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Stanley A. Kurzban
New York Times, Friday, April 2, 1976
33-Across : Ways, often
Author:
Stanley A. Kurzban
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 50, Avg Word Len: 4.61, Missing: { J K V }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.57)
Open Squares: 50, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 10, XRef: 2, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 22.5
Grid has duplicate clues.
Stanley A. Kurzban has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 U | 3 S | 4 A | 5 M | 6 E | 7 R | 8 A | 9 L | 10 S | |||||
11 U | R | S | A | 12 A | N | I | S | E | 13 L | A | T | 14 E |
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15 L | I | E | N | 16 W | O | N | T | S | 17 L | O | O | S |
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18 M | E | R | G | 19 E | R | I | G | H | T | 20 T | S | P | S |
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21 A | Y | N | 22 S | 23 C | R | |||||||||
24 B | 25 A | 26 B | 27 Y | S | 28 T | 29 E | 30 E | 31 O | A | 32 R | ||||
33 A | L | L | E | Y | 34 S | 35 A | D | 36 O | L | F | O | 37 F | ||
38 Y | I | E | L | D | R | 39 I | G | H | T | O | F | W | A | 40 Y |
41 A | S | L | O | O | S | E | 42 T | R | I | E | S | A |
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43 T | O | E | 44 E | R | 45 S | 46 F | C | S | T | S |
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47 W | S | 48 A | 49 P | 50 L | U | |||||||||
51 D | 52 A | 53 H | L | 54 S | 55 C | 56 H | O | O | L | 57 Z | 58 O | 59 N | 60 E |
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61 A | Q | U | I | 62 S | O | A | R | S | 63 O | R | A | N |
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64 T | U | R | N | 65 E | X | I | T | S | 66 O | A | T | S |
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67 A | T | E | 68 T | A | G | S | 69 S | L | O |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,729
Across
1
Road sign, with 10 Down : BUS
4
Continent: Abbr. : AMER
8
Jolson and Kaline : ALS
11
Sky Bear : URSA
12
Flavoring herb : ANISE
13
Tardy : LATE
15
Legal right : LIEN
16
Customs : WONTS
17
Writer Anita : LOOS
18
Road sign : MERGERIGHT
20
Recipe abbr. : TSPS
21
Miss Rand : AYN
22
Rehearsal text: Abbr. : SCR
24
Soft as a ___ skin : BABYS
28
Pipe joint : TEE
31
Shell adjunct : OAR
33
Ways, often : ALLEYS
35
___ Nassau, German king : ADOLFOF
38
Road sign : YIELDRIGHTOFWAY
41
___ as a goose : ASLOOSE
42
___ case (prosecutes) blind : TRIESA
43
Shoe part : TOE
44
Hesitant sounds : ERS
46
Weather predictions: Abbr. : FCSTS
47
W.W. II agency : WSA
49
Not sing. : PLU
51
Arlene of films : DAHL
54
Road sign : SCHOOLZONE
61
Here, in Spain : AQUI
62
Rides in a glider : SOARS
63
Algerian port : ORAN
64
"No Left ___" : TURN
65
Road signs : EXITS
66
Feel one's ___ : OATS
67
Consumed : ATE
68
Labels : TAGS
69
Road sign : SLO
Down
1
Cheese : BRIE
2
Consumer : USER
3
Rendered an aria : SANG
4
Consecrate : ANOINT
5
Fine vase : MING
6
Baltic native : ESTH
7
Takes a breather : RESTS
8
"___ Keep Right" : ALLTRAFFIC
9
Asian nation : LAOS
10
See 1 Across : STOP
11
German city : ULM
12
Wrong : AWRY
14
Curve : ESS
19
"___ it" : EASYDOES
23
Picturesque : COLORFUL
24
Moonlight or Biscayne : BAY
25
Inter ___ : ALIA
26
Sanctified : BLEST
27
Road marking : YELLOWLINE
29
Avid : EAGER
30
Old English letter : EDH
32
British poet laureate et al. : ROWES
34
Theater sign : SRO
36
Baseball's Mel : OTT
37
Make a ___ buck : FAST
39
Noun suffix : ISE
40
Slangy affirmatives : YAS
45
Shows off : SPORTS
48
Useful quality : ASSET
50
Defeat : LOSS
51
Gram. case : DAT
52
Greenish blue : AQUA
53
Injure : HURT
55
Hip joint : COXA
56
British marshal of W.W. I : HAIG
57
Park sights : ZOOS
58
Exam : ORAL
59
Defense org. : NATO
60
Type measures : ENS
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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