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Sara V. Tuckerman
New York Times, Wednesday, August 28, 1974
2-Down : Essay name
Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 E | 3 D | 4 M | 5 A | 6 D | 7 A | 8 M | 9 H | 10 A | 11 T | 12 E |
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13 A | L | E | 14 P | 15 A | M | A | P | A | 16 O | L | E | S |
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17 L | I | R | A | 18 J | E | R | R | Y | 19 B | U | I | L | T |
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20 C | A | R | T | 21 O | O | N | 22 O | B | A | D | I | A | H |
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23 Y | O | U | R | S | 24 N | E | T | I | ||||||
25 A | 26 U | D | I | T | S | 27 R | E | N | 28 T | 29 E | 30 S |
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31 G | R | O | S | S | 32 S | 33 T | 34 U | R | D | I | E | S | T |
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35 L | A | W | 36 F | A | N | N | Y | 37 R | T | E |
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38 O | R | N | 39 A | 40 M | E | N | T | S | 41 H | 42 A | R | E | M |
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43 W | I | S | T | E | R | 44 S | A | T | Y | R | S |
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45 T | A | R | 46 S | 47 D | U | R | O | C | ||||||
48 A | 49 N | 50 T | O | N | Y | M | 51 A | C | A | L | L | 52 T | 53 O |
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54 M | E | R | R | Y | M | O | 55 N | T | H | 56 L | O | U | D |
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57 I | R | A | N | 58 A | T | S | E | A | 59 S | T | L | O |
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60 S | O | P | S | 61 N | E | A | R | S | 62 H | E | R |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,146
Across
1
Husing of radio days : TED
4
"Call Me ___" : MADAM
9
Distaste : HATE
13
Syrian city, to French : ALEP
15
Area of north Brazil : AMAPA
16
Cheers : OLES
17
Money for Miss Lisi : LIRA
18
Flimsily constructed : JERRYBUILT
20
Nast creation : CARTOON
22
O. T. book : OBADIAH
23
"___ truly" : YOURS
24
Thatch grass : NETI
25
Examines books : AUDITS
27
Incomes, in France : RENTES
31
Coarse : GROSS
32
Most robust : STURDIEST
35
Gresham's or Salic : LAW
36
Kemble or Bryce : FANNY
37
Way: Abbr. : RTE
38
Embellishes : ORNAMENTS
41
Sultan's entourage : HAREM
43
Novelist Owen : WISTER
44
Fauns : SATYRS
45
Road surfaces : TARS
47
Breed of hog : DUROC
48
Grammarian's word : ANTONYM
51
"___ Arms" : ACALLTO
54
May : MERRYMONTH
56
Clamorous : LOUD
57
Farah's country : IRAN
58
Lost : ATSEA
59
City in France : STLO
60
Douceurs : SOPS
61
Approaches : NEARS
62
Pronoun : HER
Down
1
Bath powder : TALC
2
Essay name : ELIA
3
Old ballads : DERRYDOWNS
4
Bush-leaguers' goal : MAJORS
5
Words of agreement : AMENS
6
Women's org. : DAR
7
Airport area : APRON
8
Prickly shrub : MAYBERRY
9
Famed escape artist : HOUDINI
10
Et ___ : ALII
11
Tissue, in anatomy : TELA
12
Baltic land: Abbr. : ESTH
14
Jargon : PATOIS
19
Diminished : BATED
21
On the ___ (at odds) : OUTS
25
Radiant : AGLOW
26
Arrow poison : URARI
28
Beach-robe fabric : TERRYCLOTH
29
Glyceride : ESTER
30
Flower holders : STEMS
32
___ Remo : SAN
33
Explosive : TNT
34
German pronoun : UNS
36
Charon, for one : FERRYMAN
39
Transfers, in law : ATTORNS
40
Labor leader : MEANY
41
___-kiri : HARA
42
Some islands : ATOLLS
44
For example : SUCHAS
46
Destroyed : SMOTE
47
Office machine : DATER
48
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
49
Pianist Peter : NERO
50
Kind of door : TRAP
52
Bulrush : TULE
53
Scent : ODOR
55
Campus group: Abbr. : NSA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 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.