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James A. Brussel
New York Times, Monday, April 1, 1974
Author:
James A. Brussel
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 29.9
James A. Brussel has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 G | 3 A | 4 R | 5 S | 6 C | 7 A | 8 M | 9 P | 10 T | 11 A | 12 T | 13 S |
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14 B | O | R | E | 15 C | O | L | O | R | 16 E | R | I | E |
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17 E | T | N | A | 18 O | P | I | N | E | 19 M | A | T | E |
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20 T | H | E | F | 21 I | R | S | T | O | F | 22 A | P | R | I | L |
23 F | L | E | E | 24 I | S | L | ||||||||
25 S | 26 P | 27 O | I | L | S | 28 S | 29 I | X | T | E | 30 E | 31 N | 32 S |
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33 H | U | R | R | Y | 34 R | O | D | E | O | 35 L | O | P |
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36 A | R | A | M | 37 W | I | L | E | S | 38 S | I | D | E |
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39 P | I | T | 40 L | E | N | E | S | 41 P | A | T | E | N |
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42 E | M | E | 43 R | A | L | D | S | 44 P | A | L | E | S | T |
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45 A | S | S | 46 B | A | I | T | ||||||||
47 W | 48 H | 49 A | N | T | H | 50 A | 51 T | A | P | R | I | 52 L | 53 L | 54 E |
55 H | A | N | G | 56 E | V | O | K | E | 57 N | O | O | N |
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58 E | R | N | E | 59 R | A | T | E | R | 60 E | N | I | D |
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61 T | E | A | R | 62 S | L | E | D | S | 63 S | E | N | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,997
Across
1
Seaweed product : AGAR
5
Rascal : SCAMP
10
Makes edging : TATS
14
Tiresome one : BORE
15
Dye : COLOR
16
U. S. Indian : ERIE
17
Volcano : ETNA
18
Consider : OPINE
19
Ship's officer : MATE
20
Day for zoo's Mr. Fox and Miss Lyon : THEFIRSTOFAPRIL
23
Escape : FLEE
24
Body of land: Abbr. : ISL
25
Victor's due : SPOILS
28
Sweet ages : SIXTEENS
33
Step on it : HURRY
34
Bronco-busters' event : RODEO
35
Cut off : LOP
36
Biblical land : ARAM
37
Stratagems : WILES
38
Hill part : SIDE
39
Theater area : PIT
40
Smooth consonants : LENES
41
Eucharistic plate : PATEN
42
Popular gems in Oz : EMERALDS
44
Most faint : PALEST
45
Fool : ASS
46
Dry fly, e.g. : BAIT
47
Chaucer's "___ with his shoures sote ... " : WHANTHATAPRILLE
55
Suspend : HANG
56
Call forth : EVOKE
57
"High ___" : NOON
58
Sea bird : ERNE
59
One who scores exams : RATER
60
Oklahoma city : ENID
61
Kind of drop : TEAR
62
Vehicles : SLEDS
63
Capitol people: Abbr. : SENS
Down
1
Encourage : ABET
2
Alaric, for one : GOTH
3
English composer : ARNE
4
Verify : REAFFIRM
5
Tallies : SCORES
6
Thicket : COPSE
7
Got down : ALIT
8
Kind of plane or gram : MONO
9
Dis-, un-, and tri-, for example : PREFIXES
10
Shirley : TEMPLE
11
Sandarac tree : ARAR
12
Small monkey : TITI
13
Blind, as a falcon : SEEL
21
In a poor way : ILLY
22
Regarding : ASTO
25
Condition : SHAPE
26
Feast of Lots : PURIM
27
Speechify : ORATE
28
Shoe parts : SOLES
29
Ominous date : IDES
30
Top group : ELITE
31
Stem joints : NODES
32
Exhausted : SPENT
34
Skin : RIND
37
Deadbeats : WELSHERS
38
Crackers : SALTINES
40
Ultimate : LAST
41
Basic openers : PAIR
43
Texas lawman : RANGER
44
Pickwick or Pentagon : PAPERS
46
___ Alaska : BAKED
47
Stimulate : WHET
48
Leaping animal : HARE
49
King of Siam's friend : ANNA
50
Of grandparents : AVAL
51
Kind of bag : TOTE
52
Kind of 43 Down : LONE
53
Meat cut : LOIN
54
Goals : ENDS
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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