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Sophie Fierman
New York Times, Thursday, March 25, 1976
1-Down : Comedian's offerings
Author:
Sophie Fierman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 270 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5
Sophie Fierman has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 G | 2 A | 3 B | 4 C | 5 A | 6 R | 7 E | 8 D | 9 A | 10 B | 11 I | 12 B |
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13 A | L | E | 14 C | 15 E | L | A | T | E | 16 C | O | L | A |
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17 G | E | T | A | 18 L | L | T | H | E | B | 19 R | E | A | K | S |
20 S | E | A | M | I | L | E | S | 21 A | O | R | T | A | S |
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22 P | M | A | 23 G | R | U | B | ||||||||
24 G | 25 O | F | O | R | 26 B | 27 R | O | K | E | 28 S | 29 A | 30 D |
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31 S | E | R | I | N | 32 L | E | S | S | 33 B | A | B | E |
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34 P | E | A | R | S | 35 A | N | E | 36 U | R | B | A | N |
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37 E | S | T | E | 38 A | R | T | E | 39 N | O | O | S | E |
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40 W | E | E | 41 B | R | E | A | K | 42 S | W | I | T | H | ||
43 T | A | R | S | 44 L | I | L | ||||||||
45 I | 46 D | 47 E | A | T | E | 48 N | 49 O | I | S | I | 50 E | 51 S | 52 T |
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53 T | O | B | R | E | A | 54 K | A | N | D | E | N | T | E | R |
55 C | L | O | T | 56 R | A | N | E | E | 57 G | A | M | E |
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58 H | E | N | S | 59 S | T | A | R | S | 60 L | I | E |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,721
Across
1
Certain gift : GAB
4
Had concern : CARED
9
Jewish month : ABIB
13
Guinness : ALEC
15
Gladden : ELATE
16
Soft drink : COLA
17
Live a charmed life : GETALLTHEBREAKS
20
Nautical distances : SEAMILES
21
Heart adjuncts : AORTAS
22
U.S. marketing org. : PMA
23
Prospector's food : GRUB
24
Stake it all : GOFORBROKE
28
Blue : SAD
31
Small finch : SERIN
32
Subtraction word : LESS
33
Slugger Ruth : BABE
34
Fruit-salad standbys : PEARS
35
Chemical suffix : ANE
36
Citified : URBAN
37
Roman villa : ESTE
38
Johnson of TV : ARTE
39
Rustler's neckpiece : NOOSE
40
Tiny : WEE
41
Parts company : BREAKSWITH
43
Sailors : TARS
44
Capp's Abner : LIL
45
Imagine : IDEATE
48
Most boisterous : NOISIEST
53
Prepare ___ (plan a felony) : TOBREAKANDENTER
55
Thicken : CLOT
56
Indian title : RANEE
57
Bridge bid : GAME
58
Barnyard residents : HENS
59
Plays the lead : STARS
60
Kind of detector : LIE
Down
1
Comedian's offerings : GAGS
2
Away from the wind : ALEE
3
Greek letter : BETA
4
Last place, in baseball : CELLAR
5
Old man, in Bonn : ALTE
6
Words of cheer : RAHS
7
French season : ETE
8
Lands : DEBARKS
9
Bitter : ACERB
10
Gravy dish : BOAT
11
Miss Chase : ILKA
12
Singing voice : BASS
14
Certain girls : CAMPFIRE
18
Hybrid citrus fruits : LIMONS
19
Profligate one : ROUE
23
Hide-and-___ : GOSEEK
24
Canada and snow : GEESE
25
Give a long-winded talk : ORATE
26
Trumpet sounds : BLARES
27
___-car : RENTA
28
Wooden shoe : SABOT
29
Disconcert : ABASH
30
Sand hill, in England : DENE
31
Gush forth : SPEW
33
Preparing steaks : BROILING
36
Imprudent : UNWISE
38
Overdue debts : ARREARS
41
Diminish : BATE
42
Returned-tourists' showings : SLIDES
43
Queen of Hearts output : TARTS
45
Yearning : ITCH
46
Parcel out : DOLE
47
Black : EBON
48
Zola heroine : NANA
49
Nonesuch : ONER
50
Relative of etc. : ETAL
51
Half: Prefix : SEMI
52
Shoe support : TREE
54
Arabian tea : KAT
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.