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Louis Baron
New York Times, Tuesday, September 14, 1976
Author:
Louis Baron
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.5
Louis Baron has 39 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 W | 2 A | 3 T | 4 T | 5 I | 6 S | 7 N | 8 T | 9 G | 10 R | 11 E | 12 E | 13 T |
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14 R | U | H | R | 15 B | E | O | R | 16 R | A | N | G | E |
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17 I | R | A | E | 18 E | T | T | U | 19 A | N | T | O | N |
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20 S | A | I | N | 21 T | T | H | O | M | 22 A | S | 23 E | N | S |
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24 T | E | S | T | A | 25 P | A | U | P | 26 E | R | ||||
27 S | C | 28 R | 29 E | E | N | S | 30 L | I | 31 V | 32 E |
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33 D | 34 J | 35 S | 36 T | O | R | N | 37 T | 38 H | A | N | E | S |
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39 R | E | A | 40 L | I | S | M | 41 F | R | A | N | T | I | C |
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42 A | N | T | I | C | S | 43 B | A | A | L | 44 O | N | E |
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45 G | A | E | L | 46 I | 47 D | E | A | L | L | 48 Y | ||||
49 L | I | 50 O | N | E | L | 51 O | A | 52 K | 53 E | 54 N |
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55 T | 56 I | L | 57 K | I | L | L | 58 E | 59 R | W | H | A | L | E |
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60 A | N | I | 61 T | A | 62 E | B | R | O | 63 O | R | L | O |
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64 C | A | T | H | Y | 65 T | O | S | S | 66 O | M | E | N |
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67 T | R | E | Y | S | 68 E | Y | E | S | 69 S | A | N | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,894
Across
1
Bulb word : WATT
5
"There ___ any more" : ISNT
9
Hail : GREET
14
River of Germany : RUHR
15
"To ___ not ... " : BEOR
16
Cowboy's milieu : RANGE
17
Dies ___ : IRAE
18
Classical accusation : ETTU
19
Composer Bruckner : ANTON
20
Neighbor of Puerto Rico : SAINTTHOMAS
23
Naval off. : ENS
24
Seed covering : TESTA
25
Charity candidate : PAUPER
27
Thwarters of flies : SCREENS
30
Not on tape : LIVE
33
Certain broadcasters: Abbr. : DJS
36
Partner of tattered : TORN
37
Scottish chiefs : THANES
39
Zola's literary quality : REALISM
41
Wildly excited : FRANTIC
42
Capers : ANTICS
43
Idolater's choice : BAAL
44
Kind of night stand : ONE
45
Celt : GAEL
46
In the best way : IDEALLY
49
Hampton of music : LIONEL
51
Like some buckets : OAKEN
55
Sesame : TIL
57
Predatory dolphin : KILLERWHALE
60
Loos : ANITA
62
River of Spain : EBRO
63
Flat plinth : ORLO
64
"Wuthering Heights" heroine : CATHY
65
Salad direction : TOSS
66
Augury : OMEN
67
Cards : TREYS
68
Potato features : EYES
69
Without : SANS
Down
1
Place for a watch : WRIST
2
Subtle qualities : AURAE
3
Certain Asians : THAIS
4
"___ Last Case" : TRENTS
5
Gambler's words : IBET
6
Son of Adam : SETH
7
Closed : NOTOPEN
8
Famous Democrat : TRUMAN
9
Understanding : GRASP
10
Operated : RAN
11
Begin participation : ENTERINTO
12
Pianist Petri : EGON
13
Sawbucks : TENS
21
Maneuver : TACTIC
22
Southern : AUSTRAL
26
Enthusiasm : ELAN
28
Opera composer : ROSSINI
29
Fur: Abbr. : ERM
31
Manner : VEIN
32
Verb suffix : ESCE
33
Hot-rod race : DRAG
34
Victory site for Napoleon : JENA
35
Tiros or Telstar : SATELLITE
38
Sanctify : HALLOW
40
Miss Damita : LILI
41
U.S. air agency : FAA
43
Hotel employee : BELLBOY
47
Eliminate : DELETE
48
Swiftian slobs : YAHOOS
50
Approves : OKAYS
52
Destiny : KARMA
53
Terry of stage : ELLEN
54
Bright lights : NEONS
55
Deft handling : TACT
56
Old Irish frock : INAR
58
Gaelic : ERSE
59
Betsy : ROSS
61
Biblical word : THY
Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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