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John F. Byrne
New York Times, Saturday, February 22, 1964
13-Down : Roman enclave.
Author:
John Byrne
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { J K Q W X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 58, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 56.1
Grid has double diagonal symmetry. Grid has duplicate clues.
John F. Byrne has 10 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
John Byrne is an alias for John F. Byrne.
1 A | 2 F | 3 T | 4 O | 5 N | 6 C | 7 E | 8 A | 9 S | 10 E | |||||
11 G | L | E | A | M | E | 12 D | 13 V | E | R | M | O | N | 14 T |
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15 R | A | M | P | A | G | E | 16 A | R | R | A | N | G | E |
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17 A | B | O | 18 R | U | G | 19 A | T | E | 20 N | O | R | M |
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21 M | A | R | 22 C | 23 S | A | M | I | S | 24 H | 25 R | A | P |
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26 A | M | A | R | 27 A | 28 S | E | C | 29 A | 30 L | I | V | E |
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31 A | L | A | M | 32 O | 33 R | A | 34 T | R | A | C | E | |||
35 V | I | R | 36 G | I | N | I | A | N | ||||||
37 F | 38 R | A | N | T | I | C | 39 A | S | C | 40 A | 41 P | |||
42 S | L | A | T | E | 43 T | A | 44 S | 45 S | E | R | U | 46 M |
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47 T | O | R | 48 S | 49 T | A | N | C | 50 E | 51 R | I | P | A |
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52 O | R | E | 53 S | 54 A | N | A | R | C | 55 H | 56 A | P | I |
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57 L | I | B | E | 58 R | I | A | 59 A | L | A | 60 D | D | I | N |
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61 E | D | I | T | O | R | S | 62 M | A | T | I | N | E | E |
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63 A | T | I | M | E | 64 T | H | E | E | S |
© 1964, The New York TimesNo. 5,319
Across
1
River of song. : AFTON
6
Terminate. : CEASE
11
Coruscated. : GLEAMED
13
Skier's paradise. : VERMONT
15
Run wild. : RAMPAGE
16
Classify. : ARRANGE
17
Finnish name for Turku. : ABO
18
Wrinkled. : RUGATE
20
Pattern. : NORM
21
Artist Chagall. : MARC
23
Indian of northern Washington. : SAMISH
25
Knock. : RAP
26
Lucine of the Met. : AMARA
28
Dry: Fr. : SEC
29
Brisk. : ALIVE
31
"Remember the ___!" : ALAMO
33
Nine-to-five grind. : RATRACE
35
Washington, for one. : VIRGINIAN
37
Distracted. : FRANTIC
39
Rialto group. : ASCAP
42
Laminated rock. : SLATE
43
Chinese pagodas. : TAS
45
The whey of milk. : SERUM
47
Pinnacle. : TOR
48
Posture. : STANCE
51
River bank. : RIPA
52
Raw materials. : ORES
54
Nihilist. : ANARCH
56
Nepal peak. : API
57
First African republic. : LIBERIA
59
Hero of ancient tale. : ALADDIN
61
Copy desk workers. : EDITORS
62
Daylight show. : MATINEE
63
One at ___. : ATIME
64
Poetic pronouns. : THEES
Down
1
The Kearsarge sank her, 1864. : ALABAMA
2
Of a certain bone. : FEMORAL
3
Spigot. : TAP
4
Caliph of 634 A.D. : OMAR
5
Hot spiced wine. : NEGUS
6
Proserpine's mother. : CERES
7
Blunder. : ERR
8
To ___. : AMAN
9
Made prominent by resonance. : SONORIC
10
Practice an art. : ENGRAVE
11
Pasture grass. : GRAMA
12
Great painter of the ballet. : DEGAS
13
Roman enclave. : VATICAN
14
Vale of ___, in Greece. : TEMPE
19
Certain books. : AMERICANA
22
Masculine finery. : CRAVAT
24
Badger. : HARASS
27
Chemical extracts. : AMINES
30
Cavalry soldier. : LANCER
32
Table scrap. : ORT
34
Señora's relative. : TIA
36
Spanish gypsies. : GITANAS
37
Full of blooms: Sp. : FLORIDA
38
Cheese dish. : RAREBIT
40
Opera role. : ARIADNE
41
Popular pets. : PUPPIES
42
Neckpiece. : STOLE
44
Blow! : SCRAM
46
"Remember the ___!" : MAINE
49
To keep secret: Fr. : TAIRE
50
Brilliance of success. : ECLAT
53
Egyptian king. : SETI
55
Poetic verb form. : HATH
58
Book of the Bible: Abbr. : ROM
60
Fade away. : DIE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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