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Norma Steinberg
New York Times, Tuesday, September 22, 1992
12-Down : Driving-test feat
Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 W | 4 S | 5 S | 6 C | 7 A | 8 L | 9 D | 10 S | 11 M | 12 U | 13 G |
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14 E | R | I | C | 15 T | A | B | O | R | 16 T | O | T | O |
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17 G | U | S | H | 18 E | R | O | D | E | 19 R | O | U | T |
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20 T | H | E | 21 W | A | Y | W | E | W | 22 H | I | R | R | ||
23 D | E | M | S | 24 O | P | E | N | |||||||
25 V | 26 E | 27 N | U | E | 28 S | 29 E | 30 G | U | E | |||||
31 I | D | O | L | 32 G | 33 A | U | G | E | S | 34 A | 35 H | 36 A |
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37 S | I | T | E | 38 F | O | R | S | O | R | E | 39 E | Y | E | S |
40 A | T | E | 41 A | G | E | I | S | M | 42 V | E | R | Y |
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43 P | R | O | S | E | 44 J | E | S | S | E |
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45 A | 46 C | H | E | 47 E | 48 T | O | N | |||||||
49 C | U | R | D | 50 S | 51 A | 52 N | D | W | E | I | 53 G | 54 H | ||
55 C | U | B | A | 56 P | R | U | D | E | 57 N | O | A | 58 H |
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59 O | T | I | S | 60 O | L | L | I | E | 61 G | A | L | A |
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62 P | E | T | E | 63 T | O | L | E | T | 64 S | L | E | D |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,659
Across
1
Handles roughly : PAWS
5
Almost boil : SCALD
10
Self-satisfied : SMUG
14
___ the Red : ERIC
15
Small drum : TABOR
16
Dorothy's dog : TOTO
17
Spurt : GUSH
18
Eat away at : ERODE
19
One-sided game : ROUT
20
Streisand film re spinning? : THEWAYWEWHIRR
23
Gov. Cuomo et al. : DEMS
24
In full view : OPEN
25
Scene of the crime : VENUE
28
Musician's transition : SEGUE
31
Hero : IDOL
32
Meters : GAUGES
34
Gotcha! : AHA
37
The optometrist's place? : SITEFORSOREEYES
40
Noshed : ATE
41
Prejudice of a sort : AGEISM
42
Actual : VERY
43
Hawthorne's forte : PROSE
44
Owens or James : JESSE
45
Twinge : ACHE
47
Harrow's rival : ETON
49
Muffet's diet plan? : CURDSANDWEIGH
55
Fidel's realm : CUBA
56
Nice Nellie : PRUDE
57
"Arkeologist" : NOAH
59
Singer Redding : OTIS
60
Stan's pal : OLLIE
61
Festive : GALA
62
Calif.'s Governor Wilson : PETE
63
For rent : TOLET
64
"Rosebud," e.g. : SLED
Down
1
Croquet stake : PEG
2
In ___ (bogged down) : ARUT
3
Desire : WISH
4
Make time for : SCHEDULE
5
Watt's fuel : STEAM
6
Grant and Middlecoff : CARYS
7
"Baby, Take ___," 1934 song : ABOW
8
Vein of ore : LODE
9
Sketched : DREW
10
Hash mark : STRIPE
11
Dudley or Marianne : MOORE
12
Driving-test feat : UTURN
13
Understood finally : GOT
21
Tiny : WEE
22
Theater audience : HOUSE
25
Traveler's paper : VISA
26
Check for typos, etc. : EDIT
27
Memo : NOTE
28
"If you knew ___ ... " : SUSIE
29
Selves : EGOS
30
Bacillus : GERM
32
Kind of dancer : GOGO
33
A son of Zeus : ARES
34
Yes votes : AYES
35
Linen marking : HERS
36
"___ sow ... " : ASYE
38
Got along : FARED
39
Times for soirees : EVENINGS
43
"On the run" is one : PHRASE
44
Blow or Palooka : JOE
45
Severe : ACUTE
46
Biblical measurement : CUBIT
47
Carrie's dad : EDDIE
48
Tin-whistle sound : TWEET
50
See : SPOT
51
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
52
Void's partner : NULL
53
Objective : GOAL
54
Golfer Irwin : HALE
55
Beat pounder : COP
58
Owned : HAD
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 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.