40 P | E | D | 41 E | 42 D | U | C | A | T | E |
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43 S | A | M | B | A | 44 G | 45 A | L | A | 46 U | R | A | L |
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47 U | N | 48 D | E | R | 49 N | 50 E | S | T | L | E |
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51 P | 52 O | 53 N | G | E | E | 54 A | 55 S | T | A | |||||
56 A | G | O | G | 57 S | 58 U | B | T | E | R | 59 F | 60 U | 61 G | 62 E |
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63 V | I | V | E | 64 A | S | I | A | 65 F | I | N | A | L |
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66 E | V | E | R | 67 L | E | A | R | 68 U | N | T | I | L |
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69 R | E | L | Y | 70 T | E | N | T | 71 L | E | O | N | A |
© 1985, The New York TimesNo. 13,034
Across
1
Did work with : PLIED
6
Type of jazz singing : SCAT
10
Aperture : HOLE
14
Utah river : UINTA
15
___ Ranger : LONE
16
Hyalite : OPAL
17
Thurmond of S.C. : STROM
18
Shortly : ANON
19
Comical one : CARD
20
Trickery : SHENANIGAN
22
Stimulate : URGE
23
Left : GONE
24
Spring holiday : EASTER
26
Kitchen device : MASHER
30
Peel : STRIP
32
Aleutian island : ATTU
33
Bristle : SETA
35
Mentioned : NOTED
39
Electioneered : STUMPED
41
School : EDUCATE
43
Rio dance : SAMBA
44
Celebration : GALA
46
River to the Caspian Sea : URAL
47
Less than : UNDER
49
Cuddle : NESTLE
51
Light-brown silken cloth : PONGEE
54
Film dog : ASTA
56
Excited : AGOG
57
Tricky action : SUBTERFUGE
63
"___ le roi!" : VIVE
64
Far East, etc. : ASIA
65
Certain test : FINAL
66
Constantly : EVER
67
Shakespearean king : LEAR
68
"Wait ___ Dark" : UNTIL
69
Put trust in : RELY
70
Portable shelter : TENT
71
Soprano Mitchell : LEONA
Down
1
"___ in Boots" : PUSS
2
Baltic nat. : LITH
3
Concerning : INRE
4
Jacket or collar : ETON
5
Impair : DAMAGE
6
Done in : SLAIN
7
Produce a jam : CONGEST
8
Puzzler's ox : ANOA
9
Sawbuck : TENNER
10
Trickery : HOCUSPOCUS
11
Museum display, at times : OPART
12
Vast : LARGE
13
Presbyter : ELDER
21
Scandinavian : NORSE
25
Japanese aborgine : AINU
26
Heap : MASS
27
"___ boy!" : ATTA
28
Unfermented grape juice : STUM
29
Trickery : HUMBUGGERY
31
Chinese weight unit : TAEL
34
Border : EDGE
36
Fruit pie : TART
37
Lat. phrase : ETAL
38
Proofreader's "forget it" : DELE
40
Window part : PANE
42
"Divine Comedy" author : DANTE
45
Omani man : ARABIAN
48
Process sea water : DESALT
50
Dressing-down : EARFUL
51
Road constructor : PAVER
52
Pointed arch : OGIVE
53
Fresh : NOVEL
55
Establish : START
58
Plaintiff : USEE
59
Select : FINE
60
"___ the pure all things are pure": Paul : UNTO
61
Earn : GAIN
62
Cinders of comics : ELLA
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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