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Strassheim
New York Times, Wednesday, July 26, 1978
Author:
Strassheim
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 76,
Blocks: 37,
Avg Word Len: 4.95,
Min Word Len: 4,
Missing: { J K Q W X Z },
Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 72,
Cheaters: 0,
FITB: 6,
XRef: 0,
Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2,
Grid flow: 33.3
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Strassheim has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 L | 4 E | 5 M | | 6 E | 7 P | 8 E | 9 E | | 10 D | 11 A | 12 R | 13 T |
14 I | G | A | V | E | | 15 G | R | A | Y | | 16 A | B | I | E |
17 N | A | M | E | D | | 18 L | A | V | E | | 19 V | A | D | E |
20 G | R | A | N | D | 21 H | O | T | E | L | | 22 I | T | E | M |
| | | | 23 L | E | N | T | | 24 E | 25 L | D | E | R | S |
26 M | 27 A | 28 R | 29 C | E | L | | 30 L | 31 A | T | I | N | | | |
32 E | L | I | A | | 33 O | 34 V | E | R | | 35 R | I | 36 D | 37 O | 38 F |
39 S | E | N | S | 40 A | T | E | | 41 G | 42 R | A | V | U | R | E |
43 S | E | G | A | L | | 44 S | 45 L | O | E | | 46 E | E | L | S |
| | | 47 B | O | 48 I | T | E | | 49 L | 50 E | N | S | E | S |
51 S | 52 C | 53 A | L | E | S | | 54 N | 55 O | E | L | | | | |
56 C | O | D | A | | 57 R | 58 O | D | S | T | E | 59 I | 60 G | 61 E | 62 R |
63 A | R | O | N | | 64 A | L | I | T | | 65 C | L | I | V | E |
66 M | A | R | C | | 67 E | I | N | E | | 68 T | I | L | E | D |
69 P | L | E | A | | 70 L | O | G | O | | 71 S | E | A | R | S |
© 1978, The New York TimesNo. 10,574
Across
1
City SSW of Portland :
SALEM6
10
14
"When ___ you an inch, you took an ell": Heywood :
IGAVE15
16
Hershfield cartoon hero :
ABIE17
18
19
___ mecum (handbook) :
VADE20
22
23
24
Susanna's group of snoops :
ELDERS26
30
Tiberius's tongue :
LATIN32
33
35
39
41
43
"Love Story" author :
SEGAL44
46
47
49
Devices in optical instruments :
LENSES51
54
56
Classical ballet finale :
CODA57
63
Favorite son in "East of Eden" :
ARON64
Completed a sky dive :
ALIT65
___ of India, empire builder :
CLIVE66
67
68
Covered with fired clay :
TILED69
Something to "cop" :
PLEA70
Trademark, for short :
LOGO71
___ Tower, Chi. (world's tallest building) :
SEARS
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
"Purple Sage" man :
RIDER13
21
25
Fountain of Trevi coin :
LIRA26
27
28
29
31
34
Londoner's waistcoat :
VEST36
37
Wreath on a knight's helmet :
ORLE38
40
Drug-yielding plant :
ALOE42
Find a new tenant :
RELET45
48
50
51
52
53
55
58
59
Court star Nastase :
ILIE60
61
62
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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