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Lois Hillis
New York Times, Wednesday, April 26, 1967
Author:
Lois Hillis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 276 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 24.7
Lois Hillis has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 Y | 6 T | 7 A | 8 P | 9 S | 10 A | 11 R | 12 C | 13 H |
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14 U | L | C | E | R | 15 A | D | A | M | 16 P | O | L | O |
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17 B | A | R | N | S | 18 C | I | N | E | 19 R | E | O | U | S |
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20 E | M | U | S | 21 S | T | E | E | L | Y | 22 M | E | T |
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23 R | O | B | E | 24 R | T | F | U | L | T | O | 25 N | |||
26 I | O | U | 27 S | T | I | 28 F | 29 L | 30 E |
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31 F | 32 O | 33 O | 34 T | B | A | L | 35 L | 36 S | 37 S | M | E | A | R |
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38 I | N | R | E | 39 S | L | I | C | 40 K | 41 B | I | N | G |
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42 G | I | L | L | 43 S | 44 Y | E | A | R | 45 L | I | N | G | S |
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46 S | T | O | L | E | 47 S | 48 T | A | I | ||||||
49 A | T | T | 50 E | 51 S | T | A | T | 52 I | 53 O | 54 N | 55 S |
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56 S | 57 T | 58 B | 59 T | E | R | C | E | L | 60 N | U | I | T |
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61 W | A | R | 62 M | O | N | G | E | R | 63 O | F | T | E | A |
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64 A | X | I | S | 65 T | O | N | E | 66 P | E | R | C | Y |
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67 M | I | G | S | 68 S | T | E | R | 69 T | R | E | E | S |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,465
Across
1
Palatable. : TASTY
6
Lights out. : TAPS
10
Chief. : ARCH
14
Worrier's worry. : ULCER
15
Of a style of furniture. : ADAM
16
Game. : POLO
17
Rural sights. : BARNS
18
Like ashes. : CINEREOUS
20
Cousins of the ostriches. : EMUS
21
Hard. : STEELY
22
Bing's concern. : MET
23
Clermont builder. : ROBERTFULTON
26
Three-word note. : IOU
27
Extinguish. : STIFLE
31
Punters' necessities. : FOOTBALLS
37
Vilification. : SMEAR
38
Bit of business: Latin. : INRE
39
Oil on water. : SLICK
41
Dark-red cherry. : BING
42
Wattles. : GILLS
44
Young animals. : YEARLINGS
46
Wraps. : STOLES
48
Asiatic. : TAI
49
Certain statements. : ATTESTATIONS
56
Churchman's degree. : STB
59
Peregrine falcon. : TERCEL
60
Time for a soirée. : NUIT
61
Jingo. : WARMONGER
63
Not my cup ___. : OFTEA
64
Line of a kind. : AXIS
65
Musical term. : TONE
66
Hotspur's name. : PERCY
67
Marbles. : MIGS
68
Suffix with poll or team. : STER
69
Familiar poem. : TREES
Down
1
Corm. : TUBER
2
Texas landmark. : ALAMO
3
Type of team. : SCRUB
4
Grammatical term. : TENSE
5
Time abbreviation. : YRS
6
Adroitly. : TACTFULLY
7
Leave-taking. : ADIEU
8
Type of discussion. : PANEL
9
Processes metal. : SMELTS
10
Copy. : APE
11
Space. : ROOM
12
Hint. : CLUE
13
Army. : HOST
19
Indian peasants. : RYOTS
21
Sheltered promenades. : STOAS
24
Kind of roast. : RIB
25
Luminous clouds. : NIMBI
28
Sinn ___. : FEIN
29
"Auld ___ Syne." : LANG
30
C.G.S. units. : ERGS
31
Fruit. : FIGS
32
Step ___. : ONIT
33
Flat plinth. : ORLO
34
___ thing or two. : TELLA
35
Former U.N. name. : LIE
36
Disperser. : SCATTERER
40
African village. : KRAAL
43
Fist fight. : SETTO
45
Came to rest. : LIT
47
Taxes, old style. : STENTS
50
Growth on certain grains. : ERGOT
51
Panorama. : SCENE
52
Conclude. : INFER
53
Bizarre. : OUTRE
54
Anne to Margaret Rose. : NIECE
55
Sojourns. : STAYS
56
Emulated Leander. : SWAM
57
Cabby's milieu. : TAXI
58
Sailing vessel. : BRIG
62
Library treasures. : MSS
63
Make a choice. : OPT
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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