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John Greenman
New York Times, Friday, February 10, 1984
Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 10.8
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 R | 2 A | 3 J | 4 A | 5 G | 6 A | 7 T | 8 O | 9 A | 10 S | 11 T | 12 A | 13 R |
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14 A | M | I | R | 15 I | C | A | L | 16 S | K | A | T | E |
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17 M | A | M | A | 18 B | A | R | D | 19 C | I | T | E | D |
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20 H | A | B | 21 E | R | D | A | S | 22 H | E | R | I | E | S |
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23 G | A | I | 24 A | U | N | T | ||||||||
25 T | 26 A | 27 B | 28 E | R | N | A | 29 C | L | E | D | 30 P | 31 A | 32 C |
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33 I | R | A | T | E | 34 L | T | S | 35 G | A | L | A |
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36 T | I | B | E | T | 37 T | I | S | 38 D | O | N | O | R |
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39 U | S | E | S | 40 A | R | M | 41 A | N | D | R | E |
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42 S | E | L | 43 F | L | A | B | 44 B | 45 E | R | G | A | S | T |
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46 M | A | G | I | 47 R | A | E | ||||||||
48 J | 49 A | 50 B | O | R | A | N | 51 D | I | T | R | 52 E | 53 E | 54 S | |
55 A | L | A | R | M | 56 E | I | N | E | 57 D | R | I | 58 P |
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59 P | A | R | S | E | 60 E | V | E | R | 61 A | N | T | E |
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62 E | S | K | E | R | 63 S | A | S | S | 64 M | E | S | A |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,512
Across
1
Bombay noble : RAJA
5
___ del Sol, Derby winner: 1982 : GATO
9
"When You Wish Upon ___" : ASTAR
14
Meccan magnate : AMIR
15
Suffix with class : ICAL
16
Emulate Zayak : SKATE
17
Tot's cry : MAMA
18
Avon produced one : BARD
19
Quoted : CITED
20
Shopping stops for pops and fops : HABERDASHERIES
23
Mirthful, in Lille : GAI
24
Pittypat or Polly : AUNT
25
Enshrined : TABERNACLED
30
Moccasin : PAC
33
Mad as a wet hen : IRATE
34
Sgts.' bosses : LTS
35
Festival : GALA
36
Land in Everest's shadow : TIBET
37
Word after "My country" : TIS
38
Blood bank's friend in need : DONOR
39
Employs : USES
40
Anchor part : ARM
41
Kostelanetz : ANDRE
42
Salt, in Savoie : SEL
43
Knock for a loop : FLABBERGAST
46
Bethlehem-bound group : MAGI
47
Arctic explorer : RAE
48
Pilocarpine sources : JABORANDITREES
55
Cry "Wolf!" : ALARM
56
Dresden article : EINE
57
Faucet debility : DRIP
59
Do a grammar assignment : PARSE
60
" ... happily ___ after" : EVER
61
Gamble chips : ANTE
62
Gravelly ridge : ESKER
63
Bratty response : SASS
64
Southwestern sight : MESA
Down
1
Aries symbol : RAM
2
Kowloon nurse : AMAH
3
Iwo ___ : JIMA
4
Ibn-Saud, e.g. : ARAB
5
"The Prophet" author : GIBRAN
6
Eastern Canada, once : ACADIA
7
Home in a Mitchell book : TARA
8
Seasoned seamen : OLDSALTS
9
Levitate : ASCEND
10
Evade an issue : SKIRT
11
Jacques of films : TATI
12
To ___ (right on target) : ATEE
13
Beatty film of 1981 : REDS
21
Heron's cousin : EGRET
22
Some of Manet's concerns : HUES
25
Andronicus : TITUS
26
Greet a new day : ARISE
27
Where confusion reigns : BABEL
28
Québec seasons : ETES
29
Scale : CLIMB
30
Bearlike beast : PANDA
31
Then, in Reims : ALORS
32
Inverted vee : CARET
35
Saucerlike bell : GONG
37
Interns : TRAINEES
38
Challenge-giver or accepter : DARER
40
Diatom : ALGA
43
Dairyman, e.g. : FARMER
44
Pickling fluids : BRINES
45
Banquet guests : EATERS
46
He starred on B'way in "How to Succeed ... " : MORSE
48
Taunt : JAPE
49
End of a popular Stein line : ALAS
50
Kind of rind : BARK
51
Grace Bumbry, e.g. : DIVA
52
Balled cheese : EDAM
53
Coastal eagle : ERNE
54
What a juror does : SITS
58
Coal size : PEA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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