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Jay Sheldon
New York Times, Monday, January 28, 1963
Author:
Jay Sheldon
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.03, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 292 (avg 1.53)
Open Squares: 66, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 40.8
Jay Sheldon has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:
The clue for 8-Down was "Most famous of the Gorgon's." Changed it to "Most famous of the Gorgons."
1 C | 2 L | 3 E | 4 O | 5 C | 6 U | 7 L | 8 M | 9 S | 10 T | 11 U | 12 C | 13 K |
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14 H | O | L | M | 15 A | S | I | E | 16 T | I | T | H | E |
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17 A | D | E | N | 18 F | O | N | D | 19 U | N | T | E | R |
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20 D | E | V | I | 21 S | E | 22 T | U | 23 R | F | 24 E | R | N |
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25 A | B | U | S | 26 E | 27 S | A | F | 28 A | R | I | S |
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29 G | 30 O | T | U | P | 31 A | 32 M | A | Z | E | S | ||||
33 A | N | I | S | E | 34 T | T | E | 35 E | D | I | 36 C | 37 T | 38 S |
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39 I | D | O | 40 R | U | S | T | 41 L | E | S | 42 H | O | E |
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43 T | E | N | 44 T | H | S | 45 R | E | D | H | 46 E | A | R | T |
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47 A | I | S | 48 L | E | S | 49 I | N | R | O | S |
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50 W | 51 R | 52 I | G | G | L | E | 53 S | 54 E | R | R | A | |||
55 H | A | S | 56 H | E | A | 57 T | 58 S | T | A | B | 59 L | 60 E |
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61 I | N | L | 62 A | W | 63 D | I | 64 P | S | 65 G | A | E | A |
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66 R | E | A | D | A | 67 E | R | I | E | 68 E | N | D | S |
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69 L | E | M | A | Y | 70 R | O | U | X | 71 S | C | O | T |
© 1963, The New York TimesNo. 4,938
Across
1
Queenly nickname. : CLEO
5
Jointed stem of a grass. : CULM
9
Puzzled: Colloq. : STUCK
14
Small island in a river or lake. : HOLM
15
Where Hanoi is: Fr. : ASIE
16
Tax or levy. : TITHE
17
Red Sea gulf. : ADEN
18
Affectionate. : FOND
19
___ den Linden. : UNTER
20
Invent. : DEVISE
22
Greensward. : TURF
24
White-tailed bird. : ERN
25
Invective. : ABUSE
27
Journeys. : SAFARIS
29
Organized. : GOTUP
31
Astounds. : AMAZES
33
Sweet liqueur. : ANISETTE
35
Proclamations. : EDICTS
39
Phrase of assent. : IDO
40
Sounds in the forest. : RUSTLES
42
Work in the garden. : HOE
43
Fractions. : TENTHS
45
California shrub or tree. : REDHEART
47
Theater areas. : AISLES
49
Japanese boxes. : INROS
50
Twist and turn. : WRIGGLE
53
Sawfish's saw. : SERRA
55
Exclamations. : HAS
56
Racing term. : HEAT
58
Constant. : STABLE
61
Mother-___. : INLAW
63
Slight hollows. : DIPS
65
Mother of the Titans. : GAEA
66
___ lecture (reprimand). : READA
67
Indian. : ERIE
68
Outcomes. : ENDS
69
Air Force general. : LEMAY
70
Butter-flour mixture. : ROUX
71
Lochinvar. : SCOT
Down
1
Lake in central Africa. : CHAD
2
Miner's find. : LODE
3
High land. : ELEVATION
4
Relative of 36 Down. : OMNIBUS
5
Bistros. : CAFES
6
Monogram for G.I.'s. : USO
7
Fluff. : LINT
8
Most famous of the Gorgons. : MEDUSA
9
Pompous person. : STUFFEDSHIRT
10
Spurious. : TIN
11
Complete. : UTTER
12
Colette novel. : CHERI
13
Projections on typecast letters. : KERNS
21
Modern means of travel. : SUPERHIGHWAY
23
Cut down, as decks of a ship. : RAZEED
26
Road sign. : EATS
28
"Just ___ am ... " : ASI
29
Singlefoot. : GAIT
30
Wave: Fr. : ONDE
32
Rhythm. : METRE
34
Vigorous contest. : TUSSLE
36
Tourists' vehicle. : CHARABANC
37
Corrida animal. : TORO
38
Puts in order. : SETS
41
Inferior. : LESS
44
Ending line. : TAG
46
Maddens. : ENRAGES
48
Water pipe. : LEADER
50
A fast round of parties, etc. : WHIRL
51
Hindu title. : RANEE
52
Religion of Mohammed. : ISLAM
54
Sir Walter Raleigh's rival. : ESSEX
57
Beginner. : TIRO
59
Stilwell's famous road. : LEDO
60
Home of the Wise Men. : EAST
62
Oklahoma city. : ADA
64
More, in music directions. : PIU
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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