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Jeff Herrington
New York Times, Thursday, July 16, 1992
44-Down : Ideate
Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.44)
Open Squares: 80, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 22.4
Jeff Herrington has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 5 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 S | 2 A | 3 P | 4 O | 5 R | 6 W | 7 A | 8 S | 9 T | 10 E | |||||
11 R | 12 A | T | R | A | C | E | 13 G | A | R | C | O | N | 14 S |
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15 A | C | O | N | I | T | E | 16 A | T | L | A | N | T | A |
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17 P | O | W | E | R | O | F | 18 A | T | T | O | R | N | E | Y |
19 I | M | I | S | S | 20 L | E | S | 21 A | R | E |
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22 D | I | N | S | 23 H | 24 U | M | S | 25 R | 26 O | G | E | R |
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27 S | A | G | 28 L | A | R | A | 29 S | H | R | E | D | S |
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30 R | A | I | N | M | 31 A | K | E | R | ||||||
32 B | 33 E | 34 L | O | N | G | 35 A | S | I | A | 36 F | 37 L | 38 A |
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39 O | S | A | K | A | 40 S | T | A | N | 41 P | L | U | S |
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42 O | T | T | 43 S | T | E | 44 T | R | A | M | S |
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45 T | H | E | 46 P | 47 O | W | E | R | 48 S | 49 T | H | A | T | B | E |
50 H | E | R | I | T | O | R | 51 P | R | I | N | T | E | R |
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52 S | T | A | N | T | O | N | 53 C | O | N | C | E | R | T |
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54 E | L | T | O | N | 55 A | N | K | E | R |
© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,591
Across
1
Taste : SAPOR
6
Trash : WASTE
11
Hectic routine : RATRACE
13
French waiters : GARCONS
15
Monkshood : ACONITE
16
World Series losers: 1991 : ATLANTA
17
Lawyer's document : POWEROFATTORNEY
19
"___ My Swiss," 1925 song : IMISS
20
"___ Misérables" : LES
21
Exist : ARE
22
Noises : DINS
23
Drones : HUMS
25
Message received : ROGER
27
Droop : SAG
28
Byron poem : LARA
29
Fragments : SHREDS
30
B. Lancaster film, with "The": 1956 : RAINMAKER
32
Be suitable : BELONG
35
Where Brunei is : ASIA
36
Ocala's st. : FLA
39
Honshu port : OSAKA
40
Author Barstow : STAN
41
Asset : PLUS
42
Baseballer Mel : OTT
43
Fr. holy woman : STE
44
Trombones, to jazzmen : TRAMS
45
Those in control : THEPOWERSTHATBE
50
Beneficiary : HERITOR
51
Compositor : PRINTER
52
Lincoln's second Secretary of War : STANTON
53
Event at Tanglewood : CONCERT
54
Singer John : ELTON
55
About 10 gallons, in Europe : ANKER
Down
1
Dockworkers' activity : STOWING
2
Star of "Gunsmoke" : ARNESS
3
Poker openers, sometimes : PAIRS
4
VIII : OCTO
5
Coral formation : REEF
6
Bulb units : WATTS
7
A Guthrie : ARLO
8
Disfigure : SCAR
9
Vessel's capacity : TONNAGE
10
Matriculated : ENTERED
11
White-water producers : RAPIDS
12
Baldness : ACOMIA
13
C.I.A. head : GATES
14
Lord Peter Wimsey's creator : SAYERS
18
School song : ALMAMATER
23
Reagan's first Secretary of State : HAIG
24
Samovar : URN
25
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
26
Hockey great : ORR
28
Turner of filmdom : LANA
29
Fleece : SKIN
30
Seoul G.I. : ROK
31
Sly ___ fox : ASA
32
Areas in cafes : BOOTHS
33
Art lover : ESTHETE
34
Gridiron pass : LATERAL
36
Praise effusively : FLATTER
37
Building boards : LUMBER
38
Declare : ASSERT
40
Violinist from Russia : STERN
41
Gambol : PRANCE
43
Syncope : SWOON
44
Ideate : THINK
46
Pub order : PINT
47
Cartoonist Soglow : OTTO
48
U.S. humane org. since 1866 : SPCA
49
Disney movie: 1982 : TRON
Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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