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Jay Spry
New York Times, Monday, May 10, 1976
Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.71, Missing: { J M Q }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.56)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 30.6
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 E | 3 B | 4 F | 5 O | 6 U | 7 R | 8 F | 9 O | 10 L | 11 D |
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12 T | A | X | I | 13 C | A | U | S | E | 14 I | D | E | A |
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15 A | L | P | S | 16 O | U | T | O | F | 17 O | R | D | E | R |
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18 P | A | R | T | 19 N | E | R | S | 20 E | N | E | ||||
21 E | R | O | D | E | 22 T | R | U | S | 23 T | 24 S | ||||
25 S | O | N | S | 26 C | U | R | S | 27 O | N | 28 A |
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29 P | 30 A | S | S | E | 31 B | O | R | E | 32 W | A | G |
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33 I | L | L | 34 S | 35 T | R | A | N | D | 36 S | 37 A | K | E |
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38 P | O | I | 39 R | U | T | S | 40 H | 41 A | W | E | D |
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42 S | U | N | 43 L | E | N | S | 44 G | A | L | A | ||||
45 D | E | 46 C | E | N | T | 47 F | O | R | T | Y | ||||
48 E | N | C | 49 T | R | A | P | E | Z | 50 E | 51 S |
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52 H | 53 E | 54 A | L | T | H | 55 F | O | O | D | 56 R | O | B | S |
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57 E | V | I | L | 58 E | A | R | N | S | 59 E | N | O | W |
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60 W | A | R | S | 61 S | T | E | T | 62 D | E | N |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,767
Across
1
Month: Abbr. : FEB
4
Word with score or square : FOUR
8
Close, as a flop play : FOLD
12
Hack : TAXI
13
Mission : CAUSE
14
View : IDEA
15
Mountains : ALPS
16
Common vending-machine sign : OUTOFORDER
18
North–South, at bridge : PARTNERS
20
Chemical suffix : ENE
21
Undermine : ERODE
22
Monopolistic groupings : TRUSTS
25
Family members : SONS
26
Despicable ones : CURS
27
Out ___ limb : ONA
29
Dated : PASSE
31
Windbag, e.g. : BORE
32
Joker : WAG
33
Poorly : ILL
34
Rope units : STRANDS
37
N.Z. tree : AKE
38
Dish from taro root : POI
39
Ennui builders : RUTS
40
Turned left, as a horse : HAWED
42
Calendar abbr. : SUN
43
Camera eye : LENS
44
Festive : GALA
45
Respectable : DECENT
47
___ winks : FORTY
48
Business-letter footnote : ENC
49
Circus equipment : TRAPEZES
52
Diet-store sign : HEALTHFOOD
56
Rifles : ROBS
57
Wicked : EVIL
58
Merits : EARNS
59
" ... were Paradise ___!" : ENOW
60
Battles against : WARS
61
Proofreading word : STET
62
Study : DEN
Down
1
F.D.R. pet : FALA
2
Supermarket sign : EXPRESSLINE
3
Cafés : BISTROS
4
French composer : FAURE
5
On the ___ with : OUTS
6
Service club : USO
7
Alluded : REFERRED
8
Forest destroyers : FIRES
9
Strange : ODD
10
Shelter : LEE
11
Women's org. : DAR
12
Open, as a beer keg : TAP
13
Students : COEDS
17
Blame : ONUS
19
Roman dates : NONES
22
Right, left and U : TURNS
23
Traffic sign : TOWAWAYZONE
24
Plumber's tool : SNAKE
26
Layers : COATS
28
___ in the wood : AGED
29
Spots on cards : PIPS
30
Audibly : ALOUD
31
Main force : BRUNT
35
W.W. I defences : TRENCHES
36
Astute : SHARP
41
Changed : ALTERED
43
Imparted : LENT
44
Incites : GOADS
46
Honeycomb units : CELLS
47
Figurehead : FRONT
49
Sped : TORE
50
Black : EBON
51
Direction: Abbr. : SSW
52
___ to the line : HEW
53
Gabor : EVA
54
Tune : AIR
55
" ... a big ___ hen" : FAT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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