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Allan Blackman
New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 1974
Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 263 (avg 1.41)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.3
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 T | 3 A | 4 R | 5 K | 6 A | 7 G | 8 A | 9 L | 10 M | 11 E | 12 R | 13 L |
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14 K | O | R | E | A | 15 D | U | C | E | 16 A | L | O | E |
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17 A | V | A | S | T | 18 O | R | E | S | 19 L | E | M | A |
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20 G | E | T | T | Y | 21 S | B | U | R | G | 22 A | M | A | S |
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23 D | E | E | 24 I | 25 O | D | I | N | E |
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26 L | 27 A | 28 S | 29 S | I | E | 30 M | 31 A | R | T | A | ||||
32 I | V | I | E | D | 33 G | A | L | L | I | P | 34 O | 35 L | 36 I |
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37 F | A | L | L | 38 A | R | R | A | S | 39 T | R | I | M |
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40 E | L | A | L | 41 A | M | E | I | N | 42 P | E | N | N | A |
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43 S | T | A | Y | S | 44 R | E | D | E | E | M |
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45 C | 46 H | 47 A | S | M | S | 48 B | O | N | ||||||
49 R | A | S | H | 50 S | 51 T | 52 A | L | I | N | 53 G | 54 R | 55 A | 56 D |
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57 A | S | T | O | 58 I | S | T | O | 59 A | L | I | N | E |
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60 S | T | E | R | 61 N | A | T | O | 62 M | O | R | O | N |
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63 S | O | R | T | 64 G | R | A | M | 65 E | W | E | R | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,985
Across
1
Desolate : STARK
6
Bedouin cord : AGAL
10
Blackbird : MERL
14
Divided country : KOREA
15
Mussolini : DUCE
16
Lily plant : ALOE
17
Nautical command : AVAST
18
Geologists' concerns : ORES
19
Golfer Tony : LEMA
20
Turning point, 1863 : GETTYSBURG
22
Wine vessels : AMAS
23
Ruby or Sandra : DEE
24
Medicine-chest item : IODINE
26
Young miss : LASSIE
30
Actress Toren : MARTA
32
Covered with vines : IVIED
33
Abortive attack area of W. W. I : GALLIPOLI
37
Pride's successor : FALL
38
Flemish tapestry : ARRAS
39
Haircut : TRIM
40
Turning point, 1942 : ELALAMEIN
42
Contour feather : PENNA
43
Mast ropes : STAYS
44
Save : REDEEM
45
Arizona sights : CHASMS
48
Word with mot or ton : BON
49
Incautious : RASH
50
Turning point, 1943 : STALINGRAD
57
Respecting : ASTO
58
Ratio words : ISTO
59
Adjust : ALINE
60
Silver abbr. : STER
61
Military alliance : NATO
62
One with a low I.Q. : MORON
63
___ of (in a way) : SORT
64
Family member, for short : GRAM
65
Pitchers : EWERS
Down
1
Great Lakes hunting boat : SKAG
2
Smoke, in Scotland : TOVE
3
Smell ___ : ARAT
4
Pause : REST
5
Grasshopper : KATYDID
6
New Mexico sight : ADOBE
7
Spiritual guide : GURU
8
Box elder's genus : ACER
9
Film musical : LESGIRLS
10
Poorly suited : MALADAPTED
11
Varnish base : ELEMI
12
Cicero or Cato : ROMAN
13
Rent : LEASE
21
Diocesan center : SEE
25
Brazilian people : OTI
26
Riley's good thing : LIFE
27
Of grandparents : AVAL
28
Chemical prefix : SILA
29
Underestimates : SELLSSHORT
30
Ex-Yankee star : MARIS
31
Ladd : ALAN
33
Jane or Zane : GREY
34
Caen's river : ORNE
35
Center's place : LINE
36
Mosque leader : IMAM
38
Accumulating : AMASSING
41
Air: Abbr. : ATM
42
Elia, for one : PENNAME
44
Louis, e.g. : ROI
45
Coarse : CRASS
46
Must : HASTO
47
Flower : ASTER
48
Flourish : BLOOM
51
Alexander or Peter : TSAR
52
"___ boy!" : ATTA
53
Emulate a worm : GLOW
54
Laugh: Fr. : RIRE
55
One more: Abbr. : ANOR
56
Retreats : DENS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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