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David Crosatto
New York Times, Tuesday, January 29, 1974
Author:
David Crosatto
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { F J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 1, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 42.3
David Crosatto has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 H | 2 A | 3 L | 4 O | 5 S | 6 P | 7 L | 8 A | 9 T | 10 S | 11 O | 12 R | 13 B |
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14 O | M | A | R | 15 C | I | A | N | O | 16 A | P | E | R |
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17 P | O | N | D | 18 A | P | P | A | L | 19 A | C | H | I | A |
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20 S | I | D | E | 21 S | T | E | P | 22 E | R | R | I | N | G |
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23 M | A | R | T | S | 24 A | D | M | I | R | E | ||||
25 A | 26 M | A | L | I | E | 27 G | A | O | L | S | ||||
28 H | E | R | 29 R | 30 O | A | R | 31 E | T | 32 U | 33 D | 34 E |
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35 A | S | K | 36 E | 37 W | 38 A | G | O | 39 T | Y | R | O | L |
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40 B | A | S | T | E | 41 T | E | N | 42 D | 43 S | U | M |
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44 A | I | 45 L | E | S | 46 E | 47 D | 48 G | A | R | S |
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49 T | 50 I | G | R | I | S | 51 M | A | D | A | M | ||||
52 R | E | S | E | D | A | 53 S | I | D | E | L | I | 54 N | 55 E |
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56 A | S | T | R | O | N | 57 A | U | T | S | 58 E | N | I | D |
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59 I | L | L | E | 60 A | G | R | E | E | 61 N | O | U | N |
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62 N | A | E | S | 63 S | T | A | R | T | 64 A | R | E | A |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,935
Across
1
Angelic adornment : HALO
5
Chair part : SPLAT
10
Apple tree : SORB
14
Poet-astronomer : OMAR
15
Mussolini aide : CIANO
16
Mime : APER
17
Walden setting : POND
18
Depressed area of U.S. : APPALACHIA
20
Skirt : SIDESTEP
22
Going wrong : ERRING
23
Trade centers : MARTS
24
Respect : ADMIRE
25
Charlotte ___ : AMALIE
27
Lockups, in Leicester : GAOLS
28
Pronoun : HER
29
Stadium sound : ROAR
31
Chopin opus : ETUDE
35
Crooked : ASKEW
38
Past : AGO
39
Innsbruck's region : TYROL
40
Thrash : BASTE
41
Do bar duty : TEND
43
Aggregate : SUM
44
Wings: Fr. : AILES
46
Mystery-writers' awards : EDGARS
49
Biblical river : TIGRIS
51
Title for a woman : MADAM
52
Shade of green : RESEDA
53
Benchwarmer's place : SIDELINE
56
Armstrong, Conrad, etc. : ASTRONAUTS
58
Tennyson heroine : ENID
59
He: Lat. : ILLE
60
Jibe : AGREE
61
Part of speech : NOUN
62
Glaswegian negatives : NAES
63
Turn the ignition key : START
64
Scope : AREA
Down
1
Flowers used in brewing : HOPS
2
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
3
Alamo and Faneuil Hall, e.g. : LANDMARKS
4
Trying experience : ORDEAL
5
Disperse : SCATTER
6
Items for boatswains : PIPES
7
Northerner : LAPP
8
Collection : ANA
9
Fine sword : TOLEDO
10
Vestry : SACRISTY
11
Gold-rich land : OPHIR
12
Marie Antoinette, e.g. : REINE
13
Crow : BRAG
19
Identifying band : ARMLET
21
Indian title : SRI
24
Composer Copland : AARON
25
Ishmael's captain : AHAB
26
Sight of Southwest : MESA
27
Plums : GAGES
30
English conspirator : OATES
32
Little Bear : URSAMINOR
33
Glum : DOUR
34
Word in an O'Neill title : ELMS
36
Whatnots : ETAGERES
37
Oddball : WEIRDO
42
Firmly fixed : DEADSET
45
Vines : LIANAS
47
Presidential monogram : DDE
48
Ore : GALENA
49
Inventor Nikola : TESLA
50
Basket fiber : ISTLE
51
Carpentry joint : MITER
52
Maugham title : RAIN
53
Koran chapter : SURA
54
Pacific island : NIUE
55
Millay or Ferber : EDNA
57
Deputy: Abbr. : AGT
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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