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John Greenman
New York Times, Saturday, February 6, 1982
Author:
John Greenman
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.0
John Greenman has 52 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 12 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 P | 2 B | 3 S | 4 S | 5 K | 6 E | 7 W | 8 A | 9 D | 10 E | 11 N |
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12 L | A | W | 13 D | 14 A | N | N | E | 15 M | O | O | D | Y |
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16 U | N | A | I | 17 H | I | V | E | 18 E | R | O | D | E |
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19 M | T | N | S | 20 A | G | O | 21 E | N | T | R | Y | |||
22 B | U | N | K | 23 E | R | H | I | 24 L | L | D | A | Y | ||
25 L | A | T | 26 E | D | S | 27 A | 28 L | 29 B |
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30 S | 31 A | 32 K | 33 E | S | 34 A | V | E | 35 A | R | E | A |
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36 T | R | U | M | A | 37 N | 38 S | B | I | R | 39 T | H | D | A | Y |
40 A | I | R | S | 41 O | P | E | 42 H | A | S | P | S |
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43 R | A | T | 44 B | E | A | 45 A | 46 D | O | ||||||
47 W | 48 I | L | L | R | 49 O | G | E | R | 50 S | 51 D | 52 A | 53 Y |
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54 C | E | D | E | S | 55 A | R | E | 56 A | I | D | A |
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57 A | L | I | E | N | 58 S | T | E | P | 59 I | D | O | L |
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60 S | A | L | A | D | 61 P | E | E | L | 62 S | O | R | T |
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63 S | Y | L | S | 64 A | N | D | Y | 65 S | E | A |
© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 11,778
Across
1
Educ. network : PBS
4
Place at a slant : SKEW
8
Gland: Comb. form : ADEN
12
De ___, in "The Green Pastures" : LAWD
14
Queenly name : ANNE
15
Given to glumness : MOODY
16
Afghan pass : UNAI
17
Abode for a queen : HIVE
18
Become worn : ERODE
19
Map abbr. : MTNS
20
Bygone days : AGO
21
Contestant : ENTRY
22
June holiday, in Boston : BUNKERHILLDAY
25
Breadth, for short : LAT
26
Wynn and Sullivan : EDS
27
Clerical robe : ALB
30
Personal benefits : SAKES
34
Rte. of a sort : AVE
35
Ma Bell's code : AREA
36
May holiday, in Missouri : TRUMANSBIRTHDAY
40
Affectations : AIRS
41
"And when I ___ my lips ... ": Shak. : OPE
42
Padlock adjuncts : HASPS
43
Jerboa's kin : RAT
44
Actress Arthur : BEA
45
Hubbub : ADO
47
November holiday, in Oklahoma : WILLROGERSDAY
54
Yields : CEDES
55
"Gone ___ the days ... " : ARE
56
Verdi work : AIDA
57
Extrinsic : ALIEN
58
Choreographic unit : STEP
59
"The Fallen ___," 1948 film : IDOL
60
___ days : SALAD
61
Lose one's sunburn : PEEL
62
Class : SORT
63
Word divs. : SYLS
64
Singer Gibb : ANDY
65
Monsarrat's "The Cruel ___" : SEA
Down
1
Probe into : PLUMB
2
African language group : BANTU
3
Proust protagonist : SWANN
4
Arid region : SAHARA
5
Order of the Garter member : KNIGHT
6
Ballade's finale : ENVOI
7
Minuscule : WEE
8
Trunk within a trunk : AORTA
9
Frontage plots : DOORYARDS
10
Air current : EDDY
11
Actress Carrie : NYE
13
Paten : DISK
15
Uses a darning egg : MENDS
21
Church officer : ELDER
23
"Born Free" cat : ELSA
24
A son of Leah and Jacob : LEVI
28
Kind of year : LEAP
29
Wall recesses : BAYS
30
Vega or attraction at Vegas : STAR
31
"Tosca" treat : ARIA
32
Composer of "Street Scene" : KURTWEILL
33
Quartet in "I Remember Mama" : EMS
34
Famous February nickname : ABE
35
Historians' org. : AHA
37
Holiday songs : NOELS
38
Help Holmes to tune up : SPAR
39
Eponym for the fifth of seven : THOR
44
Harmonize : BLEND
45
Of one opinion : AGREED
46
With profundity : DEEPLY
48
Notions : IDEAS
49
Containing a grain : OATEN
50
Ancient Egyptian city : SAIS
51
Pranks : DIDOS
52
Anagram for oread : ADORE
53
Conference site of 1945 : YALTA
54
Kind of pigeon : CLAY
57
Zebra's cousin : ASS
58
Where to "take the waters" : SPA
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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