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Robert H. Wolfe
New York Times, Saturday, March 28, 1987
Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J K P Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 22.0
Robert H. Wolfe has 23 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 60 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 L | 4 A | 5 A | 6 R | 7 A | 8 R | 9 A | 10 T | 11 B | 12 O | 13 T |
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14 A | L | A | N | 15 R | E | M | O | V | E | 16 E | L | I |
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17 G | I | N | G | 18 E | R | V | I | T | I | S | 19 R | E | D |
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20 S | T | E | E | R | 21 C | O | A | T | 22 R | O | E |
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23 R | A | 24 H | 25 A | R | T | E | 26 R | Y | ||||||
27 C | 28 R | 29 A | S | S | U | 30 S | 31 S | E | E | A | B | 32 L | 33 E |
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34 L | A | R | 35 E | L | A | 36 M | 37 T | E | E | N |
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38 E | D | T | 39 R | A | T | I | 40 N | 41 G | 42 S | 43 R | O | T |
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44 F | A | H | 45 D | 46 G | R | I | T | 47 R | N | A |
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48 T | R | U | I | 49 S | 50 M | 51 S | 52 A | R | R | 53 A | Y | E | D |
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54 R | E | C | O | N | 55 S | 56 L | I | V | ||||||
57 L | 58 E | I | 59 A | R | O | E | 60 N | O | 61 I | 62 S | 63 E |
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64 O | R | T | 65 L | A | R | R | 66 Y | 67 N | G | I | T | I | S |
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68 A | L | I | 69 E | L | E | V | E | N | 70 D | E | N | S |
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71 F | E | S | 72 S | E | R | E | N | E | 73 S | M | E | E |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,654
Across
1
Inaugural ball, e.g. : GALA
5
Where Noah landed : ARARAT
11
Fly larva : BOT
14
Actor Badel : ALAN
15
Take off : REMOVE
16
Part of R.E.O. : ELI
17
Rogers's malady? : GINGERVITIS
19
Kind of dwarf on high : RED
20
Gelded Galloway : STEER
21
Top or great follower : COAT
22
Lobster coral : ROE
23
Cheer unit : RAH
25
Femoral or carotid : ARTERY
27
Router of Spartacus : CRASSUS
31
Unlike the wind : SEEABLE
34
Guardian spirit : LAR
35
Ancient Asian kingdom : ELAM
37
Kett contemporary : TEEN
38
N.Y. summertime : EDT
39
Media measurements : RATINGS
43
Nonsense : ROT
44
Khalid's successor : FAHD
46
Fortitude : GRIT
47
Carrier of genetic info : RNA
48
Maxims : TRUISMS
52
Bedecked : ARRAYED
54
Sct. missions : RECONS
56
Actress Ullmann : LIV
57
Garland : LEI
59
Indonesia's ___ Islands : AROE
60
Cacophony : NOISE
64
Scrap for Fido : ORT
65
Hagman's ailment? : LARRYNGITIS
68
Thriller in Manila : ALI
69
Bears or Lions : ELEVEN
70
Retreats : DENS
71
Faiths: Sp. : FES
72
Halcyon : SERENE
73
Pintail duck : SMEE
Down
1
Youngman forte : GAGS
2
Landed : ALIT
3
Abbe or Lois : LANE
4
City SW of Paris : ANGERS
5
Pt. of E.T.A. : ARR
6
Cleric's title: Abbr. : REV
7
Genoese female friend : AMICA
8
Chopper parts : ROTORS
9
Emulate Corrigan : AVIATE
10
Guinea pig : TESTEE
11
Chuck and Ken's deficiency? : BERRYBERRY
12
Spread : OLEO
13
Spring is one : TIDE
18
Slate adjunct : ERASER
24
Hilo dance : HULA
26
A murid : RAT
27
Crevice : CLEFT
28
"M*A*S*H" character : RADAR
29
Bea's problem? : ARTHURITIS
30
Roosted : SAT
32
Ex-president of Italy : LEONE
33
Anatomically inward : ENTAD
36
U.S.S.R. fighter : MIG
40
F.D.R. program : NRA
41
Lass : GIRL
42
Cord's cousin : STRING
45
"___ Fledermaus" : DIE
49
Climbs : SCALES
50
Group concern : MORALE
51
Night rattler : SNORER
53
Shuns : AVOIDS
55
Tennis term : SERVE
57
Idle : LOAF
58
Della's creator : ERLE
61
Account entry : ITEM
62
Trig ratio : SINE
63
Existence : ESSE
66
Desire : YEN
67
Tampa-to-Ocala dir. : NNE
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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