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Allan Blackman
New York Times, Tuesday, September 16, 1975
Author:
Allan Blackman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { J K Q V W Z }, Scrabble score: 259 (avg 1.37)
Open Squares: 77, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 12, XRef: 0, Spans: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 37.3
Allan Blackman has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 R | 3 C | 4 S | 5 B | 6 A | 7 T | 8 E | 9 R | 10 B | 11 U | 12 S | 13 T |
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14 H | I | L | T | 15 A | T | A | L | E | 16 A | R | E | A |
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17 A | F | A | R | 18 T | I | B | I | A | 19 I | B | E | X |
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20 B | E | N | I | 21 T | O | M | U | S | S | 22 O | L | I | N | I |
23 N | O | N | E | 24 S | I | E | ||||||||
25 I | 26 M | 27 A | G | E | S | 28 M | 29 A | I | L | D | 30 R | 31 O | 32 P |
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33 S | E | M | E | 34 L | A | R | G | E | 35 A | P | R |
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36 T | S | A | R | 37 A | 38 L | E | X | A | N | D | 39 E | R | I | I |
40 I | T | S | 41 T | I | T | I | S | 42 A | I | N | O |
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43 C | A | S | 44 S | E | T | T | E | 45 C | 46 O | R | N | E | R |
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47 T | A | T | 48 R | A | N | T | ||||||||
49 E | 50 M | 51 P | E | R | O | 52 R | 53 H | I | R | O | H | 54 I | 55 T | 56 O |
57 B | E | A | R | 58 R | O | O | S | T | 59 M | O | R | N |
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60 R | A | R | E | 61 A | T | R | E | E | 62 A | N | I | L |
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63 O | N | T | O | 64 L | O | A | N | S | 65 N | A | G | Y |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,530
Across
1
Compasses' describings : ARCS
5
Tannery worker : BATER
10
Boom's partner : BUST
14
Sword handle : HILT
15
"___ told by an idiot" : ATALE
16
Expanse : AREA
17
Distant : AFAR
18
Shinbone : TIBIA
19
Alpine goat : IBEX
20
Leader of a march on Rome : BENITOMUSSOLINI
23
"___ but the brave ... " : NONE
24
German pronoun : SIE
25
Counterparts : IMAGES
28
Spy's address : MAILDROP
33
Dotted : SEME
34
Word on a garment tag : LARGE
35
Spring mo. : APR
36
Leader who freed the serfs to no avail : TSARALEXANDERII
40
"___ no use!" : ITS
41
S. A. monkeys : TITIS
42
Japanese native : AINO
43
Tape magazine : CASSETTE
45
Dunce's place : CORNER
47
Work on lace : TAT
48
Declaim : RANT
49
Leader who renounced his divinity : EMPERORHIROHITO
57
Wall St. figure : BEAR
58
Makeshift lodging : ROOST
59
"September ___" : MORN
60
Distinctive : RARE
61
Up ___ : ATREE
62
Indigo : ANIL
63
Aware of : ONTO
64
Bankers' deals : LOANS
65
Hungarian premier : NAGY
Down
1
Gregory Peck role : AHAB
2
Prevalent : RIFE
3
Social unit : CLAN
4
Reporter on space rates : STRINGER
5
Relay-race gadgets : BATONS
6
"___ to be born ... " : ATIME
7
Forbidden : TABU
8
Ivy Leaguers : ELIS
9
Shuffle the staff : REASSIGN
10
___ out (parachuted) : BAILED
11
"___ et orbi" : URBI
12
Visible : SEEN
13
Kind of dancer : TAXI
21
Kind of hold : TOE
22
Stopped a squeak : OILED
25
Relating to: Suffix : ISTIC
26
Perle : MESTA
27
Assemble : AMASS
28
Boxer Rosenbloom : MAXIE
29
Macaws : ARAS
30
___ to go : RARIN
31
Allow as how : OPINE
32
Earlier : PRIOR
34
Baltic native : LETT
37
On ___ (frolicking) : ATEAR
38
Shore region : LITTORAL
39
Native of a certain planet : EARTHMAN
44
Sound system : STEREO
45
Menus : CARTES
46
Yoko ___ : ONO
48
In the air : RISEN
49
Tortosa's river : EBRO
50
Golden ___ (happy medium) : MEAN
51
Sunder : PART
52
Newspaper section : ROTO
53
Folk dance : HORA
54
Westchester college : IONA
55
Math branch : TRIG
56
However : ONLY
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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