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Berg
New York Times, Saturday, April 30, 1977
Author:
Berg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { B F J Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 267 (avg 1.40)
Open Squares: 91, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 12.1
Berg has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 H | 2 O | 3 P | 4 I | 5 N | 6 G | 7 A | 8 L | 9 G | 10 E | 11 R | ||||
12 M | A | R | I | N | E | R | 13 C | O | L | L | E | 14 G | 15 E |
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16 A | V | E | N | G | E | R | 17 T | R | O | U | T | E | R |
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18 R | A | G | G | E | D | 19 D | I | N | G | D | O | N | G |
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20 S | N | A | P | 21 E | 22 P | I | 23 G | E | T | T | O |
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24 H | A | N | O | 25 D | E | N | 26 I | 27 M | 28 S | A | L | T |
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29 A | S | O | N | 30 E | 31 A | G | N | E | 32 S | 33 L | E | S |
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34 G | N | 35 O | L | A | G | N | I | 36 S | ||||||
37 T | 38 R | 39 S | 40 S | T | E | L | E | 41 D | I | 42 C | 43 E | 44 D |
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45 H | E | I | 46 M | 47 O | D | I | S | 48 T | 49 N | O | V | E |
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50 E | L | G | A | 51 S | 52 N | T | H | 53 G | L | E | N |
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54 K | I | N | G | K | 55 O | 56 N | G | 57 E | 58 A | S | E | R | S |
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59 I | N | A | N | A | M | E | 60 G | A | V | O | T | T | E |
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61 D | E | L | E | T | E | S | 62 P | R | I | N | T | E | R |
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63 S | T | E | N | T | 64 S | T | A | G | E | D |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,122
Across
1
Having expectancies : HOPING
7
Horatio, the author : ALGER
12
Mars spacecraft : MARINER
13
Part of C.C.N.Y. : COLLEGE
16
Terrible swift sword : AVENGER
17
He chases rainbows : TROUTER
18
"___ Dick," novel by 7 Across : RAGGED
19
Sound from a tower : DINGDONG
20
Lead-pipe cinch : SNAP
21
Spire ornament : EPI
23
Reach or bribe : GETTO
24
___ Bay, Baltic Sea inlet : HANO
25
Cotton fabric : DENIM
28
Portuguese export : SALT
29
"Two hearts that beat ___" : ASONE
31
Moorehead : AGNES
33
Bandleader Brown : LES
34
Follow the bouncing ball backwards : GNOLAGNIS
37
Corp. officers : TRS
40
Commemorative stone : STELE
41
Like some potatoes : DICED
45
Home, in Hamburg : HEIM
47
Horace, e.g. : ODIST
49
Nine, in Napoli : NOVE
50
Girls' names (anagram for gales) : ELGAS
52
High degree : NTH
53
Singer Campbell : GLEN
54
Two-time movie : KINGKONG
57
Mitigators : EASERS
59
"What's ___?" : INANAME
60
Dance from France : GAVOTTE
61
Eradicates : DELETES
62
Pressman : PRINTER
63
Dental compound : STENT
64
Emulated Joseph Papp : STAGED
Down
1
Cigars from Cuba : HAVANAS
2
Spice for pizza : OREGANO
3
Game in which Chinese excel : PINGPONG
4
He told Sheba to come back : INGE
5
Required : NEEDED
6
Angry dog sound : GRR
7
Start of a play : ACTI
8
Forsaken : LORN
9
Swedish Christmas punch : GLOGG
10
Foils the posse : ELUDES
11
Add up again : RETOTAL
12
Actress Hunt, from Chicago : MARSHA
14
Harsh? Hardly! : GENTLE
15
Banes of grains : ERGOTS
19
Tinkling sound : DINGALING
22
Made a Big Ben sound : PEALED
26
Swallow : INGEST
27
Stag-party participants : MEN
30
Two make an em : ENS
32
A modern Caesar : SID
35
Western Indian : OTO
36
Monotonous rhythm : SINGSONG
37
Billy or Coogan : THEKID
38
Do a brake job : RELINE
39
High-low plays at bridge : SIGNALS
42
Gigi's creator : COLETTE
43
Turned inside out : EVERTED
44
Not so sparse : DENSER
46
This is very attractive : MAGNET
48
"Nature is ___ of God": Browne : THEART
51
Kind of board : SKATE
55
Foretoken : OMEN
56
Raven's haven : NEST
58
Roman's grandmother : AVIA
60
Some A.M.A. members : GPS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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