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Jean Reed
New York Times, Saturday, January 4, 1964
48-Across : Steeplechase hazards.
Author:
Jean Reed
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 7, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 34.6
Grid has duplicate clues.
Jean Reed has 46 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 S | 4 T | 5 S | 6 A | 7 M | 8 E | 9 I | 10 N | 11 J | 12 U | 13 N |
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14 A | L | I | A | 15 A | M | E | N | 16 N | O | O | S | E |
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17 H | E | N | R | 18 Y | F | O | R | D | 19 A | S | H | E | N |
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20 O | P | A | 21 S | E | N | I | O | 22 R | S | 23 N | R | A |
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24 W | H | I | 25 N | E | 26 T | W | I | T | 27 C | H | ||||
28 A | R | 29 T | 30 I | E | 31 B | O | R | E | 32 A | 33 S |
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34 R | 35 A | 36 F | T | 37 E | N | D | 38 B | R | A | N | D | O |
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39 C | R | O | A | 40 K | E | D | 41 H | O | M | B | R | E | S |
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42 M | E | R | L | I | N | 43 M | O | N | 44 B | Y | N | O |
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45 P | A | T | I | N | A | 46 A | I | S | 47 L | E | ||||
48 H | E | D | G | 49 E | S | 50 A | D | 51 A | 52 P | 53 T |
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54 A | 55 M | E | 56 N | E | T | T | 57 L | 58 E | S | 59 N | O | R |
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60 R | O | N | 61 D | E | 62 H | E | A | T | H | 63 E | N | R | Y |
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64 A | R | R | I | S | 65 E | R | G | O | 66 N | A | T | O |
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67 G | O | Y | A | S | 68 L | Y | O | N | 69 G | L | E | N |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,270
Across
1
Hero, heroine, etc. : CAST
5
Alike. : SAME
9
Honest ___. : INJUN
14
Inter ___. : ALIA
15
Verily. : AMEN
16
Snare. : NOOSE
17
Big name in U. S. business. : HENRYFORD
19
Pale. : ASHEN
20
Former Gov't. agcy. : OPA
21
Candidates for sheepskins. : SENIORS
23
Former Gov't. agcy. : NRA
24
Peevish sound. : WHINE
26
Sudden, quick pull. : TWITCH
28
One of the Shaws. : ARTIE
31
Wind from north of the border. : BOREAS
34
Large number: Colloq. : RAFT
37
Word used with dead or the. : END
38
Hollywood name. : BRANDO
39
Spoke hoarsely. : CROAKED
41
Men south of the border. : HOMBRES
42
Magician. : MERLIN
43
French possessive. : MON
44
___ means. : BYNO
45
Sheen. : PATINA
46
Bridal path. : AISLE
48
Steeplechase hazards. : HEDGES
50
Change as needed. : ADAPT
54
Soul: Fr. : AME
56
Annoys. : NETTLES
59
And not. : NOR
60
Type of writing. : RONDE
62
Paganism. : HEATHENRY
64
Paris visitor of fiction. : ARRIS
65
Hence. : ERGO
66
Acronym in the news. : NATO
67
Certain works of art. : GOYAS
68
French name of French city. : LYON
69
Nice place for a picnic. : GLEN
Down
1
Almost extinct bird of Bermuda. : CAHOW
2
Letter used in 3 Down. : ALEPH
3
Middle East region. : SINAI
4
Road surface. : TAR
5
Companion of sound. : SAFE
6
Egyptian sun god. : AMON
7
Earned. : MERITED
8
Provide with income. : ENDOW
9
"Any port ___." : INASTORM
10
1, 2, 3 etc.: Abbr. : NOS
11
Big name in U. S. folklore. : JOHNHENRY
12
Employer. : USER
13
Very young señorita. : NENA
18
European river. : YSER
22
Horse show awards. : RIBBONS
25
Name for a Christmas child. : NATALIE
27
Ill-tempered. : CRABBED
29
Of a time for fun and frolic. : TEENAGE
30
State: Abbr. : IND
32
Middle East region. : ADEN
33
Tolerable. : SOSO
34
Men north of the border: Abbr. : RCMP
35
Space. : AREA
36
Scene of 1862 battle. : FORTHENRY
40
Generosity. : KINDNESS
41
___ polloi. : HOI
43
Control. : MASTERY
47
Tie with rope. : LASH
49
Miss Waters. : ETHEL
51
Record of a year. : ANNAL
52
___-cochere. : PORTE
53
Test the fit of. : TRYON
54
Limp as ___. : ARAG
55
Filipino. : MORO
57
Lake, in Italy. : LAGO
58
Town on the Thames. : ETON
61
Day, in Madrid. : DIA
63
Language: Abbr. : ENG
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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