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Jim Page
Jim Page

New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1993

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 14, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Grid flow: 20.4 Grid has duplicate clues.
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,791
Across
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"___ the Devil," Bogart film : BEAT
5
Tête cover : BERET
10
Cpls.' bosses : SGTS
14
Peak : ACME
15
"Sakes ___!" : ALIVE
16
In this spot : HERE
17
Bogart film : THEAFRICANQUEEN
20
Sweetie : HON
21
Took a bus : RODE
22
Not mounted, as a diamond : UNSET
23
Rational : SANE
24
Hits hard : SMITES
26
Protected, at sea : ALEE
29
Sleek fabrics : SATINS
31
Diamond weights : CARATS
34
Actress Anderson : LONI
35
Slugger's stat : RBI
38
"The ___," Bogart film : ROARINGTWENTIES
41
Casablanca has one : ESS
42
Foal parent : MARE
43
Employ anew : REHIRE
44
Watchful ones : SPIERS
46
Ferrara family : ESTE
47
Full of sandbanks : SHOALY
49
Concerning : ASTO
52
___ in (inducted) : SWORN
53
Bismarck is its cap. : NDAK
54
___ de Calais : PAS
57
"The ___," Bogart film : PETRIFIEDFOREST
61
___ fixe : IDEE
62
"___ mio" : OSOLE
63
Aleutian island : ATTU
64
Gwyn or Carter : NELL
65
Corn breads : PONES
66
"___ Reckoning," Bogart film : DEAD
Down
1
Something drawn : BATH
2
Canyon sound : ECHO
3
Prayer finish : AMEN
4
Pekoe, e.g. : TEA
5
The Red ___ (W.W. I ace) : BARON
6
Passes over : ELIDES
7
Tex. university : RICE
8
A Gabor : EVA
9
Half a score : TEN
10
Sidetracks : SHUNTS
11
Silly ones : GEESE
12
Oak and elm : TREES
13
___ packing (dismissed) : SENT
18
___ Lippo Lippi : FRA
19
Antimalarial drug : QUININE
23
Scorch : SEAR
24
Put away : STOW
25
Coal digger : MINER
26
Parcel of land : ACRE
27
Cambodian neighbor : LAOS
28
Historic periods : ERAS
30
Take in pants : ALTER
32
Set of kettledrums : TIMPANI
33
Slow person : SNAIL
35
Reformer Jacob ___ : RIIS
36
Actor Lahr : BERT
37
"Uh huh" : ISEE
39
Zane or Jane : GREY
40
One of the Huxtables : THEO
44
Light reddish-brown : SORREL
45
Jockey's perch : SADDLE
47
Native of Stockholm : SWEDE
48
Monopoly investment : HOTEL
50
Yeggs' targets : SAFES
51
Ref's verdict : TKO
52
Twirl : SPIN
53
Bright sign : NEON
54
Netman Sampras : PETE
55
Film fox terrier : ASTA
56
___ poker : STUD
58
Dandy : FOP
59
Prefix for metric : ISO
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Half a diam. : RAD

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