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E. R. Galli
New York Times, Tuesday, September 24, 1974
38-Across : Doing a Vegas job
Author:
E. R. Galli
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.25, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 319 (avg 1.69)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 34.3
E. R. Galli has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 E | 3 S | 4 E | 5 P | 6 A | 7 P | 8 A | 9 S | 10 A | 11 F | 12 E |
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13 A | T | T | N | 14 C | I | D | E | R | 15 U | R | A | L |
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16 S | H | A | N | 17 T | Y | T | O | W | N | 18 R | A | K | E |
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19 R | E | A | C | H | 20 E | 21 A | R | W | I | G |
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22 C | 23 A | T | A | C | L | Y | 24 S | 25 M | 26 T | E | A | R | Y |
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27 H | O | O | D | O | O | 28 K | O | 29 D | I | A | K | S | ||
30 O | N | U | S | 31 P | 32 A | Y | R | O | L | L | ||||
33 W | E | T | 34 S | E | L | L | O | U | T | 35 S | 36 O | 37 T |
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38 D | E | A | L | I | N | G | 39 F | E | R | A |
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40 A | 41 V | I | G | N | O | N | 42 H | 43 B | O | M | B | S |
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44 A | D | I | E | U | 45 W | E | 46 L | F | A | R | I | S | M |
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47 G | A | S | H | E | 48 D | 49 H | A | S | A | N | ||||
50 A | G | U | A | 51 A | 52 C | 53 K | A | C | K | G | U | 54 N | 55 S |
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56 L | I | A | R | 57 M | O | O | S | E | 58 E | D | I | T |
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59 S | O | L | D | 60 P | O | L | A | 61 S | E | X | Y |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,173
Across
1
___ majesty : LESE
5
Family man : PAPA
9
Decision on a slider : SAFE
13
Envelope abbr. : ATTN
14
Fall drink : CIDER
15
U.S.S.R. mountains : URAL
16
Run-down urban area : SHANTYTOWN
18
Garden tool : RAKE
19
Unbroken expanse : REACH
20
Insect with forceps : EARWIG
22
Violent change : CATACLYSM
26
Lugubrious : TEARY
27
Bad-luck charm : HOODOO
28
Large bears : KODIAKS
30
Responsibility : ONUS
31
Bookkeeper's concern : PAYROLL
33
Rainy : WET
34
Full house : SELLOUT
35
Tippler : SOT
38
Doing a Vegas job : DEALING
39
Wild animal: Lat. : FERA
40
Former papal seat : AVIGNON
42
Nuclear giants : HBOMBS
44
Parting word at Orly : ADIEU
45
Certain social system : WELFARISM
47
Cut deeply : GASHED
49
___ eye on (watches) : HASAN
50
Water: Sp. : AGUA
51
Antiaircraft artillery : ACKACKGUNS
56
Ananias : LIAR
57
Big game : MOOSE
58
Blue-pencil : EDIT
59
Convinced : SOLD
60
Miss Negri : POLA
61
Erotic : SEXY
Down
1
Musical notes : LAS
2
Old verb suffix : ETH
3
Get going : STARTOUT
4
Groups of nine : ENNEADS
5
Concise : PITHY
6
Bustle : ADO
7
Seat of a sort : PEW
8
English composer : ARNE
9
Like Dali : SURREAL
10
British Guiana Indian : ARAWAK
11
Hindu ascetics : FAKIRS
12
Gray work : ELEGY
14
Massive : CYCLOPEAN
17
Tijuana fare : TACO
21
Not quite upright : ATILT
22
Black-tongued dog : CHOW
23
First-rate : AONE
24
Sight from the Narrows : SKYLINE
25
Dimwit : MORON
29
C.S.A. sympathizer in the North : DOUGHFACE
32
Concede : ALLOW
34
Musical transition : SEGUE
35
Clad like Venus de Milo : SEMINUDE
36
Eyes : ORBS
37
Australia's neighbor: Abbr. : TASM
38
Perseverer : DIEHARD
39
Ranges for food : FORAGES
40
Slow movement, in music : ADAGIO
41
Audio-___ : VISUAL
43
Enjoy the beach : BASK
44
Bedouin headcords : AGALS
46
Asian capital : LHASA
48
Restrain : DAMP
52
Bird sound : COO
53
___ Nidre : KOL
54
"Nothing doing!" : NIX
55
Mudhole of a sort : STY
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.