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Willemain O. Cable
New York Times, Wednesday, March 21, 1984
Author:
Willemain O. Cable
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 1, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 24.8
1 E | 2 L | 3 M | 4 S | | 5 D | 6 E | 7 E | 8 R | | 9 P | 10 A | 11 T | 12 T | 13 I |
14 P | O | E | T | | 15 U | N | T | O | | 16 A | P | I | A | N |
17 I | D | E | A | | 18 F | A | C | T | | 19 Y | O | D | L | E |
20 C | I | T | Y | 21 O | F | T | H | E | 22 A | N | G | E | L | S |
| | | | 23 N | Y | E | | | 24 L | I | E | | | |
25 A | 26 G | 27 G | 28 I | E | S | | 29 A | 30 L | A | M | E | 31 D | 32 A | 33 S |
34 S | H | A | R | I | | 35 A | G | U | N | | | 36 A | D | E |
37 C | A | L | I | F | 38 O | R | N | I | A | 39 G | 40 I | R | L | S |
41 A | N | E | | | 42 M | I | E | S | | 43 R | A | T | E | S |
44 P | A | N | 45 A | 46 C | E | A | S | | 47 C | A | M | E | R | A |
| | | 48 D | A | G | | | 49 M | A | P | | | | |
50 B | 51 A | 52 G | H | D | A | 53 D | 54 B | Y | T | H | 55 E | 56 B | 57 A | 58 Y |
59 I | V | I | E | D | | 60 E | A | R | S | | 61 T | A | T | E |
62 N | E | G | R | I | | 63 A | I | N | U | | 64 A | N | O | N |
65 E | R | I | E | S | | 66 F | L | A | P | | 67 L | E | N | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,552
Across
1
"Desire Under the ___" :
ELMS5
9
14
Richard Wilbur, e.g. :
POET15
Wylie's "Night ___ Night" :
UNTO16
17
18
19
Sing, Alpine style: Var. :
YODLE20
23
24
25
Team from College Station, Tex. :
AGGIES29
34
35
" ... get a man with ___": Berlin :
AGUN36
37
41
42
43
44
47
48
49
50
59
Like some hallowed halls :
IVIED60
61
62
Pola of the silents :
NEGRI63
Indigenous Japanese :
AINU64
65
Natives of NE U.S. :
ERIES66
67
Down
1
Typical De Mille film :
EPIC2
City SSE of Sacramento :
LODI3
"___ Me in St. Louis" :
MEET4
5
6
Related through Mom :
ENATE7
8
Learning via repetition :
ROTE9
10
Highest or farthest point :
APOGEE11
12
Wayne's "___ in the Saddle" :
TALL13
Name for a señorita :
INES21
"___ by land ... " :
ONEIF22
25
26
27
Famed Greek physician :
GALEN28
A grandson of Benjamin :
IRI29
30
31
Puccini's "Vissi ___" :
DARTE32
33
___ Aurunca, town NNW of Napoli :
SESSA35
38
Alpha's antithesis :
OMEGA39
40
45
46
47
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
Lat. catchall phrase :
ETAL56
Follower of rats or hen :
BANE57
Like ___ of bricks :
ATON58
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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