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Jim Page
New York Times, Wednesday, June 14, 1972
Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.69, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 255 (avg 1.39)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 30.1
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 S | 3 I | 4 S | 5 I | 6 S | 7 L | 8 E | 9 S | 10 C | 11 R | 12 A | 13 B |
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14 B | A | D | E | 15 M | E | U | S | E | 16 H | I | T | S |
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17 E | T | O | N | 18 P | A | G | E | S | 19 A | L | E | C |
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20 D | O | L | D | 21 R | U | M | S | 22 A | 23 G | I | L | E | ||
24 E | A | R | 25 M | E | N | |||||||||
26 C | 27 O | 28 E | R | C | E | 29 M | 30 E | E | T | I | 31 N | 32 G | 33 S |
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34 O | P | A | 35 E | L | 36 T | O | N | 37 S | N | O | R | E |
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38 M | E | T | 39 S | 40 Y | U | C | C | 41 A | 42 G | R | I | M |
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43 I | R | E | N | 44 E | 45 R | H | E | T | 46 T | 47 A | P | I |
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48 C | A | R | O | L | 49 I | N | A | 50 A | S | 51 I | D | E | S |
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52 W | I | N | 53 L | A | D | |||||||||
54 V | 55 I | S | A | S | 56 S | 57 T | A | R | L | 58 I | 59 N | 60 G |
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61 S | A | N | K | 62 T | 63 I | T | A | N | 64 E | G | A | N |
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65 A | S | T | I | 66 E | N | A | C | T | 67 R | O | M | A |
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68 L | E | O | S | 69 P | E | N | T | A | 70 S | T | E | T |
© 1972, The New York TimesNo. 8,341
Across
1
Sale words : ASIS
5
Wight and Guernsey : ISLES
10
Sourpuss : CRAB
14
Invited : BADE
15
French river : MEUSE
16
Singles : HITS
17
Jacket : ETON
18
They run for the Senate : PAGES
19
Templeton : ALEC
20
Slack period : DOLDRUMS
22
Brisk : AGILE
24
Corn holder : EAR
25
"All the king's ___" : MEN
26
Force to action : COERCE
29
Encounters : MEETINGS
34
F.D.R. agency : OPA
35
Louisiana town : ELTON
37
Certain sound : SNORE
38
Berra's nine : METS
40
Flower of N. M. : YUCCA
42
Harsh : GRIM
43
"Goodnight, ___" : IRENE
45
Butler : RHETT
47
Bee: Prefix : API
48
North or South : CAROLINA
50
Stage whispers : ASIDES
52
Attain : WIN
53
Youth : LAD
54
Travel permits : VISAS
56
Common bird : STARLING
61
Declined : SANK
62
Colossus : TITAN
64
Actor Richard : EGAN
65
Calif. grape center : ASTI
66
Legislate : ENACT
67
Home of Fontana di Trevi : ROMA
68
The Lip, et al. : LEOS
69
Prefix for teuch or gon : PENTA
70
Proofreading word : STET
Down
1
Retired : ABED
2
Japanese statesman : SATO
3
Object of awe : IDOL
4
Letter-writer : SENDER
5
In a flawed way : IMPURELY
6
Coal stratum : SEAM
7
Totes : LUGS
8
Compass point : ESE
9
Cracker seeds : SESAME
10
Binding fast : CHAINING
11
Moon valley : RILL
12
To ___ : ATEE
13
College degree : BSC
21
Water current : RACE
23
Prepares : GETS
26
King or Newhart : COMIC
27
Beggar's, for one : OPERA
28
Café customer : EATER
29
Coffee flavor : MOCHA
30
Noun suffix : ENCE
31
U. S.-Canada treaty : NORAD
32
Complaint : GRIPE
33
Pre-final events, for short : SEMIS
36
Left or right : TURN
39
Alpine gear : SNOWSKIS
41
Heroine of myth : ATALANTA
44
Kazan : ELIA
46
Peter, for one : TSAR
49
Foot part : INSTEP
51
Lazy ones : IDLERS
54
Receptacle : VASE
55
Division word : INTO
56
Laurel or Musial : STAN
57
Savoir faire : TACT
58
"___ it for myself" : IGOT
59
Designate : NAME
60
Summer pest : GNAT
61
Mineo : SAL
63
Feminine suffix : INE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.