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Fred Toole
New York Times, Tuesday, September 4, 1990
Author:
Fred Toole
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.59, Missing: { J K X Z }, Scrabble score: 264 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 51, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 1, Grid flow: 22.7
Fred Toole has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 E | 3 M | 4 O | 5 S | 6 B | 7 O | 8 O | 9 L | 10 I | 11 D |
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12 A | V | E | R | T | 13 E | T | N | 14 A | 15 W | A | C | O |
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16 W | E | S | T | I | 17 N | D | I | E | S | 18 I | D | E | S |
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19 N | R | A | 20 R | Y | E | S | 21 P | 22 A | L | E | D | |||
23 B | R | E | W | 24 D | I | A | L | |||||||
25 E | 26 G | R | E | T | 27 C | O | R | R | E | 28 C | 29 T | |||
30 A | C | R | I | D | 31 P | O | S | E | 32 M | L | I | 33 I |
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34 H | O | O | D | 35 T | R | I | E | D | 36 S | E | L | L |
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37 S | L | A | G | 38 R | E | N | D | 39 S | T | A | L | E |
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40 E | N | E | 41 M | I | E | S | 42 S | T | A | R | S | |||
43 T | E | R | N | 44 G | I | R | D | |||||||
45 S | 46 M | O | T | E | 47 C | A | S | A | 48 A | 49 P | 50 T |
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51 F | L | O | W | 52 M | 53 A | R | T | I | N | 54 I | Q | U | E |
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55 H | O | R | N | 56 E | R | I | E | 57 G | A | U | N | T |
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58 A | T | E | 59 C | B | S | 60 E | N | A | T | E |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,910
Across
1
Records sent to a deejay : DEMOS
6
Derisive sound : BOO
9
Cap : LID
12
Deter : AVERT
13
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
15
Home of the Baylor Bears : WACO
16
Caribbean chain : WESTINDIES
18
Fateful March date : IDES
19
Gun fanciers' org. : NRA
20
Bar orders : RYES
21
Turned ashen : PALED
23
Steep tea : BREW
24
Radio item : DIAL
25
Shore bird : EGRET
27
Right : CORRECT
30
Pungent : ACRID
31
Sit : POSE
32
Cato's 1,052 : MLII
34
Ore.'s Mount ___ : HOOD
35
Essayed : TRIED
36
Vend : SELL
37
Steel-mill waste : SLAG
38
Tear : REND
39
No longer fresh : STALE
40
Allies, to the Axis : ENEMIES
42
Luminaries : STARS
43
Sea bird : TERN
44
Encircle : GIRD
45
Hit hard, old style : SMOTE
47
Señor's home : CASA
48
Likely : APT
51
Pour forth : FLOW
52
French Caribbean isle : MARTINIQUE
55
Band instrument : HORN
56
N.Y. canal : ERIE
57
Emaciated : GAUNT
58
Consumed : ATE
59
Network for "60 Minutes" : CBS
60
Akin on the mother's side : ENATE
Down
1
Daybreak : DAWN
2
Always : EVER
3
Butte's cousin : MESA
4
Food particle for Spot : ORT
5
Emotionally moved : STIRRED
6
Moisten : BEDEW
7
Elevator man : OTIS
8
Single : ONE
9
Stow cargo : LADE
10
Chilled : ICED
11
Author ___ Passos : DOS
14
Hoped for : ASPIRED
15
Capital of the Netherlands Antilles : WILLEMSTAD
17
Russian refusal : NYET
22
Swiss river : AAR
23
Barbados's capital : BRIDGETOWN
24
Gave medication : DOSED
25
School, on 52 Across : ECOLE
26
Response to a bad pun : GROAN
27
Nickels and dimes : COINS
28
Obvious : CLEAR
29
Works on soil : TILLS
30
Oohs and ___ : AHS
31
Fluff one's feathers : PREEN
33
___ de France : ILE
35
Ancient galley : TRIREME
39
U.S. Open golf champ: 1988-89 : STRANGE
41
N.Y. opera house, fondly : MET
42
Mexican's emphatic "yes" : SISI
44
Portals : GATES
45
Kind of machine : SLOT
46
Additional : MORE
47
Place for corn or baby : CRIB
48
Bluish green : AQUA
49
Pigskin ploy : PUNT
50
Pierre's pate : TETE
51
Govt. mortgage agency : FHA
53
___ de Triomphe, Paris : ARC
54
Author Fleming : IAN
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