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Kathryn Righter
New York Times, Wednesday, January 18, 1967
23-Across : Counterfoils.
Author:
Kathryn Righter
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 5.17, Missing: { H J K Q V W }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 22.2
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
Kathryn Righter has 63 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 E | 3 M | 4 I | 5 S | 6 T | 7 T | 8 U | 9 R | 10 F | |||||
11 S | I | M | I | L | A | R | 12 C | U | R | I | O | 13 S | ||
14 A | Z | U | R | I | N | E | 15 A | N | A | G | R | A | 16 M |
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17 M | E | L | 18 A | D | A | 19 P | T | 20 L | I | B | R | E |
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21 B | R | A | 22 N | 23 S | T | U | B | 24 S | 25 D | O | G | S |
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26 A | T | T | A | 27 R | 28 S | L | O | O | 29 P | 30 R | E | S |
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31 S | E | E | D | E | 32 D | 33 P | A | L | A | 34 C | E | S | ||
35 I | M | A | 36 M | 37 T | O | G | A | |||||||
38 P | 39 Y | R | A | M | U | 40 S | 41 N | A | M | 42 I | 43 N | 44 G |
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45 I | R | A | 46 N | E | S | T | 47 S | 48 N | E | M | E | A |
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49 B | A | R | 50 M | 51 S | T | E | P | 52 S | 53 O | P | A | L |
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54 I | N | D | U | 55 S | 56 A | N | I | T | 57 A | 58 U | T | A |
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59 S | C | A | N | N | 60 E | R | 61 C | O | M | 62 P | L | E | X |
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63 E | R | R | A | N | D | 64 E | M | B | A | S | S | Y |
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65 M | O | P | S | 66 S | P | I | N | E | T |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,367
Across
1
Cloud. : BEMIST
7
Sod. : TURF
11
Like. : SIMILAR
12
Collectors' items. : CURIOS
14
Blue. : AZURINE
15
Logogriph. : ANAGRAM
17
One of the Allens. : MEL
18
Conform (to). : ADAPT
20
Vers ___. : LIBRE
21
Cereal product. : BRAN
23
Counterfoils. : STUBS
25
Boxers. : DOGS
26
Perfume. : ATTAR
28
Cutter's cousin. : SLOOP
30
In medias ___. : RES
31
Tennis tournament term. : SEEDED
33
Fourth word of "Home, Sweet Home." : PALACES
35
Mosque official. : IMAM
37
Forum garment. : TOGA
38
He loved Thisbe. : PYRAMUS
41
Entitling. : NAMING
45
Anger: Lat. : IRA
46
Retreats. : NESTS
48
Argolis valley where Hercules killed the lion. : NEMEA
49
Yeast. : BARM
51
Dancer's concern. : STEPS
53
Gem. : OPAL
54
River of Kashmir. : INDUS
56
Miss Loos. : ANITA
58
Miss Hagen. : UTA
59
Electronic device. : SCANNER
61
Intricate. : COMPLEX
63
Thing to do today. : ERRAND
64
Washington mansion. : EMBASSY
65
Swabs. : MOPS
66
Musical instrument. : SPINET
Down
1
City of Tunisia. : BIZERTE
2
Rival successfully. : EMULATE
3
Myself: Ger. : MIR
4
Hipbones. : ILIA
5
Beaches. : SANDS
6
Deals with. : TREATS
7
Large cask. : TUN
8
River into the Caspian. : URAL
9
Inflexible. : RIGID
10
Refrained from. : FORBORE
11
Brazilian dances. : SAMBAS
12
Watercraft. : CATBOAT
13
Bilko and others. : SARGES
16
Hodgepodge. : MESS
19
Succulent part of fruit. : PULP
22
Lowest point. : NADIR
24
Wise lawgiver. : SOLON
27
Furnish fresh personnel. : REMAN
29
Heathen. : PAGAN
32
Feminine equivalent of "knights." : DAMES
34
Carved gem. : CAMEO
36
Condiment. : MUSTARD
38
Swagger. : PRANCE
39
Support for a square sail. : YARDARM
40
British gun. : STEN
42
Impetus. : IMPULSE
43
Most orderly. : NEATEST
44
Milky Way. : GALAXY
45
Bird of the Nile. : IBIS
47
Gives piquancy to. : SPICES
50
Saki's real name. : MUNRO
52
Jazz dance. : STOMP
55
Kind of shot. : SNAP
57
Both: Prefix. : AMBI
60
Navy man: Abbr. : ENS
62
God of the forests. : PAN
Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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