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Sara V. Tuckerman
New York Times, Wednesday, January 9, 1974
17-Across : Mental lapse
Author:
Sara V. Tuckerman
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { F J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.42)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 62.2
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Sara V. Tuckerman has 40 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 C | 3 O | 4 P | 5 C | 6 H | 7 A | 8 P | 9 S | 10 A | 11 S | 12 T | 13 A |
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14 L | E | N | A | 15 H | O | L | L | Y | 16 S | H | A | G |
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17 A | B | E | R | 18 R | A | T | I | O | N | 19 T | A | P | A |
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20 B | U | R | T | O | N | 21 I | D | O | 22 L | A | T | E | R |
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23 I | C | E | 24 S | 25 S | P | U | R | T | ||||||
26 C | 27 R | 28 A | C | K | L | E | 29 S | 30 S | N | E | E | 31 R | 32 S |
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33 R | A | L | L | Y | 34 D | E | 35 B | I | T | 36 R | A | T |
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37 E | S | T | E | 38 C | A | T | E | S | 39 C | I | T | O |
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40 A | S | I | 41 S | A | N | T | A | 42 P | A | N | E | L |
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43 M | E | M | 44 O | I | R | 45 E | N | 46 T | A | N | G | L | E |
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47 E | V | A | N | 48 S | 49 S | A | L | T | ||||||
50 M | 51 U | T | I | N | E | E | 52 R | 53 N | E | I | 54 G | 55 H | 56 S |
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57 O | V | E | N | 58 G | R | O | 59 U | N | D | C | R | E | W |
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60 S | E | R | E | 61 I | R | A | T | E | 62 L | I | L | A |
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63 S | A | S | S | 64 E | A | R | E | D | 65 E | D | D | Y |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,915
Across
1
Old English bard : SCOP
5
Cowboy wear : CHAPS
10
Movie dog : ASTA
14
Siberian river : LENA
15
Wreath or tree : HOLLY
16
Coarse tobacco : SHAG
17
Mental lapse : ABERRATION
19
Pacific cloth : TAPA
20
Actor from Wales : BURTON
21
Devotee : IDOLATER
23
Desserts : ICES
25
Gush : SPURT
26
Bonfire sounds : CRACKLES
30
Derisive looks : SNEERS
33
Stockmarket activity : RALLY
34
Bookkeeper's entry : DEBIT
36
"Brother ___" : RAT
37
Villa d'___ : ESTE
38
Delicacies, old style : CATES
39
Quickly: Lat. : CITO
40
This way, in Spain : ASI
41
Lucia or Maria : SANTA
42
Kind of TV show : PANEL
43
Recollective piece : MEMOIR
45
Confuse : ENTANGLE
47
Dame Edith : EVANS
49
Wit : SALT
50
Certain Bounty crewman : MUTINEER
53
Stable sounds : NEIGHS
57
Kitchen unit : OVEN
58
Airport workers : GROUNDCREW
60
Withered : SERE
61
Incensed : IRATE
62
Actress Lee : LILA
63
Back talk : SASS
64
Auriculate : EARED
65
Duchin : EDDY
Down
1
Thick slice : SLAB
2
Philippine island : CEBU
3
Unique thing : ONER
4
Speck : PARTICLE
5
Coco : CHANEL
6
Kind of dog : HOT
7
Et ___ : ALII
8
Trudges : PLODS
9
Summary : SYNOPSIS
10
Gaping : ASTARE
11
Destructive : SHATTERING
12
TV standby : TAPE
13
Thickening agent : AGAR
18
Marciano : ROCKY
22
Actor Alfred : LUNT
24
City on the Meuse : SEDAN
26
Give a shellacking to : CREAM
27
Small civet : RASSE
28
Plane instruments : ALTIMETERS
29
Italian seven : SETTE
31
Badgerlike animal : RATEL
32
Vestment : STOLE
35
Contents of some bags : BEANS
38
Hall or Tech : CARNEGIE
39
Liturgical song : CANTICLE
41
Chinese city : SIAN
42
Faded : PALED
44
Sheep : OVINES
46
Brown : TANNED
48
Sawlike organ : SERRA
50
Hart : MOSS
51
Eye part : UVEA
52
Surf sound : ROAR
54
Grating : GRID
55
Actress Anna : HELD
56
Influence : SWAY
59
Shoshonean : UTE
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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