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Robert W. Sturges
New York Times, Friday, May 6, 1977
Author:
Robert W. Sturges
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 291 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 31.6
Robert W. Sturges has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 I | 4 D | 5 H | 6 E | 7 M | 8 I | 9 H | 10 E | 11 F | 12 T |
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13 V | I | N | Y | 14 A | V | A | I | 15 L | 16 O | L | E | O |
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17 I | N | T | E | 18 R | N | A | T | I | O | 19 N | A | L | L | Y |
20 D | D | E | 21 E | D | D | A | 22 W | O | R | S | T | S |
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23 R | 24 U | B | L | E | 25 G | E | L | S | ||||||
26 A | 27 V | E | N | U | E | 28 P | A | R | L | E | 29 Y | 30 E | 31 D |
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32 M | I | S | T | S | 33 D | A | N | E | 34 O | A | R |
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35 A | S | T | O | 36 M | I | R | E | D | 37 T | U | R | E |
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38 S | T | E | 39 A | S | I | F | 40 C | A | N | T | S |
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41 S | A | D | 42 S | 43 A | C | K | S | 44 C | O | U | G | H | S |
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45 O | P | U | S | 46 B | L | A | T | S | ||||||
47 C | 48 H | 49 A | P | E | L | 50 M | O | O | T | 51 T | 52 A | 53 D |
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54 C | O | M | P | R | E | 55 H | E | N | S | I | 56 V | E | L | Y |
57 I | S | E | E | 58 S | I | R | E | E | 59 E | R | I | N |
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60 V | E | N | D | 61 P | E | R | T | 62 E | S | T | E |
© 1977, The New York TimesNo. 10,128
Across
1
Bone dry : ARID
5
Half: Prefix : HEMI
9
Try the weight of : HEFT
13
Liana-like : VINY
14
Be of use : AVAIL
16
Spread : OLEO
17
Throughout the world : INTERNATIONALLY
20
Monogram of Monty's colleague : DDE
21
Norse literary collection : EDDA
22
Defeats : WORSTS
23
100 kopecks : RUBLE
25
Sets : GELS
26
Access : AVENUE
28
Conferred : PARLEYED
32
Phenomena on Heathcliff's heaths : MISTS
33
Borge or Melchior : DANE
34
Wherry implement : OAR
35
Concerning : ASTO
36
Bogged down : MIRED
37
Suffix with mix or fix : TURE
38
Cécile or Geneviève : STE
39
Supposing : ASIF
40
Bevels : CANTS
41
Inept G.I.'s : SADSACKS
44
Hacks : COUGHS
45
Composition : OPUS
46
Talks harshly : BLATS
47
Place to pray : CHAPEL
50
Debatable : MOOT
51
One of Lincoln's sons : TAD
54
How Ph.D. aspirants are tested : COMPREHENSIVELY
57
Words of understanding : ISEE
58
"Yes ___!" : SIREE
59
Land of Tralee : ERIN
60
Hawk : VEND
61
Impudent : PERT
62
Former Italian family : ESTE
Down
1
Enthusiastic : AVID
2
Bacon part : RIND
3
Concerned : INTERESTED
4
Eosin or woad : DYE
5
Part of a bat : HANDLE
6
Shirk : EVADE
7
___ Hari : MATA
8
Clock numeral : III
9
Raucous : HOARSE
10
Building wings : ELLS
11
Fedora material : FELT
12
Trifles : TOYS
15
What Clancy did with the boom : LOWERED
18
Picture puzzle : REBUS
19
Steelers' coach : NOLL
24
Golden-rule word : UNTO
25
Rascal: Slang : GANEF
26
Collect : AMASS
27
Scene : VISTA
28
Helen's abductor : PARIS
29
The sandbox set : YOUNGSTERS
30
Last word of "Gettysburg Address" : EARTH
31
Word with evening or cocktail : DRESS
33
Flying saucers : DISKS
36
Blurs in printing : MACULES
37
High-strung : TAUT
40
Raccoon's relative : COATI
42
Soaked : SOPPED
43
Copycat : APER
44
Place for some skeletons : CLOSET
46
Boo-boo : BONER
47
CII doubled : CCIV
48
It goes to blazes : HOSE
49
Ratification word : AMEN
50
Mother, in Montmartre : MERE
52
Came down : ALIT
53
Unit of force : DYNE
55
Coxa : HIP
56
Winner's sign : VEE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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