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Ernst Theimer
New York Times, Wednesday, April 1, 1981
Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 23.5
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
1 L | 2 E | 3 A | 4 D | 5 A | 6 C | 7 C | 8 R | 9 A | 10 S | 11 P | 12 A |
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13 A | R | G | O | 14 B | U | Y | E | R | 15 A | L | A | S |
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16 V | I | I | Y | 17 E | A | R | S | B | A | 18 D | L | U | C | K |
19 E | N | O | L | A | 20 T | I | M | E | L | E | S | S |
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21 E | R | 22 K | 23 S | 24 D | I | C | E | |||||||
25 P | 26 A | 27 L | 28 W | E | T | 29 S | 30 S | A | G | 31 G | 32 E | 33 D |
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34 A | S | E | 35 A | N | I | O | 36 N | 37 R | E | N | O |
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38 T | H | E | 39 I | X | O | F | D | I | 40 A | 41 M | O | N | D | S |
42 T | E | R | N | 43 F | A | L | S | E | 44 R | O | E |
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45 I | N | S | T | 46 E | 47 P | 48 S | E | E | D | 49 E | N | S |
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50 E | R | L | 51 E | 52 S | A | I | 53 L | |||||||
54 U | 55 G | 56 A | N | D | A | N | 57 S | 58 C | A | 59 R | 60 A | 61 T |
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62 F | R | I | D | A | Y | T | H | 63 E | 64 X | I | I | I | T | H |
65 O | A | R | S | 66 E | R | O | S | E | 67 R | O | T | E |
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68 S | N | Y | 69 D | E | E | P | S | 70 S | T | U | N |
© 1981, The New York TimesNo. 11,467
Across
1
Plumbum : LEAD
5
Capital of Ghana : ACCRA
10
Resort : SPA
13
Ship in a Greek myth : ARGO
14
Customer : BUYER
15
"___! poor Yorick" : ALAS
16
Result of breaking a speculum? : VIIYEARSBADLUCK
19
___ Gay, W.W. II plane : ENOLA
20
Eternal : TIMELESS
21
R.A.F. aircraftsmen: Colloq. : ERKS
24
Casino items : DICE
25
Buddy : PAL
28
Douses : WETS
30
Dropped : SAGGED
34
Enzyme : ASE
35
Cyclotron item : ANION
37
City on the Truckee : RENO
38
Curse of Scotland : THEIXOFDIAMONDS
42
Sea swallow : TERN
43
Untrue : FALSE
44
Fish eggs : ROE
45
Part of a pump : INSTEP
48
Sow : SEED
49
Abstract being : ENS
50
First name in whodunits : ERLE
52
Spinnaker or jib : SAIL
54
Citizens of Entebbe : UGANDANS
58
Gem weight : CARAT
62
The ides of January, septennially : FRIDAYTHEXIIITH
65
These fit to tholes : OARS
66
Jagged : EROSE
67
Repetition : ROTE
68
Curve of a ship's plank : SNY
69
Marine abysses : DEEPS
70
Daze : STUN
Down
1
Flow along : LAVE
2
Innisfail : ERIN
3
Exchange premium : AGIO
4
Last name in whodunits : DOYLE
5
Arab cloak : ABA
6
Mongrel : CUR
7
Anatomical sac : CYST
8
Bridge call : REBID
9
A Musketeer : ARAMIS
10
Turn; twist : SLUE
11
Moccasins : PACS
12
Requests : ASKS
15
Brisk, to Bellini : ALLEGRO
17
Ceruminous impediment to hearing : EARWAX
18
Prefix for stitch or style : DECA
22
Gambling game : KENO
23
Inflexible : STIFF
25
Soprano Adelina : PATTI
26
Pale : ASHEN
27
Suggestive looks : LEERS
29
Fountain treats : SODAS
31
Art category : GENRE
32
Opposite of broadside : ENDON
33
Medicinal quantities : DOSES
36
City in Ohio : NILES
39
Means : INTENDS
40
Where a landlubber is a dub who flubs : ASEA
41
One of Galileo's patrons : MEDICI
46
Wagnerian goddess : ERDA
47
Romped : PLAYED
51
___ nous : ENTRE
53
Dens : LAIRS
54
Controversial saucers : UFOS
55
Favorite sitter : GRAN
56
Lighthearted : AIRY
57
Home in a nursery rhyme : SHOE
59
Disturbance : RIOT
60
Aleutian island : ATTU
61
Now's partner : THEN
63
Sixth sense : ESP
64
Ballot marks : XES
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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