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Jim Page
New York Times, Friday, July 13, 1984
Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 64, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 30.3
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 H | 3 A | 4 L | 5 S | 6 D | 7 L | 8 L | 9 A | 10 M | 11 A |
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12 C | O | S | 13 T | A | T | E | 14 O | 15 R | I | O | L | E | S |
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16 H | U | S | H | I | N | G | 17 B | U | G | B | A | N | E |
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18 A | D | A | R | 19 S | U | 20 B | V | E | N | E | ||||
21 E | A | S | E | 22 S | 23 M | A | I | 24 E | D | 25 S | 26 E | 27 L |
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28 A | N | S | E | L | 29 S | H | O | 30 T | S | 31 O | R | A |
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32 I | W | A | 33 S | 34 H | U | A | 35 S | U | N | S |
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36 L | 37 E | N | A | 38 T | 39 R | U | S | S | 40 U | T | E | S |
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41 A | B | B | Y | 42 L | O | M | 43 K | 44 A | P | H | ||||
45 M | A | U | 46 B | O | M | B | 47 S | 48 G | E | E | 49 S | 50 T |
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51 A | N | G | 52 I | E | 53 A | U | K | 54 A | R | R | A | S |
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55 G | R | 56 I | N | G | O | 57 S | 58 I | N | R | E |
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59 B | 60 U | 61 G | A | B | O | O | 62 A | C | 63 R | O | B | A | T |
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64 E | L | E | V | E | N | S | 65 L | A | R | R | U | P | S |
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66 D | E | T | E | R | 67 S | R | S | 68 G | E | E |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,666
Across
1
Eureka! : AHA
4
Hallucinatory drug, for short : LSD
7
Camel relative : LLAMA
12
Ribbed : COSTATE
14
World Series winners: 1983 : ORIOLES
16
Quieting : HUSHING
17
Snakeroot : BUGBANE
18
Jewish month : ADAR
19
Come up : SUBVENE
21
Mitigates : EASES
23
Zetterling : MAI
24
Ford lemon : EDSEL
28
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
29
Cinematic takes : SHOTS
31
Early English money : ORA
32
"___ a Shoo In," 1961 song : IWAS
34
Mao's successor : HUA
35
Phoenix court team : SUNS
36
Horne : LENA
38
Tie up the turkey : TRUSS
40
Shoshones : UTES
41
"Dear ___" : ABBY
42
Czech actor Herbert : LOM
43
Hebrew letter : KAPH
45
Double this for a Kenyan revolutionist : MAU
46
Broadway flops : BOMBS
48
Alluvial deposit : GEEST
51
Dickinson from Kulm, N. D. : ANGIE
53
Razorbill : AUK
54
Wall hanging : ARRAS
55
Some Yanquis : GRINGOS
58
Concerning : INRE
59
Hobgoblin : BUGABOO
62
Tightrope walker : ACROBAT
64
Uncommon dice throws : ELEVENS
65
Whacks : LARRUPS
66
Dissuade : DETER
67
Soon-to-be alums. : SRS
68
Command to Dobbin : GEE
Down
1
Ancient Greek region : ACHAEA
2
French breed of fowl : HOUDAN
3
Predacious insect : ASSASSINBUG
4
Chou En-___ : LAI
5
Deps. : STNS
6
Frees from chicle : DEGUMS
7
Swiss units for watches : LIGNES
8
Like some leaves : LOBED
9
Pie ___ mode : ALA
10
Tubbed trio : MEN
11
Enzyme suffix : ASE
13
Kind of bulb : THREEWAY
14
Clear : OBVIOUS
15
"Nought shall make us ___": Shak. : RUE
20
Scrooge utterance : BAHHUMBUG
22
___ Marshall, military analyst : SLA
25
Ukrainian river : SOUTHERNBUG
26
Former lightweight champ : ERNE
27
Girl : LASS
30
Tough job : TASK
33
Norman town : STLO
35
Mother ___ : SUPERIOR
36
Dalai ___ : LAMA
37
Israeli statesman : EBAN
39
Cato and Nero, to Pablo : ROMANOS
44
Begum's spouse : AGA
46
N. African Moslem : BERBER
47
Toasts : SKOALS
49
Mexican's woolen blanket : SARAPE
50
Poisonous fly : TSETSE
52
"___ at the office" : IGAVE
56
Plato dialogue : ION
57
Cicatrix : SCAR
59
River bottom : BED
60
Caucho : ULE
61
Tennis feat : GET
63
B.&O. et al. : RRS
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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