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Michael A. Rampino
New York Times, Friday, June 1, 1990
29-Down : Mirth
Author:
Michael A. Rampino
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 43, Avg Word Len: 5.21, Missing: { H J Q Z }
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1
Michael A. Rampino has 33 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 CROSS | 2 W | 3 O | 4 R | 5 D | 6 CROSS | 7 B | 8 O | 9 W | 10 T | 11 S | 12 P |
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13 E | I | D | E | R | 14 B | A | B | A | 15 R | O | A |
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16 S | T | E | L | E | 17 A | N | O | N | 18 CROSS | I | N | G |
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19 A | W | 20 A | R | D | E | D | 21 T | A | N | O |
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22 D | 23 R | 24 O | P | S | Y | 25 A | S | S | 26 A | I | L | E | D |
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27 R | A | T | S | 28 E | 29 G | G | 30 C | E | S | T | A |
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31 E | T | R | E | 32 A | L | E | 33 G | 34 A | R | |||||
35 D | E | A | D | 36 E | Y | E | 37 O | R | E | 38 G | 39 A | 40 N | 41 O |
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42 R | E | E | 43 S | E | S | 44 L | I | O | N |
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45 CROSS | 46 O | 47 V | 48 E | R | 49 U | S | E | 50 A | R | T | E |
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51 B | R | E | W | S | 52 T | 53 E | R | 54 N | 55 A | S | S | E | R |
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56 E | I | R | E | 57 R | A | F | 58 T | E | R | S | ||||
59 A | S | I | S | 60 A | G | E | R | 61 M | I | 62 N | 63 T | 64 S |
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65 M | O | T | 66 C | L | I | O | 67 E | N | R | O | L |
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68 S | N | Y | 69 K | E | T | T | 70 T | E | A | R | Y |
© 1990, The New York TimesNo. 14,815
Across
1
Type of puzzle : CROSSWORD
6
Medieval weapon : CROSSBOW
10
Recipe abbr. : TSP
13
Down : EIDER
14
Ali of "Arabian Nights" : BABA
15
Brown kiwi : ROA
16
Inscribed pillar : STELE
17
Soon : ANON
18
Kind of guard : CROSSING
19
Granted : AWARDED
21
N.M. Indian : TANO
22
Disease of fishes : DROPSY
25
Attacked : ASSAILED
27
Backward star? : RATS
28
Urge, with "on" : EGG
30
Jai-alai racquet : CESTA
31
To be, to René : ETRE
32
Sour liquid : ALEGAR
35
Sharpshooter : DEADEYE
37
Pizza herb : OREGANO
42
Della and Pee Wee : REESES
44
Celebrity : LION
45
Railroad switching track : CROSSOVER
49
Exploit : USE
50
"Vissi d'___," Puccini aria : ARTE
51
Mayflower V.I.P. : BREWSTER
54
U.A.R. president : NASSER
56
The old sod : EIRE
57
Roof supports : RAFTERS
59
Terms of a sale : ASIS
60
Antiquing agent : AGER
61
Places to make lots of money : MINTS
65
Witticism : MOT
66
Muse of history : CLIO
67
Matriculate : ENROL
68
Curve of a ship timber : SNY
69
Etta of the comics : KETT
70
Like many a melodrama : TEARY
Down
1
Hybridizes : CROSSES
2
Wag : WIT
3
Epinicion : ODE
4
Slipped back : RELAPSED
5
Theatrical family related to the Barrymores : DREWS
6
Rung of a ladder : CROSSBAR
7
Ligature : BANDAGE
8
Hautboys : OBOES
9
Conjurers' sticks : WANDS
10
Job suffered lots of these : TRIALS
11
Fourteen-line poem : SONNET
12
Chinese temple : PAGODA
18
Railroad-track support : CROSSTIE
20
Lemur of Madagascar : AYEAYE
22
Supreme Court's ___ Scott case : DRED
23
Evaluate : RATE
24
Norwegian river : OTRA
26
Ancient port opposite Haifa : ACRE
29
Mirth : GLEE
33
Departs : GOES
34
Leblanc's Lupin : ARSENE
36
Goofs : ERRS
38
Nearly transparent paper : GLASSINE
39
Dubin-Warren products : AIRS
40
Memorandum : NOTE
41
Unique character : ONER
43
Cloy : SURFEIT
45
Wall-to-wall floor supports : CROSSBEAMS
46
Prayer : ORISON
47
Truth : VERITY
48
Rams' dams : EWES
52
Trail : TRACK
53
Former $10 gold coin : EAGLE
55
Helmet for a knight : ARMET
58
Jog : TROT
62
Depression agcy. : NRA
63
M. Anderson's "High ___" : TOR
64
Foxy : SLY
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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