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Jack Wherry
New York Times, Saturday, January 11, 1975
50-Down : Like some buckets
Author:
Jack Wherry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J V X }, Scrabble score: 370 (avg 2.01)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 36.5
Jack Wherry has 5 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 D | 3 L | 4 I | 5 B | 6 B | 7 L | 8 A | 9 B | 10 R | 11 A | 12 Y |
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13 D | R | E | A | R | 14 I | A | L | U | 15 B | E | A | U |
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16 D | O | O | N | E | 17 Q | U | I | Z | 18 Z | I | C | A | L |
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19 I | O | N | 20 A | 21 R | U | N | 22 Z | E | B | R | A | |||
23 S | P | E | 24 C | K | L | E | D | 25 B | A | B | U | |||
26 L | A | S | 27 E | 28 M | U | L | S | I | 29 F | 30 Y |
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31 A | 32 G | A | G | 33 B | R | O | Z | 34 T | E | D |
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35 B | U | R | M | E | 36 S | E | 37 A | Z | 38 A | 39 L | E | A | S |
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40 A | R | I | 41 W | E | 42 A | N | 43 M | A | R | T | ||||
44 D | A | Z | 45 Z | 46 L | I | N | G | 47 N | O | R | ||||
48 Z | O | O | S | 49 G | 50 H | E | R | K | 51 I | 52 N | 53 S |
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54 S | L | O | S | H | 55 R | O | O | T | 56 R | A | W |
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57 W | H | I | M | S | I | 58 C | A | L | 59 I | 60 C | A | M | E |
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61 H | O | E | S | 62 N | O | D | E | 63 Z | O | N | E | D |
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64 Y | E | S | 65 G | R | E | Y | 66 E | L | I | D | E |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,282
Across
1
Comedian's forte : ADLIB
6
Talk irresponsibly : BLAB
10
Hope unit : RAY
13
Doleful, to poets : DREAR
14
Egyptian heaven : IALU
15
Gentleman caller : BEAU
16
Lorna : DOONE
17
Questioning : QUIZZICAL
19
Process: Suffix : ION
20
___ for one's money : ARUN
22
Lion's prey : ZEBRA
23
Variety of trout : SPECKLED
25
Hindu gentleman : BABU
26
___ Palmas : LAS
27
Prepare a film coating : EMULSIFY
31
Biblical king : AGAG
33
Tito : BROZ
34
Sorensen, to friends : TED
35
Residents of Rangoon : BURMESE
37
Showy flowering plants : AZALEAS
40
Noted nickname : ARI
41
Reconcile to a loss : WEAN
43
Shop : MART
44
Brilliant : DAZZLING
47
Conjunction : NOR
48
Places to find vivaria : ZOOS
49
Pickles : GHERKINS
54
Flounder in mud : SLOSH
55
Follow the cheeerleader : ROOT
56
Crude : RAW
57
Capricious : WHIMSICAL
59
One of Caesar's trio : ICAME
61
Garden tools : HOES
62
Predicament : NODE
63
Divided, as city areas : ZONED
64
Kind of man : YES
65
Zane or Lady Jane : GREY
66
Omit : ELIDE
Down
1
___ Ababa : ADDIS
2
Languish : DROOP
3
Sierra ___ : LEONE
4
Fleming : IAN
5
China-shop headache : BREAKAGE
6
She-goat: Fr. : BIQUE
7
Wash : LAUNDER
8
Baba : ALI
9
Busy signal : BUZZBUZZ
10
Enlistment official : RECRUITER
11
Shoe size : AAAA
12
Brynner : YUL
15
Supports on a ship's mast : BIBBS
18
Fervor : ZEAL
21
Literary initials : RLS
24
Silent one : CLAM
28
Mournful sound : MOAN
29
Accomplishment : FEAT
30
Measures: Abbr. : YDS
31
Aspect : AURA
32
Bears : GRIZZLIES
33
"Where have you ___?" : BEEN
35
Like some Dakota lands : BAD
36
Rustling : SWISHING
38
Gradually reduce a debt : AMORTIZE
39
Symbol of happiness : LARK
42
Fill, as with silt : AGGRADE
45
Sharp upturns : ZOOMS
46
Setback : LOSS
47
Recent: Prefix : NEO
50
Like some buckets : HOLEY
51
Citizen of Teheran : IRANI
52
Called : NAMED
53
Scandinavian : SWEDE
54
Kind of horn : SHOE
57
Learning word : WHY
58
N. T. book : COR
60
Rank below gen. : COL
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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