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Scott
New York Times, Monday, October 4, 1993
Author:
Scott
Editor:
Mel Taub
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.33)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 33.8
Scott has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 D | 2 A | 3 R | 4 K | 5 G | 6 A | 7 P | 8 E | 9 S | 10 O | 11 M | 12 A | 13 R |
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14 E | L | A | N | 15 A | F | O | R | E | 16 M | O | R | E |
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17 B | A | T | O | 18 N | R | O | U | G | E | 19 E | N | N | A |
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20 T | E | S | T | A | T | O | R | 21 M | 22 A | L | T | E | D |
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23 T | R | E | T | 24 S | L | E | E | P | ||||||
25 H | 26 O | 27 S | I | E | R | 28 T | H | I | R | T | E | 29 E | 30 N |
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31 U | R | A | L | S | 32 L | O | O | E | Y | 33 L | E | O |
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34 R | A | C | Y | 35 S | O | P | O | R | 36 S | I | L | T |
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37 L | T | R | 38 S | P | R | I | T | 39 S | T | E | E | R |
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40 S | E | A | 41 M | I | L | E | S | 42 P | I | E | R | R | E |
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43 M | I | N | I | S | 44 D | U | D | E | ||||||
45 P | 46 R | E | S | E | T | 47 C | O | R | E | L | 48 E | 49 S | 50 S |
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51 S | E | N | T | 52 P | 53 R | O | V | I | D | E | N | C | E |
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54 S | A | T | E | 55 E | A | S | E | S | 56 R | O | O | T |
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57 T | R | O | D | 58 A | P | A | R | T | 59 S | S | T | S |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 16,036
Across
1
Sinister : DARK
5
Gawks : GAPES
10
Khayyám or Bradley : OMAR
14
Spirit : ELAN
15
Previous to, old style : AFORE
16
Encore! : MORE
17
L.S.U. site : BATONROUGE
19
Sicilian resort : ENNA
20
Legator : TESTATOR
21
Soda-fountain order : MALTED
23
Waste allowance : TRET
24
Catch some Z's : SLEEP
25
Argyle maker : HOSIER
28
Long dozen : THIRTEEN
31
Europe-Asia boundary : URALS
32
Lieutenant, G.I. style : LOOEY
33
Virgo's predecessor : LEO
34
Risqué : RACY
35
Lethargic state : SOPOR
36
Wash : SILT
37
Initial: Abbr. : LTR
38
Diagonal spar : SPRIT
39
Former bull : STEER
40
Nautical distances : SEAMILES
42
Coyote State hub : PIERRE
43
Skimpy skirts : MINIS
44
Coxcomb : DUDE
45
Readied beforehand : PRESET
47
Without a heart? : CORELESS
51
Dispatched : SENT
52
Roger Williams founded it: 1636 : PROVIDENCE
54
Gratify : SATE
55
Loosens : EASES
56
Search about : ROOT
57
Tramped : TROD
58
Separate : APART
59
Concordes : SSTS
Down
1
Liability : DEBT
2
Wings : ALAE
3
Stoolies : RATS
4
With complexity : KNOTTILY
5
Hose holder : GARTER
6
"...Watson, come! The game is ___" : AFOOT
7
Teem : POUR
8
Work unit : ERG
9
Better looking : SEEMLIER
10
Western or Spanish : OMELET
11
Vt. birthplace of Adm. Dewey : MONTPELIER
12
English composer : ARNE
13
Study palms : READ
18
Nasal passages : NARES
22
Ethereal : AERY
24
Spring sprout : SHOOT
25
Launches : HURLS
26
Declaim : ORATE
27
Western terminus of the pony express : SACRAMENTO
28
Sun hats : TOPIS
29
Sniggler : EELER
30
___ Dame : NOTRE
32
Bodies of knowledge : LORES
35
Kind of soup : SPLITPEA
36
Four-time Super Bowl champs : STEELERS
38
___ qua non : SINE
39
Supported : SIDED
41
Fogged up : MISTED
42
Strict traditionalist : PURIST
44
First State capital : DOVER
45
Attention getter : PSST
46
Aft : REAR
47
Pedro's thing : COSA
48
Seth's famous son : ENOS
49
Midlothian native : SCOT
50
Coteries : SETS
53
Rhythmic rhyming patter : RAP
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 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.