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Alan Arbesfeld
New York Times, Thursday, January 3, 1991
Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J P Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 16.9
Alan Arbesfeld has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 123 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 S | 4 I | 5 C | 6 E | 7 A | 8 S | 9 E | 10 F | 11 I | 12 R | 13 M |
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14 A | R | O | M | A | 15 B | R | E | T | 16 I | D | E | A |
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17 F | E | W | E | R | 18 B | R | E | A | 19 K | F | A | S | T |
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20 F | A | S | T | B | 21 R | E | A | K | 22 A | E | R | I | E |
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23 I | N | D | Y | 24 A | R | D | E | N | S |
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25 M | 26 A | 27 N | 28 A | N | A | 29 B | E | E | ||||||
30 A | L | O | N | E | 31 S | 32 T | R | O | N | 33 G | 34 A | 35 R | 36 M |
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37 M | A | R | T | 38 G | L | E | A | N | 39 O | D | O | R |
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40 A | R | M | S | 41 T | R | O | N | G | 42 M | O | O | S | E |
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43 E | A | T | 44 W | E | D | G | E | D |
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45 H | 46 E | 47 A | 48 L | E | D | 49 R | 50 I | O | T | |||||
51 O | R | G | A | N | 52 B | A | C | K | H | 53 A | 54 N | 55 D | 56 S |
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57 H | A | N | D | S | 58 B | A | C | K | 59 A | W | A | I | T |
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60 U | S | E | D | 61 A | L | E | E | 62 N | O | I | R | E |
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63 M | E | W | S | 64 R | E | D | S | 65 E | L | L | E | N |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,031
Across
1
Irreducible : BASIC
6
Moderate : EASE
10
Company : FIRM
14
Olfactory stimulus : AROMA
15
Baseball's Saberhagen : BRET
16
Light bulb, in comics : IDEA
17
Not as many : FEWER
18
Inn fare : BREAKFAST
20
Basketball strategy : FASTBREAK
22
Lofty lodging : AERIE
23
___ 500 (popular auto race) : INDY
24
Actress Eve and family : ARDENS
25
Procrastinator's word : MANANA
29
Insect contest? : BEE
30
Unique : ALONE
31
Intimidate : STRONGARM
37
Store : MART
38
Reap : GLEAN
39
Repute : ODOR
40
Moon man : ARMSTRONG
42
Bullwinkle, for one : MOOSE
43
Ravage : EAT
44
Used a shim : WEDGED
45
Got better : HEALED
49
Card : RIOT
51
Company's publication : ORGAN
52
Certain returns from Sampras : BACKHANDS
57
Returns : HANDSBACK
59
Be in store : AWAIT
60
Canceled, as stamps : USED
61
Downwind : ALEE
62
Bête ___ : NOIRE
63
Stables : MEWS
64
Beatty film : REDS
65
Barkin or Burstyn : ELLEN
Down
1
Golf stroke : BAFF
2
Territory : AREA
3
Distributes : SOWS
4
"___ a man with ... " : IMET
5
Rifle : CARBINE
6
Abated : EBBED
7
Army : ARRAY
8
Look for : SEEK
9
Letter from Piraeus : ETA
10
Played a shrill flute : FIFED
11
"Do ___ to eat a peach?": T. S. Eliot : IDARE
12
Dammar or guaiacum : RESIN
13
Ends a chess game : MATES
19
Valentine delivered in Santa Rosa : KAREN
21
Genetic initials : RNA
24
Long time : AEON
25
TV role for Peggy Wood : MAMA
26
Controversial apple spray : ALAR
27
Model : NORM
28
Aardvark's delight : ANTS
29
Gasconade : BRAG
31
Casino cash collector : SLOT
32
Bo's number : TEN
33
Adjective for "no news" : GOOD
34
"My Life as ___," Swedish film : ADOG
35
Rambler, e.g. : ROSE
36
TV's talking horse : MRED
38
Alum : GRAD
41
Adolescents : TEENS
42
It's a gas! : METHANE
44
Beijing fryer : WOK
45
Boring : HOHUM
46
Rid of chalk, e.g. : ERASE
47
Ford's predecessor in 1973 : AGNEW
48
Cheryl and Diane : LADDS
49
Tore : RACED
50
Sec. of the Interior: 1933-46 : ICKES
52
Group of turtles : BALE
53
Military truant : AWOL
54
Catch : NAIL
55
Pressing : DIRE
56
British version of 5 Down : STEN
58
Shot spot : BAR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 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.