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George Laczko
New York Times, Tuesday, July 2, 1974
9-Down : Water bottles
Author:
George Laczko
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 304 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
George Laczko has 37 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 R | 4 E | 5 H | 6 A | 7 C | 8 K | 9 C | 10 A | 11 G | 12 E | 13 D |
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14 A | L | A | R | 15 E | R | L | E | 16 A | M | U | S | E |
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17 L | I | B | R | 18 A | R | I | A | N | 19 R | U | S | S | E |
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20 O | B | I | 21 S | E | E | N | 22 H | A | L | T | E | R |
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23 S | I | D | 24 E | W | A | L | K | 25 C | A | F | E | |||
26 M | A | N | S | 27 A | B | E | T | 28 T | 29 O | 30 R |
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31 I | 32 N | 33 K | I | N | D | 34 S | K | I | S | 35 U | L | U |
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36 D | O | N | T | 37 T | 38 W | E | E | T | 39 A | R | A | B |
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40 E | G | O | 41 S | H | O | W | 42 F | 43 L | U | F | F | Y |
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44 M | O | B | 45 S | T | E | R | 46 T | O | A | T | ||||
47 P | A | R | T | 48 N | E | R | S | H | 49 I | 50 P | 51 S |
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52 M | 53 A | 54 R | I | N | E | 55 A | R | M | S | 56 B | I | T |
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57 A | H | A | N | D | 58 F | U | R | I | O | 59 U | S | L | Y |
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60 D | E | N | E | B | 61 I | R | O | N | 62 R | E | A | L |
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63 E | M | I | L | Y | 64 B | U | R | G | 65 I | N | R | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,089
Across
1
Reduce : PARE
5
Kind of writer : HACK
9
Cooped up : CAGED
14
Winged : ALAR
15
Gardner : ERLE
16
Divert : AMUSE
17
Dewey-decimal expert : LIBRARIAN
19
Ballet ___ : RUSSE
20
Kimono sash : OBI
21
Noted : SEEN
22
Dress style : HALTER
23
Observation spot for tourists : SIDEWALKCAFE
26
___ best friend : MANS
27
Instigator : ABETTOR
31
Similarly : INKIND
34
Winter gear : SKIS
35
Eskimo knife : ULU
36
Warning word : DONT
37
Treetop sound : TWEET
39
Yemenite : ARAB
40
Conceit : EGO
41
Display : SHOW
42
Light : FLUFFY
44
Gang member : MOBSTER
46
Precisely : TOAT
47
Some businesses : PARTNERSHIPS
52
Leatherneck : MARINE
55
Guns : ARMS
56
Took the bait : BIT
57
Lend ___ (assist) : AHAND
58
With intensity : FURIOUSLY
60
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
61
Golf club : IRON
62
Genuine : REAL
63
Brontë : EMILY
64
Small town : BURG
65
Concerning : INRE
Down
1
Departure port, 1492 : PALOS
2
Excuse : ALIBI
3
Fanatical : RABID
4
Go astray : ERR
5
In various places : HEREANDTHERE
6
Arabian gazelles : ARIELS
7
Prison-door sound : CLANK
8
Range of sight : KEN
9
Water bottles : CARAFES
10
Charm : AMULET
11
Sudden rush : GUST
12
They, in Italy : ESSE
13
Forest animal : DEER
18
City on the Nile : ASWAN
22
Salted peanuts, for a while : HABITFORMING
24
Give forth : EMIT
25
Soap unit : CAKE
28
Sod : TURF
29
Norwegian saint : OLAF
30
Keeler : RUBY
31
The same : IDEM
32
Space-shot bust : NOGO
33
Door opener : KNOB
34
Embroider : SEW
38
Beer-fermenting agent : WORT
39
Writer: Abbr. : AUTH
41
Hopeful one at flight time : STANDBY
43
Rope : LASSO
45
Ruby variety : SPINEL
46
Word for a brat : TERROR
48
South Pacific island : NAURU
49
Creator of Ase : IBSEN
50
Hemingway heroine : PILAR
51
Bon ton : STYLE
52
Fashioned : MADE
53
Attention-getting word : AHEM
54
Hindu queen : RANI
58
White lie : FIB
59
Swiss canton : URI
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 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.