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George P. Sphicas
New York Times, Saturday, September 3, 1983
Author:
George P. Sphicas
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 62, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 5.94, Missing: { C J K Y Z }, Scrabble score: 251 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 18, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 60.8
George P. Sphicas has 13 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 E | 2 S | 3 Q | 4 T | 5 A | 6 M | 7 E | 8 S | 9 T | ||||||
10 F | L | E | U | 11 R | 12 U | N | A | W | A | R | 13 E | |||
14 E | E | R | I | E | 15 T | R | A | V | E | L | I | N | 16 G |
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17 E | V | A | N | S | 18 A | B | L | E | R | 19 B | R | A |
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20 S | E | P | T | I | 21 L | L | I | O | N | 22 Q | U | O | S |
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23 S | H | I | L | L | O | N | G | 24 S | U | N | U | P |
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25 L | I | A | N | E | 26 S | T | A | A | T | S |
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27 G | 28 O | L | E | M | S | 29 G | I | R | D | L | E | |||
30 M | A | R | I | N | A | 31 S | O | N | A | R | ||||
32 E | L | I | O | T | 33 R | E | T | A | P | I | 34 N | 35 G | ||
36 S | E | E | N | 37 S | E | X | T | I | L | L | I | O | 38 N |
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39 A | N | N | 40 B | I | T | T | E | 41 E | L | E | N | A |
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42 S | A | T | 43 I | A | T | I | O | N | 44 S | I | L | O | S |
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45 S | A | L | T | E | R | N | 46 S | O | L | F | A |
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47 L | O | S | S | E | S | 48 N | O | S |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,352
Across
1
Abbr. after a name : ESQ
4
Least menacing : TAMEST
10
___-de-lis : FLEUR
12
In the dark : UNAWARE
14
Spooky : EERIE
15
On the road : TRAVELING
17
Actress in "Dynasty" : EVANS
18
Better qualified : ABLER
19
Bikini part : BRA
20
One followed by 24 zeros : SEPTILLION
22
Quids pro ___ : QUOS
23
Capital of Assam : SHILLONG
24
Dawn : SUNUP
25
Climbing plant : LIANE
26
Actor Cotsworth : STAATS
27
Legendary automatons : GOLEMS
29
Encircle : GIRDLE
30
Waterfront facility : MARINA
31
Sub detector : SONAR
32
"Adam Bede" author : ELIOT
33
Activity at a TV studio : RETAPING
36
Spotted : SEEN
37
One followed by 21 zeros : SEXTILLION
39
Writer Beattie : ANN
40
Polite word for Hans : BITTE
41
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
42
Overfullness : SATIATION
44
Farmers' storage structures : SILOS
45
NaCl plant : SALTERN
46
Singer's vocal exercise : SOLFA
47
Some bottom-line figures : LOSSES
48
Part of a keyboard's top row: Abbr. : NOS
Down
1
Nice schoolchildren : ELEVES
2
An angel : SERAPH
3
One followed by 18 zeros : QUINTILLION
4
Kind of engine : TURBINE
5
Kind of computer : ANALOG
6
Expert : MAVEN
7
Pitcher : EWER
8
He pitched against Pee Wee : SAL
9
Court of justice : TRIBUNAL
10
Consultants' revenue : FEES
11
Elastic : RESILIENT
13
On the way : ENROUTE
15
Hawk's weapons : TALONS
16
Sudden breaths : GASPS
21
Camel's distant cousin : LLAMA
22
One followed by 15 zeros : QUADRILLION
24
Like some evening gowns : STRAPLESS
26
Desert or peninsula : SINAI
27
Lead ores : GALENAS
28
Pekingese, e.g. : ORIENTAL
29
Obtained : GOTTEN
30
Steep, flat-top hills : MESAS
31
Church employees : SEXTONS
33
Call it a day : RETIRE
34
Black ornamental work : NIELLO
35
Thieves: Slang : GONOFS
37
Locales : SITES
38
Space-age acronym : NASA
40
African hammerheads : BATS
43
U.N. org. : ILO
Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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