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Christopher Sherwood
New York Times, Monday, July 10, 1989
Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.74, Missing: { J V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 256 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 17.1
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 E | 3 C | 4 K | 5 S | 6 A | 7 L | 8 A | 9 D | 10 D | 11 U | 12 D | 13 S |
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14 A | C | H | E | 15 A | G | I | L | E | 16 O | B | I | E |
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17 F | R | A | T | 18 G | E | N | E | S | 19 G | O | A | D |
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20 T | U | R | T | 21 L | E | N | E | C | K | 22 L | A | N | E |
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23 L | U | S | T | 24 D | E | T | E | R |
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25 M | 26 I | 27 L | E | R | 28 S | 29 T | 30 R | 31 I | N | G | ||||
32 A | B | U | S | E | 33 D | 34 H | A | R | A | S | 35 S | 36 E | 37 D |
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38 M | I | A | 39 A | 40 R | E | N | A | 41 O | R | O |
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42 E | D | U | 43 C | 44 A | T | O | R | 45 Q | 46 U | 47 A | I | N | T |
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48 A | B | A | T | E | 49 S | 50 N | I | L | E | S |
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51 P | 52 A | 53 S | T | A | 54 A | 55 R | I | L | ||||||
56 O | P | T | S | 57 R | 58 A | 59 B | B | I | T | E | 60 A | 61 R | 62 S |
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63 T | R | E | E | 64 A | L | I | E | N | 65 R | A | I | L |
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66 T | I | N | Y | 67 S | T | A | R | S | 68 O | R | D | O |
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69 S | L | O | E | 70 P | O | S | S | E | 71 N | E | S | T |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,489
Across
1
Knock down in the ring : DECK
5
Entree precursor : SALAD
10
Hipster's raiment : DUDS
14
Acupuncture target : ACHE
15
Like a gymnast : AGILE
16
Theater prize : OBIE
17
Group at a coll. : FRAT
18
Tierney and Barry of the screen : GENES
19
Urge : GOAD
20
A certain sweater : TURTLENECK
22
Rustic road : LANE
23
Lasciviousness : LUST
24
Prevent : DETER
25
Cram, e.g. : MILER
28
Polo-pony grouping : STRING
32
Mistreated : ABUSED
34
Bothered incessantly : HARASSED
38
Actress Farrow : MIA
39
Gladiator's showplace : ARENA
41
Juan's treasure : ORO
42
Horace Mann was one : EDUCATOR
45
Charmingly old-fashioned : QUAINT
48
Reduces : ABATES
50
Mich. city SW of Kalamazoo : NILES
51
Antipasto follower : PASTA
54
Seed covering : ARIL
56
Elects : OPTS
57
TV adjunct : RABBITEARS
63
Bring to bay : TREE
64
Foreigner : ALIEN
65
Fulminate : RAIL
66
Minute : TINY
67
Blue-field fillers : STARS
68
Church calendar : ORDO
69
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
70
Hustlers after rustlers : POSSE
71
Settle in : NEST
Down
1
Off one's rocker : DAFT
2
Beige : ECRU
3
Red-bellied trout : CHAR
4
Some pots : KETTLES
5
Wise ones : SAGES
6
James Bond et al. : AGENTS
7
Hook and sinker's companion : LINE
8
Actor Guinness : ALEC
9
Secretary : DESK
10
Certain golf holes : DOGLEGS
11
"Das Boot," e.g. : UBOAT
12
Actress Keaton : DIANE
13
Passover feast : SEDER
21
Angler's fly : LURE
24
Trait carrier : DNA
25
Russell role: 1958 : MAME
26
Footnote abbr. : IBID
27
Lanai get-together : LUAU
29
"Being ___," Sellers film : THERE
30
Sought office : RAN
31
A neighbor of Jordan : IRAQ
33
Microprocessor's diet : DATA
35
Begrime : SOIL
36
Sea eagle : ERNE
37
Morse-code elements : DOTS
40
Putrify : ROT
43
Gem or playing marble : CATSEYE
44
Arab garment : ABA
46
Army group : UNIT
47
Part of a Spad : AILERON
49
Side arms : SABERS
51
Actress Annie ___ : POTTS
52
May's lead-in : APRIL
53
Exec's helper : STENO
55
Washer cycle : RINSE
57
Coarse file : RASP
58
Countertenor : ALTO
59
Prejudice : BIAS
60
Rhine tributary : AARE
61
Drives out : RIDS
62
Opening for coins : SLOT
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later.
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