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Eileen Lexau
New York Times, Friday, January 17, 1964
Author:
Eileen Lexau
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J X }, Scrabble score: 303 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 31.3
Eileen Lexau has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 10 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 Q | 2 U | 3 A | 4 R | 5 T | 6 Z | 7 Q | 8 U | 9 E | 10 S | 11 T | ||||
12 S | U | N | R | I | S | E | 13 S | 14 U | R | C | H | I | 15 N |
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16 K | E | R | O | S | E | N | E | 17 I | G | U | A | N | A |
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18 A | M | I | D | E | 19 O | R | 20 A | R | E | 21 L | S | D |
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22 T | O | P | 23 R | 24 O | B | U | S | T | 25 T | I | T | I |
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26 E | Y | E | 27 S | 28 M | I | M | I | 29 A | R | M | O | R |
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30 A | 31 B | B | A | 32 S | 33 I | M | I | A | N | S |
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34 B | 35 E | L | I | E | 36 N | A | C | R | E | |||||
37 R | I | V | A | L | R | 38 Y | 39 M | O | N | K | ||||
40 A | B | O | D | E | 41 E | 42 B | E | N | 43 S | 44 A | 45 C | 46 S |
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47 P | U | C | E | 48 M | A | R | T | E | 49 L | 50 D | O | W |
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51 I | L | A | 52 M | A | R | I | E | 53 O | 54 K | A | P | I |
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55 D | O | B | 56 B | I | N | 57 N | O | 58 T | O | R | N | I | S |
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59 E | U | L | O | G | Y | 60 G | R | I | M | A | C | E | S |
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61 S | E | S | S | A | 62 S | A | S | S | E | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,283
Across
1
Silica. : QUARTZ
7
Knightly adventure. : QUEST
12
Daily phenomena. : SUNRISES
14
Oliver, for example. : URCHIN
16
Jet fuel. : KEROSENE
17
Tropical lizard. : IGUANA
18
Chemical compound. : AMIDE
19
To pray: It. : ORARE
21
English money, Latin style. : LSD
22
Choicest part. : TOP
23
Full of vigor. : ROBUST
25
Small monkey. : TITI
26
Items in the back of one's head? : EYES
28
Opera role. : MIMI
29
Metal plate. : ARMOR
30
Father, in Biblical days. : ABBA
32
Apes. : SIMIANS
34
Misrepresent. : BELIE
36
Mother-of-pearl. : NACRE
37
Competition. : RIVALRY
39
Cloister dweller. : MONK
40
Dwelling. : ABODE
41
Bacheller hero. : EBEN
43
Baglike parts of plants. : SACS
47
Brownish purple. : PUCE
48
Charles ___, grandfather of Charlemagne. : MARTEL
50
Jones' partner. : DOW
51
Labor union: Abbr. : ILA
52
Girl of song. : MARIE
53
Giraffelike animal. : OKAPI
55
Horse. : DOBBIN
57
Flightless bird of New Zealand. : NOTORNIS
59
High praise. : EULOGY
60
Wry smiles. : GRIMACES
61
Hurry!, in Shakespeare's day. : SESSA
62
Talks back. : SASSES
Down
1
Island in Formosa Strait. : QUEMOY
2
Not ready for harvest. : UNRIPE
3
"Rule with ___ of iron." : AROD
4
Stair part. : RISER
5
Element in Chinese names. : TSE
6
Queen of Palmyra, circa 270 A.D. : ZENOBIA
7
Riding whip. : QUIRT
8
Drive on. : URGE
9
Old French coin. : ECU
10
"Pale hands I loved beside the ... " : SHALIMAR
11
Cassiterite. : TINSTONE
12
Go on ice. : SKATE
13
Laboratory product. : SERUM
15
Lowest points. : NADIRS
20
In its present condition. : ASIS
24
Old Spanish card game. : OMBER
25
Scoring units, at cards. : TRICKS
27
French menu item. : SALADE
29
"___ for All Seasons." : AMAN
31
Ill humor. : BILE
33
Three ___. : INONE
34
Tippling. : BIBULOUS
35
Able to be called forth. : EVOCABLE
37
French express train. : RAPIDE
38
Major cycle of days. : YEAR
39
Phenomena of the solar system. : METEORS
42
Convey. : BRING
44
Bobbing up and down. : ADANCE
45
Facsimiles. : COPIES
46
Europeans. : SWISS
48
___ time (often). : MANYA
49
Comes into view. : LOOMS
52
Playing marbles. : MIGS
54
Asian monkeys. : KRAS
56
Genus of cattle. : BOS
58
Aunt: Sp. : TIA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 9 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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