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Dorothy Cannan
New York Times, Thursday, January 14, 1988
37-Down : Philippine tree
Author:
Dorothy Cannan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 78,
Blocks: 40,
Avg Word Len: 4.74,
Missing: { none — this is a pangram },
Scrabble score: 315 (avg 1.70)
Open Squares: 73, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 10.6
1 B | 2 A | 3 L | 4 A | 5 S | | 6 J | 7 I | 8 L | 9 T | | 10 P | 11 A | 12 M | 13 S |
14 L | E | A | D | A | | 15 E | S | A | U | | 16 I | D | Y | L |
17 O | R | N | O | T | | 18 R | E | I | N | | 19 E | Z | R | A |
20 N | I | T | P | I | 21 C | K | E | R | | 22 I | B | E | A | M |
23 D | E | S | T | R | Y | | | | 24 R | N | A | | | |
| | | 25 E | E | R | 26 O | | 27 N | E | G | L | 28 I | 29 G | 30 E |
31 W | 32 O | 33 O | D | S | | 34 S | 35 C | A | L | E | D | O | W | N |
36 E | O | N | | | 37 P | A | L | S | Y | | | 38 W | E | D |
39 F | L | Y | 40 W | 41 E | I | G | H | T | | 42 W | 43 E | A | N | S |
44 T | A | X | A | B | L | E | | 45 S | 46 P | I | N | | | |
| | | 47 S | R | I | | | | 48 A | R | G | 49 A | 50 L | 51 I |
52 H | 53 A | 54 R | P | O | | 55 M | 56 O | 57 T | H | E | A | T | E | N |
58 E | Q | U | I | | 59 L | E | V | I | | 60 T | R | I | A | L |
61 R | U | S | S | | 62 E | R | I | K | | 63 A | D | O | R | A |
64 B | A | T | H | | 65 O | L | D | E | | 66 P | E | N | N | Y |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 13,946
Across
1
A variety of ruby spinel :
BALAS6
10
14
"One man may ___ horse ... " :
LEADA15
Man from whom Edomites descended :
ESAU16
17
"To be ___ to be" :
ORNOT18
19
20
22
23
"___ Rides Again," 1939 film :
DESTRY24
Genetic component: Abbr. :
RNA25
27
31
Grant and Natalie :
WOODS34
36
37
38
39
42
44
45
47
48
52
55
58
Prefix with lateral :
EQUI59
60
61
Bandleader Columbo :
RUSS62
63
64
Chaucer's Wife of ___ :
BATH65
66
Arcade or ante preceder :
PENNY
Down
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Words of understanding :
ISEE8
9
10
11
12
Vidal's "___ Breckinridge" :
MYRA13
21
Saint-___ (French West Point) :
CYR22
He wrote "A Loss of Roses" :
INGE24
26
27
U.S. caricaturist's family :
NASTS28
29
Actress-dancer Verdon :
GWEN30
31
32
Sweetheart of Alley Oop :
OOLA33
35
Baseball Hall of Famer's initials :
CLH37
40
41
42
43
46
49
Suffix with commend :
ATION50
Acquire knowledge :
LEARN51
52
53
54
55
European blackbird :
MERL56
57
59
Fifth sign of the zodiac :
LEO
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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