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S. E. Wilkinson
New York Times, Friday, October 28, 1988
Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { Q X Y }, Scrabble score: 300 (avg 1.60)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 16.8
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 R | 3 O | 4 W | 5 C | 6 E | 7 D | 8 A | 9 R | 10 B | 11 I | 12 K | 13 E |
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14 L | O | C | O | 15 H | A | I | T | I | 16 U | S | E | R |
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17 A | M | E | N | 18 A | R | M | E | D | 19 Z | E | R | O |
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20 H | E | A | D | 21 L | I | N | E | 22 D | 23 O | Z | E | N | S |
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24 S | O | N | E | A | R | 25 P | L | O | W | |||||
26 R | I | M | 27 S | 28 R | E | N | O | 29 I | 30 R | 31 S |
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32 H | 33 A | 34 T | 35 R | A | T | 36 I | O | 37 A | R | T | I | E |
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38 E | R | O | 39 O | 40 N | O | R | M | 41 A | 42 D | A | T | A |
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43 L | I | L | L | 44 I | 45 R | A | P | I | 46 D | 47 T | A | M |
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48 P | A | D | D | O | 49 C | K | 50 T | R | O | 51 T | ||||
52 T | W | O | S | 53 F | O | I | 54 S | 55 T | 56 S |
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57 J | 58 O | 59 V | I | A | L | 60 S | 61 H | O | R | T | C | U | T |
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62 A | D | A | M | 63 L | 64 A | T | E | R | 65 L | A | R | A |
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66 M | O | L | E | 67 I | S | A | A | C | 68 E | L | K | S |
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69 B | R | E | R | 70 E | A | G | L | E | 71 S | A | S | H |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,234
Across
1
The ___, Dick Tracy adversary : BROW
5
Pencil wood : CEDAR
10
Two-wheeler : BIKE
14
Bonkers : LOCO
15
Port-au-Prince's country : HAITI
16
Consumer : USER
17
Hemsley sitcom : AMEN
18
Prepared for battle : ARMED
19
Nil : ZERO
20
Part? : HEADLINE
22
Bakers' 13's : DOZENS
24
"___ and yet so far" : SONEAR
25
Cut a way : PLOW
26
Cups' lips : RIMS
28
Some Impressionist works : RENOIRS
32
This may be over your head : HAT
35
Proportion : RATIO
37
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
38
Switch ending : EROO
40
Actress Talmadge : NORMA
42
Computer fodder : DATA
43
Lehmann or Palmer : LILLI
45
Quick : RAPID
47
"___ Lin," Scottish ballad : TAM
48
Horse course : PADDOCK
50
Jogging gait : TROT
52
Four parts : TWOS
53
Palms off : FOISTS
57
Merry : JOVIAL
60
Crew? : SHORTCUT
62
Eliot's Bede : ADAM
63
By and by : LATER
65
"Grenada" songwriter : LARA
66
Burrowing mammal : MOLE
67
Writer Asimov : ISAAC
68
The original ones were actors : ELKS
69
___ Rabbit : BRER
70
Quarter back? : EAGLE
71
Casement : SASH
Down
1
Malaise of a sort : BLAHS
2
Play boy? : ROMEO
3
Swell place? : OCEAN
4
It's really something : WONDER
5
Usher? : CHAIRMAN
6
Make some bread : EARN
7
January marcher : DIME
8
Tucked away : ATE
9
Conundrum : RIDDLE
10
Hum? : BUZZWORD
11
What "video" means : ISEE
12
"Sunny" composer : KERN
13
Cupid : EROS
21
Leo's lodge : LAIR
23
A Chaplin : OONA
25
On time : PROMPT
27
Voiceless birds : STORKS
29
Leave ___ that : ITAT
30
Hayworth or Gam : RITA
31
Clothes line? : SEAM
32
Lend a hand : HELP
33
Met air : ARIA
34
Narrated : TOLD
36
Author Levin : IRA
39
Hourglass? : OLDTIMER
41
Wind? : AIRFORCE
44
Corn Belt state : IOWA
46
Way out : DOOR
49
Sheep dog : COLLIE
51
Earl, duke, etc. : TITLES
54
Actress Gia : SCALA
55
Young ones want changes : TURKS
56
Hide away : STASH
57
Side post : JAMB
58
Bouquet : ODOR
59
Vocalist Jerry : VALE
60
For men only : STAG
61
Restore : HEAL
64
Sly ___ fox : ASA
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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