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Mel Rosen
New York Times, Wednesday, February 14, 1973
Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 80, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.63, Missing: { J P Q Z }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 4.6
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 M | 3 U | 4 R | 5 R | 6 A | 7 G | 8 A | 9 A | 10 G | 11 R | 12 A |
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13 G | R | U | N | T | 14 E | L | A | N | 15 N | E | O | N |
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16 R | E | F | L | E | 17 C | T | I | V | E | 18 G | N | A | T |
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19 A | N | T | I | 20 H | I | K | E | 21 F | E | U | D | S |
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22 M | A | I | S | 23 O | R | E | 24 C | A | L | F | ||||
25 T | 26 A | K | E | 27 R | E | C | A | L | 28 L | 29 S |
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30 A | 31 D | E | L | E | 32 S | E | T | A | 33 E | A | T |
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34 S | U | E | D | E | 35 A | L | L | 36 D | 37 U | C | K | Y |
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38 A | R | F | 39 W | 40 A | X | Y | 41 R | E | N | T | E | |||
42 M | A | L | 43 A | I | S | E | 44 M | U | S | S | ||||
45 E | F | F | S | 46 R | I | B | 47 E | 48 A | 49 S | 50 T |
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51 N | 52 A | C | R | E | 53 K | I | L | L | 54 A | L | L | O |
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55 E | T | T | A | 56 I | N | F | L | E | 57 C | T | I | O | N |
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58 A | M | O | I | 59 R | I | L | E | 60 R | E | N | T | S |
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61 L | O | R | D | 62 S | T | E | R | 63 I | D | E | S |
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,586
Across
1
River of Asia : AMUR
5
Hindu music theme : RAGA
9
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
13
Wrestling sound : GRUNT
14
Ardor : ELAN
15
Broadway light : NEON
16
Given to musing : REFLECTIVE
18
What to strain at : GNAT
19
Opposed one : ANTI
20
Scout activity : HIKE
21
Hostile states : FEUDS
22
But, in France : MAIS
23
Cuprite, for one : ORE
24
Shapely leg area : CALF
25
Let a pitch pass : TAKE
27
Orders to return : RECALLS
30
Astaire : ADELE
32
___ trap for : SETA
33
Gormandize : EAT
34
Like some blue shoes : SUEDE
35
___ or nothing : ALL
36
Just dandy : DUCKY
38
Sandy's sound : ARF
39
Pallid : WAXY
41
French income : RENTE
42
Vague discomfort : MALAISE
44
Rumple : MUSS
45
Letters : EFFS
46
Josh : RIB
47
Half a Kipling pair : EAST
51
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
53
Tennis smash : KILL
54
Reverse: Prefix : ALLO
55
Girl's name : ETTA
56
Voice modulation : INFLECTION
58
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
59
Make angry : RILE
60
Tenants' concerns : RENTS
61
Tennyson, for one : LORD
62
Ending for pun or fun : STER
63
March date : IDES
Down
1
Sports place : ARENA
2
Plain clothes : MUFTI
3
Like some phone numbers : UNLISTED
4
Map abbr. : RTE
5
Hit the sack : RETIRE
6
"___ as peas ... " : ALIKE
7
"I ___ at the office" : GAVE
8
Scotsman's one : ANE
9
Miss Davis : ANGELA
10
Curtsy : GENUFLECT
11
Hope-Crosby locale : ROAD
12
Insects : ANTS
13
Weight : GRAM
17
Throttle : CHOKE
21
Fronts : FACADES
24
This, in Rheims : CET
26
Small food fish : ALEWIFE
27
Uncle or aunt: Abbr. : REL
28
Louise or George : LAKE
29
Eye swelling : STY
30
Aspect : AURA
31
Furnace device : DEFLECTOR
32
Like Reynard : SLY
34
Jaffe or Houston : SAM
35
Fireman's door opener : AXE
37
Defeated the incumbent : UNSEATED
40
Ninny : ASS
41
100 kopecks : RUBLE
43
Apprehensive : AFRAID
44
Creator of Willy Loman : MILLER
46
M-1 or M-16 : RIFLE
48
Straighten : ALINE
49
Coin-bank features : SLOTS
50
"Sixteen ___" : TONS
51
Actress Patricia : NEAL
52
Vapor: Prefix : ATMO
53
Self-mend, as bones : KNIT
56
Govt. tax agency : IRS
57
Dernier ___ : CRI
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.