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Clavan
New York Times, Friday, March 30, 1984
Author:
Clavan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 17.9
Clavan has 3 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 L | 3 U | 4 B | 5 S | 6 W | 7 E | 8 F | 9 T | 10 S | 11 G | 12 T |
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13 C | O | N | A | N | 14 H | A | I | R | 15 A | T | U | B |
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16 C | I | R | C | E | 17 E | C | R | U | 18 M | A | N | S |
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19 T | A | K | E | 20 S | T | H | E | S | 21 T | A | N | D | ||
22 R | E | V | E | R | E | 23 S | T | A | N | D | U | 24 P |
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25 B | R | E | D | 26 P | 27 E | 28 P | 29 S | L | A | T | E | S |
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30 I | S | L | 31 D | I | D | O | 32 S | 33 E | N | O | L | A |
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34 H | E | A | D | S | T | 35 A | N | D | ||||||
36 P | 37 A | 38 S | O | S | 39 Y | E | A | S | T | 40 T | 41 L | 42 R |
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43 A | C | T | U | A | 44 L | 45 S | R | I | 46 T | H | O | U |
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47 S | T | A | N | D | A | 48 T | 49 A | 50 I | R | I | N | G |
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51 U | N | D | E | R | S | 52 T | 53 A | N | D | I | N | G | ||
54 B | A | D | E | 55 D | A | R | N | 56 L | A | N | E | 57 S |
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58 A | R | I | D | 59 E | N | O | S | 60 E | G | E | S | T |
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61 A | Y | N | 62 R | A | Y | E | 63 R | E | S | T | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,561
Across
1
Teams : CLUBS
6
Warp's opposite : WEFT
10
Army off. : SGT
13
Schwarzenegger role : CONAN
14
Milos Forman film : HAIR
15
" ... three men in ___" : ATUB
16
Odysseus's hostess on Aeaea : CIRCE
17
Beige : ECRU
18
Le ___ (Grand Prix stop) : MANS
19
Testifies : TAKESTHESTAND
22
Venerate : REVERE
23
Type of comedian : STANDUP
25
Raised : BRED
26
Vim : PEP
29
Finishes the roof : SLATES
30
One of the Carolines: Abbr. : ISL
31
Carthaginian queen's namesakes : DIDOS
33
___ Gay, famed plane : ENOLA
34
Upside-down posture : HEADSTAND
36
Spanish steps : PASOS
39
Dough bloater : YEAST
40
Savile Row mcht. : TLR
43
Real : ACTUAL
45
___ Lanka : SRI
46
Biblical pronoun : THOU
47
___ attention (take a cadet's posture) : STANDAT
49
Brief walk : AIRING
51
Comprehension : UNDERSTANDING
54
Enjoined : BADE
55
Mild expletive : DARN
56
Abbe and Lois : LANES
58
Dry : ARID
59
Cabell of baseball : ENOS
60
Discharge : EGEST
61
Author Rand : AYN
62
Martha from Montana : RAYE
63
Pauses : RESTS
Down
1
New Deal org. : CCC
2
Dawdles : LOITERS
3
Come apart : UNRAVEL
4
Supported : BACKED
5
Look of contempt : SNEER
6
Stimulate : WHET
7
Apiece : EACH
8
Lets go : FIRES
9
Targets of legislation in 1890 : TRUSTS
10
___ reason (be logical) : STANDTO
11
"___ in Durango," 1957 film : GUNDUEL
12
Cooking meas. : TBS
15
"___ His Dog": Thomas Mann : AMANAND
20
Brown tint : SEPIA
21
Ability : TALENT
22
Baseball stat. : RBI
24
O.T. book : PSA
27
Circular current : EDDY
28
Assumes an alias : POSES
31
Infamous marquis : DESADE
32
Get top billing : STAR
34
Dogged : HOUNDED
35
Bhutanese, e.g. : ASIAN
36
N'est-ce ___? : PAS
37
Pension consultant : ACTUARY
38
Substitute : STANDIN
40
Actor Roy from Chicago : THINNES
41
Most time-consuming : LONGEST
42
Lap robe : RUG
44
Food cupboard : LARDER
46
"M*A*S*H" specialty : TRIAGE
48
Lake ___, Ethiopia : TSANA
50
Lounge lizard : IDLER
52
R.P.I. site : TROY
53
Faulkner character : ANSE
54
Bleat : BAA
57
Kin of aves. : STS
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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