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Reginald L. Johnson
New York Times, Friday, July 26, 1974
Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { K P Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 14, XRef: 2, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 23.5
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 T | 2 H | 3 O | 4 R | 5 O | 6 L | 7 D | 8 W | 9 A | 10 C | 11 O |
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12 H | A | R | E | 13 T | R | I | E | 14 D | 15 I | R | O | N |
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16 A | R | A | B | 17 R | E | A | L | E | 18 T | A | L | E |
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19 I | M | N | O | 20 T | A | G | R | E | A | 21 T | S | T | A | R |
22 R | A | N | 23 T | R | A | |||||||||
24 H | 25 A | N | D | S | 26 O | 27 M | E | 28 B | 29 Y | 30 F | 31 A | 32 R |
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33 D | E | L | 34 S | E | R | I | 35 D | U | R | E | N | E |
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36 A | M | O | 37 I | 38 C | E | N | 39 S | E | 40 S | R | O | S |
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41 M | I | N | D | 42 I | T | 43 C | O | C | 44 A | 45 M | U | T |
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46 A | N | G | E | S | 47 B | E | H | I | N | 48 D | I | T | ||
49 T | 50 I | A | 51 M | A | R | |||||||||
52 I | 53 N | 54 F | 55 R | O | N | T | 56 T | 57 H | A | T | I | 58 J | 59 A | 60 R |
61 S | I | R | E | 62 E | T | H | E | L | 63 F | A | R | O |
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64 A | N | O | N | 65 S | E | E | R | S | 66 T | I | E | S |
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67 R | E | M | O | 68 R | E | S | 69 S | L | A | Y |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,113
Across
1
Norse god : THOR
5
Maid or hat : OLD
8
Texas city : WACO
12
Hounds' quarry : HARE
13
True's partner : TRIED
15
Age after Bronze : IRON
16
Native of Yemen : ARAB
17
True, in Italy : REALE
18
Account : TALE
19
"As a beauty ___" (start of a limerick) : IMNOTAGREATSTAR
22
Sought votes : RAN
23
___-la : TRA
24
"There are others more ___" (with 28 Across) : HANDSOME
28
See 24 Across : BYFAR
33
First state: Abbr. : DEL
34
Sonoran Indian : SERI
35
Coal-tar carbon : DURENE
36
Mine: Fr. : AMOI
38
Perfume : CENSE
40
Sellout signs : SROS
41
"My face, I don't ___" : MINDIT
43
Actress Imogene : COCA
45
Kind of fund: Abbr. : MUT
46
Celestial beings: Fr. : ANGES
47
"Because I'm ___" : BEHINDIT
49
___ Juana : TIA
51
Impair : MAR
52
"It's those out ___" : INFRONTTHATIJAR
61
Title of respect : SIRE
62
Barrymore : ETHEL
63
Casino game : FARO
64
In a while : ANON
65
Prophets : SEERS
66
Binds : TIES
67
San ___ : REMO
68
___ judicata : RES
69
Do in : SLAY
Down
1
Bangkok native : THAI
2
Injury : HARM
3
Port of Algeria : ORAN
4
Experiencing a new life : REBORN
5
Western state: Abbr. : OREG
6
Fibber : LIAR
7
Erase : DELETE
8
Kind of end : WITS
9
Smell ___ : ARAT
10
Soft drink : COLA
11
Unique person : ONER
13
Cut across : TRANSECT
14
Expensive : DEAR
20
Children : TADS
21
Forbidden : TABU
24
Surround : HEMIN
25
Accompanying : ALONG
26
Mine output : ORE
27
Holiday pie : MINCE
29
Time periods: Abbr. : YRS
30
Atomic physicist Enrico : FERMI
31
Have ___ (get off the hook) : ANOUT
32
Remainder : REST
33
Spanish lady : DAMA
35
Fractions : DECIMALS
37
Food fish of Europe : IDE
39
Soothing command to a horse : SOH
42
Ratio words : ISTO
44
Med. study : ANAT
47
Man with a club : BATTER
48
Snow heaps : DRIFTS
50
Chemical suffixes : INES
52
Munich's river : ISAR
53
"___ old men" : NINE
54
"I'm ___ Missouri" : FROM
55
Western city : RENO
56
Quaker pronoun : THEE
57
His and ___ : HERS
58
Prison : JAIL
59
Tract : AREA
60
Cheerful : ROSY
Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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