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Allan Blackman
New York Times, Saturday, November 22, 1975
Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 4.90, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 11, XRef: 3, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 S | 4 S | 5 S | 6 H | 7 A | 8 R | 9 E | 10 A | 11 Q | 12 U | 13 A |
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14 R | I | T | A | 15 T | O | B | I | N | 16 L | U | N | G |
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17 O | R | A | L | 18 E | L | E | M | I | 19 B | A | I | T |
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20 S | S | T | 21 S | E | L | L | 22 S | 23 T | A | R | T | S |
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24 U | 25 S | U | R | Y | 26 S | L | A | N | T | |||||
27 S | 28 C | E | N | E | S | 29 R | E | I | N | S | E | 30 R | 31 T |
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32 C | H | O | I | R | 33 W | A | I | N | S | 34 R | E | A |
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35 R | E | F | T | 36 B | R | I | N | G | 37 A | B | C | S |
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38 A | L | L | 39 A | R | I | S | E | 40 F | R | A | I | K |
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41 M | A | I | 42 N | G | A | T | E | 43 R | E | A | C | T | S |
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44 B | O | R | G | E | 45 P | I | N | S | K | |||||
46 H | 47 A | E | M | A | L | 48 T | A | B | S | 49 D | 50 E | 51 L |
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52 O | R | R | A | 53 E | 54 V | I | T | A | 55 E | R | S | E |
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56 A | T | T | N | 57 S | I | R | E | N | 58 G | A | T | O |
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59 R | A | Y | S | 60 S | P | E | N | D | 61 O | W | E | N |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,597
Across
1
Football play : PASS
5
Amex unit : SHARE
10
Breathing device, with 16 Across : AQUA
14
Hayworth : RITA
15
Peak of Sonoma Range : TOBIN
16
See 10 Across : LUNG
17
Kind of surgeon : ORAL
18
Source of incense : ELEMI
19
Heckle : BAIT
20
Concorde, for one : SST
21
___ short : SELL
22
Sets out : STARTS
24
Loan gouging : USURY
26
Angle : SLANT
27
Behind the ___ : SCENES
29
Introduce again : REINSERT
32
Church group : CHOIR
33
Carts : WAINS
34
Cartoonist Gardner : REA
35
Pillaged, old style : REFT
36
___ to light (reveal) : BRING
37
Fundamentals : ABCS
38
___ star game : ALL
39
Revolutionary cry : ARISE
40
Scottish flattery : FRAIK
41
Stadium area : MAINGATE
43
Responds : REACTS
44
Pianist Victor : BORGE
45
Russian city : PINSK
46
Of the blood: Var. : HAEMAL
48
Keep ___ on : TABS
49
State: Abbr. : DEL
52
Odd, in Dundee : ORRA
53
Mme. Peron : EVITA
55
Gaelic : ERSE
56
Business-letter abbr. : ATTN
57
Fire-truck gear : SIREN
58
Cat, in Madrid : GATO
59
Milland and Bolger : RAYS
60
Pass, as time : SPEND
61
Ex-Giant coach Steve : OWEN
Down
1
Certain athletes : PROS
2
Put on ___ : AIRS
3
Hoary football play : STATUEOFLIBERTY
4
Pitcher Maglie : SAL
5
Takes the wheel : STEERS
6
Xmas-wreath material : HOLLY
7
Son of Adam : ABEL
8
Tire part : RIM
9
Isolating : ENISLING
10
Saint ___ (Vermont city) : ALBANS
11
Alternative to 3 Down : QUARTERBACKDRAW
12
Offensive or defensive ___ : UNIT
13
Representatives: Abbr. : AGTS
21
Litigant : SUER
23
Works on hides : TANS
25
Stew : SNIT
26
Net : SEINE
27
"Git!" : SCRAM
28
Lobster claw : CHELA
29
Pay-envelope surprise : RAISE
30
Brief novel : RECIT
31
Stints : TASKS
33
___-in vote : WRITE
36
Adjective for a loser : BRAGLESS
37
Pacific pines : ARAS
39
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
40
Boggy lands : FENS
42
___ land (isolated area) : NOMANS
43
Heraldic stripe : RIBAND
45
Eucharistic vessel : PATEN
46
Frost : HOAR
47
City of Greece : ARTA
48
Akron product : TIRE
50
Punta del ___ : ESTE
51
Errol of films : LEON
54
Dais occupant : VIP
55
Freud's concern : EGO
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 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.