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Brett A. Blaylock
New York Times, Friday, November 4, 1983
Author:
Brett A. Blaylock
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J K }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 16.9
Brett A. Blaylock has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 I | 2 M | 3 A | 4 A | 5 T | 6 R | 7 I | 8 A | 9 Q | 10 U | 11 I | 12 D |
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13 R | O | V | 14 E | 15 Q | U | E | L | L | 16 U | N | D | O |
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17 A | M | A | S | 18 U | R | I | E | L | 19 I | T | E | M |
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20 Q | U | I | S | 21 L | I | N | G | 22 O | 23 P | P | O | S | E |
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24 I | S | L | E | O | F | 25 N | 26 O | T | E | S | ||||
27 N | O | E | 28 L | 29 I | S | O | T | 30 O | 31 P | 32 E |
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33 H | 34 A | 35 T | 36 T | R | I | 37 L | L | 38 N | E | P | A | L |
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39 A | R | I | 40 L | 41 S | N | E | E | 42 R | 43 R | U | N | S |
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44 M | E | N | O | 45 F | 46 E | A | R | E | 47 D | 48 S | E | E |
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49 M | A | T | I | L | 50 D | A | 51 S | T | E | 52 P | ||||
53 T | E | A | L | 54 S | 55 A | U | R | 56 O | 57 R | 58 A |
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59 S | 60 T | 61 R | E | W | N | 62 Q | 63 U | I | X | O | T | I | C |
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64 L | I | A | R | 65 U | 66 T | U | R | N | 67 S | T | A | R |
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68 A | D | Z | E | 69 B | E | I | G | E | 70 Y | E | T | I |
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71 W | E | E | D | 72 E | N | D | E | D | 73 R | A | D |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,414
Across
1
Diamond's "___ Believer" : IMA
4
Chambers : ATRIA
9
Plug : QUID
13
Peregrinate : ROVE
15
Pacify : QUELL
16
Annul : UNDO
17
Latin lover's verb form : AMAS
18
Milton's "Regent of the Sun" : URIEL
19
Feature : ITEM
20
Turncoat : QUISLING
22
Vote no : OPPOSE
24
___ Man : ISLEOF
25
Marginalia : NOTES
27
Coward : NOEL
29
Nuclide : ISOTOPE
33
Stetson, e.g. : HAT
36
Quaver : TRILL
38
Katmandu locale : NEPAL
39
Seed part : ARIL
41
Scoff : SNEER
43
Sequences : RUNS
44
" ... ___ good will" : MENOF
46
Auriculate : EARED
48
Diocese : SEE
49
Australian tramp's bundle : MATILDA
51
Phase : STEP
53
River ducks : TEALS
55
E. B. Browning's "___ Leigh" : AURORA
59
Broadcast : STREWN
62
Starry-eyed : QUIXOTIC
64
Fraud : LIAR
65
Volte-face : UTURN
67
Red dwarf, e.g. : STAR
68
Cutting tool : ADZE
69
Ecru : BEIGE
70
Himalayan bugbear : YETI
71
Do garden work : WEED
72
Over : ENDED
73
Geiger relative : RAD
Down
1
Arabic dialect : IRAQI
2
Greek god of mockery : MOMUS
3
Use : AVAIL
4
Subsurface sources of water : AQUIFERS
5
Rotate : TURN
6
Rule : REIGN
7
O'Neill play : ILE
8
Metes out : ALLOTS
9
Wit : QUIPSTER
10
Golden-rule word : UNTO
11
Fish or dates : IDES
12
Fuller's geodesic ___ : DOME
14
Where Krupp cleaned up : ESSEN
21
Sack : LOOT
23
Spanish esne : PEON
26
Cowboys' rivals : OILERS
28
One-dimensional : LINEAL
30
___ tesselatum (mosaic) : OPUS
31
Sheet of sorts : PANE
32
Threat word : ELSE
33
Ruhr city : HAMM
34
Precinct : AREA
35
Shade : TINT
37
"The ___-Rig," Burns poem : LEA
40
Hung around : LOITERED
42
Hired : RETAINED
45
Moved fast : FLEW
47
Pas de ___ (ballet figure) : DEUX
50
Inspiration for a Strauss : DANUBE
52
Vapid : PROSY
54
Cuttlefish's relative : SQUID
56
Lustrous fur : OTTER
57
Cowboy's cowcatcher : RIATA
58
Corrosive : ACRID
59
Deli item : SLAW
60
Rip or flood : TIDE
61
Level : RAZE
63
Prompt : URGE
66
Blake Edwards film: 1979 : TEN
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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