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S. E. Wilkinson
New York Times, Saturday, September 10, 1983
24-Across : Tar's asset
Author:
S. E. Wilkinson
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { X Z }, Scrabble score: 322 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.4
S. E. Wilkinson has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 P | 4 E | 5 C | 6 L | 7 A | 8 I | 9 M | 10 A | 11 W | 12 O | 13 L |
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14 O | L | A | N | 15 H | I | L | D | A | 16 S | I | V | A |
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17 W | I | N | D | 18 J | A | M | M | E | R | 19 S | N | I | T |
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20 L | C | D | 21 E | N | O | S | 22 Q | 23 U | I | D | D | E |
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24 S | E | A | 25 L | E | G | S | 26 P | U | D | G | Y | |||
27 A | P | E | 28 C | L | E | A | N | C | 29 U | 30 T |
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31 B | 32 A | 33 W | L | 34 G | R | U | E | L | 35 I | N | O |
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36 A | L | I | A | 37 S | 38 L | A | M | 39 L | 40 A | T | I | N |
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41 F | A | N | 42 A | 43 P | O | N | Y | 44 T | Y | T | Y |
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45 F | I | D | 46 D | L | E | R | S | 47 G | 48 A | L | ||||
49 B | E | E | R | Y | 50 C | E | L | E | 51 B | 52 E | 53 S |
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54 S | 55 A | L | A | M | I | 56 K | A | Y | S | 57 O | R | T |
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58 A | R | O | D | 59 W | 60 I | N | D | S | O | 61 F | W | A | R |
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62 N | E | W | T | 63 I | S | E | R | E | 64 C | E | T | E |
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65 K | A | N | O | 66 G | R | E | E | R | 67 C | R | O | W |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,359
Across
1
Elizabeth or Charles : CAPE
5
Miner's stake : CLAIM
10
Truant type, for short : AWOL
14
Buck heroine : OLAN
15
"___ Lessways": Bennett : HILDA
16
Hindu god : SIVA
17
Large sailing ship : WINDJAMMER
19
Irate fit : SNIT
20
Math abbr. : LCD
21
Space monkey : ENOS
22
A Nobelist for Peace: 1927 : QUIDDE
24
Tar's asset : SEALEGS
26
Corpulent : PUDGY
27
Pongid : APE
28
Wholesome : CLEANCUT
31
___ out (reprimand) : BAWL
34
Dickensian dish : GRUEL
35
A daughter of Cadmus : INO
36
Crook's ruse : ALIAS
38
Beat it : LAM
39
Follower of Low or Vulgar : LATIN
41
"Lady Windermere's ___": Wilde : FAN
42
"Riding on ___ ... " : APONY
44
Protagonist in "God's Little Acre" : TYTY
45
Cole entertainers : FIDDLERS
47
Speed unit : GAL
49
Actor Noah : BEERY
50
Indonesian island : CELEBES
54
Cousin of kielbasa : SALAMI
56
Singers Armen and Starr : KAYS
57
Bit for Fido : ORT
58
A son of Gad : AROD
59
Wouk work, with "The" : WINDSOFWAR
62
"Eye of ___": Shak. : NEWT
63
Graian Alps river : ISERE
64
Whale : CETE
65
Nigerian city : KANO
66
Actress Garson : GREER
67
Disagreeable chow : CROW
Down
1
Cenobites' habiliments : COWLS
2
Hatter's guest : ALICE
3
Ling-Ling is one : PANDA
4
Last straw : END
5
Transfigure : CHANGE
6
V.I.P.'s vehicles : LIMOS
7
Dole : ALMS
8
European carp : IDE
9
Theater awning : MARQUEE
10
Give out, as a task : ASSIGN
11
Chicago : WINDYCITY
12
"Heroides" author : OVID
13
Better than never : LATE
18
General Purpose Car : JEEP
23
Ariz. politician : UDALL
25
Refrain syllables : LALA
26
Like a boa : PLUMY
28
British herring measures : CRANS
29
Monad : UNIT
30
Certain award : TONY
31
Golf stroke : BAFF
32
"Merry" in a game name : ALAI
33
Like some hair styles : WINDBLOWN
34
Halo : GLORY
37
Scene of hysteria: 1692 : SALEM
40
Tamarisk tree : ATLE
43
Washington wore one : PERIWIG
46
___ rights (red-handed) : DEADTO
47
Phenomenon at Yellowstone : GEYSER
48
"___ sprach Zarathustra" : ALSO
50
Nucleus of sorts : CADRE
51
High card, in euchre : BOWER
52
One of the Nereids : ERATO
53
Disperse : STREW
54
Foundered : SANK
55
Precinct : AREA
56
Genu : KNEE
60
Rep. since 1948 : ISR
61
Agcy. controlling TV : FCC
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.