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David Crosatto
New York Times, Saturday, August 17, 1974
41-Down : What Texas did on Feb. 1, 1861
Author:
David Crosatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.51, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 81, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
David Crosatto has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 G | 4 A | 5 B | 6 A | 7 T | 8 H | 9 K | 10 E | 11 A | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 O | R | A | L | 15 A | R | I | A | 16 I | M | B | U | E |
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17 F | A | L | L | 18 A | L | E | R | Y | 19 M | E | L | B | A |
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20 A | R | L | E | N | 21 C | O | R | 22 P | O | R | E | A | L |
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23 S | A | I | G | A | 24 A | S | I | A | N | S | ||||
25 V | E | D | 26 A | 27 D | R | O | O | 28 P | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 S | 32 H | A | D | E | T | 33 R | 34 E | E | S | 35 N | A | N | A |
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36 P | E | N | 37 M | A | I | T | R | E | 38 S | 39 R | I | P |
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40 A | R | T | 41 S | 42 M | O | O | S | E | H | 43 E | A | D | S |
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44 N | O | S | E | 45 B | A | G | 46 S | E | N | S | ||||
47 C | O | N | R | 48 A | 49 D | 50 A | S | E | 51 A | 52 T |
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53 A | 54 D | 55 V | E | R | S | A | R | Y | 56 V | I | L | N | A |
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57 M | E | A | D | E | 58 N | O | I | 59 S | E | L | E | S | S |
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60 P | A | L | E | R | 61 D | I | N | T | 62 E | N | O | S |
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63 S | L | E | D | S | 64 E | D | G | Y | 65 D | E | N | E |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,135
Across
1
Lengthy tale : SAGA
5
British resort : BATH
9
Author of "Hyperion" : KEATS
14
Exam : ORAL
15
"Visi d'Arte," for one : ARIA
16
Inspire : IMBUE
17
Trivial finery : FALLALERY
19
Opera's Nellie : MELBA
20
Composer Harold : ARLEN
21
Bodily : CORPOREAL
23
Antelope of Siberia : SAIGA
24
Thais or Chinese : ASIANS
25
Hindu scripture : VEDA
27
Flagged : DROOPED
31
Elms, catalpas, etc. : SHADETREES
35
Zola novel : NANA
36
Kind of pal : PEN
37
Teachers, in Troyes : MAITRES
39
Van Winkle : RIP
40
Wiles : ARTS
42
Wall fixtures of a kind : MOOSEHEADS
44
Mobile dinner for dobbin : NOSEBAG
46
Bayh and Kennedy: Abbr. : SENS
47
Author Korzeniowski : CONRAD
50
"May I show you you to ___?" : ASEAT
53
Foe : ADVERSARY
56
Lithuanian city : VILNA
57
General at Gettysburg : MEADE
58
Silent : NOISELESS
60
More washed-out : PALER
61
Force : DINT
62
Son of Seth : ENOS
63
Huskies' burdens : SLEDS
64
Irritable : EDGY
65
Sand hill, in England : DENE
Down
1
Couches : SOFAS
2
Macaw : ARARA
3
Traipses : GALLIVANTS
4
Word for a suspect : ALLEGED
5
___ masqué : BAL
6
Palm : ARECA
7
Weather satellite : TIROS
8
People on a certain outing : HAYRIDERS
9
Robe for Madame Butterfly : KIMONO
10
Essayist-poet : EMERSON
11
Competent : ABLE
12
Band instrument : TUBA
13
Decide irrevocably : SEAL
18
Poetic wreath : ANADEM
22
Zoroastrians : PARSEES
26
Cossack leaders : ATAMANS
28
Mock moon : PARASELENE
29
Oklahoma city : ENID
30
Drops bait on water : DAPS
31
Nine inches : SPAN
32
Merriwell, for one : HERO
33
El Paso's river : RIOGRANDE
34
W. W. II acronym : ETO
38
Grooved pulley wheel : SHEAVE
41
What Texas did on Feb. 1, 1861 : SECEDED
43
Stored fodder : ENSILED
45
Plant pests : BORERS
48
Sweet flag or calla lily : AROID
49
___ swan : DYING
51
Hall-of-Famer Cap : ANSON
52
Cup, at Maxim's : TASSE
53
Elec. units : AMPS
54
Raw or New : DEAL
55
Farewell: Lat. : VALE
59
Eyelid swelling : STY
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 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.