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Elaine George
New York Times, Tuesday, August 26, 1986
Author:
Elaine George
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Min Word Len: 4, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 78, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 38.7
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Elaine George has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 O | 3 R | 4 T | 5 D | 6 A | 7 F | 8 T | 9 D | 10 R | 11 A | 12 B | 13 S |
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14 E | V | E | R | 15 O | D | O | R | 16 R | E | N | E | W |
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17 D | A | Z | E | 18 T | O | R | A | 19 E | A | G | L | E |
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20 S | L | A | N | 21 D | E | R | E | D | 22 S | T | R | I | A |
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23 C | U | R | E | 24 E | 25 S | S | A | Y | E | R |
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26 B | 27 A | 28 T | H | S | 29 S | 30 W | I | P | E | |||||
31 A | E | R | A | T | 32 E | 33 A | N | A | R | 34 C | 35 H | 36 I | 37 C |
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38 I | T | O | N | 39 D | 40 A | I | S | Y | 41 L | U | S | H |
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42 T | A | T | T | 43 L | E | R | S | 44 S | 45 W | A | N | E | E |
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46 A | N | I | T | 47 A | 48 A | S | T | E | R |
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49 D | 50 E | 51 F | 52 E | N | S | E | 53 R | 54 A | G | S | ||||
55 R | E | L | I | C | 56 T | 57 R | A | N | S | M | 58 I | 59 T | 60 S |
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61 I | R | A | D | E | 62 T | U | F | T | 63 A | C | R | E |
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64 B | I | K | E | R | 65 A | L | A | I | 66 T | O | I | L |
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67 S | E | E | R | S | 68 S | E | T | S | 69 E | N | O | L |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,440
Across
1
Bastion : FORT
5
Balmy : DAFT
9
Olive ___ (uniform) : DRABS
14
Always : EVER
15
Scent : ODOR
16
Restore : RENEW
17
Stun : DAZE
18
African antelope : TORA
19
Bald bird : EAGLE
20
Defamed : SLANDERED
22
Narrow groove : STRIA
23
Preserve, as meat : CURE
24
One who attempts : ESSAYER
26
Thermae : BATHS
29
What crooks do : SWIPE
31
Make effervescent : AERATE
33
Lawless : ANARCHIC
38
Lay ___ thick : ITON
39
Oxeye or shasta : DAISY
41
Opulent : LUSH
42
Snitches : TATTLERS
44
Song Jolson popularized : SWANEE
46
Singer Bryant : ANITA
48
Fall flower : ASTER
49
Security : DEFENSE
53
Cleaning cloths : RAGS
55
Memento : RELIC
56
Sends : TRANSMITS
61
Moslem decree : IRADE
62
Cluster, as of flowers : TUFT
63
Farm unit : ACRE
64
Moped rider : BIKER
65
Jai ___ : ALAI
66
Drudgery : TOIL
67
Clairvoyants : SEERS
68
Parts of tennis matches : SETS
69
Chemical compound : ENOL
Down
1
Govt. agents : FEDS
2
Ellipse : OVAL
3
Pahlevi of Iran : REZA
4
Incisive : TRENCHANT
5
Grandparent, sometimes : DOTER
6
Idolizes : ADORES
7
Links call : FORE
8
Some used cars : TRADEINS
9
Actress's aide : DRESSER
10
Gaucho's rope : REATA
11
Wrathful : ANGRY
12
Misrepresent : BELIE
13
Curse : SWEAR
21
Do a household chore : DUST
25
Young, male red deer : SPAYS
26
Fishing need, often : BAIT
27
Philippine group : AETA
28
Turkey ___ : TROT
30
What a girdle girdles : WAIST
32
Noble British family : EDENS
34
Fellow student : CLASSMATE
35
Search : HUNT
36
"Understood!" : ISEE
37
Star of "Mask" : CHER
40
Short operatic songs : ARIETTAS
43
Soldiers of yore : LANCERS
45
Jokers : WAGS
47
P.L.O. leader : ARAFAT
49
Small amounts : DRIBS
50
Uncanny : EERIE
51
Cereal-box item : FLAKE
52
Scoter's cousin : EIDER
54
Those against : ANTIS
57
Regulation : RULE
58
Religious image : ICON
59
Group of three : TRIO
60
Vend : SELL
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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