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Daniel Girardi
New York Times, Saturday, January 31, 1987
Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15,
Words: 74,
Blocks: 34,
Avg Word Len: 5.16,
Missing: { J K Q V W X Z },
Scrabble score: 273 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 4, XRef: 1, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 63.2
1 D | 2 E | 3 A | 4 L | 5 T | | 6 M | 7 E | 8 E | 9 T | | 10 S | 11 C | 12 A | 13 T |
14 A | N | G | E | R | | 15 U | N | T | O | | 16 O | H | N | O |
17 S | T | A | T | E | 18 O | F | T | H | E | 19 U | N | I | O | N |
20 H | O | R | | 21 A | R | T | E | | 22 S | P | O | T | T | Y |
| | | 23 S | T | E | I | N | 24 S | | 25 P | R | A | E | S |
| 26 S | 27 P | A | Y | S | | 28 T | O | 29 F | E | A | R | | |
30 B | O | R | I | | | 31 T | E | N | O | R | | 32 R | 33 A | 34 D |
35 E | L | E | C | 36 T | 37 R | I | C | A | L | S | 38 T | O | R | M |
39 G | I | S | | 40 H | O | N | O | R | | | 41 O | N | U | S |
| | 42 C | 43 R | A | T | E | R | | 44 H | 45 A | R | E | M | |
46 A | 47 M | I | E | L | | 48 A | D | 49 H | E | R | E | | | |
50 N | E | E | D | E | 51 D | | 52 I | O | N | S | | 53 H | 54 I | 55 D |
56 G | E | N | E | R | A | 57 L | A | S | S | E | 58 M | B | L | Y |
59 E | S | C | E | | 60 M | I | L | E | | 61 N | E | A | L | E |
62 S | E | E | M | | 63 P | L | E | A | | 64 O | G | R | E | S |
© 1987, The New York TimesNo. 13,598
Across
1
6
10
14
"___ is momentary madness ... ": Horace :
ANGER15
Biblical preposition :
UNTO16
17
20
21
22
Uneven, as a performance :
SPOTTY23
25
26
28
"The only thing we have ___ ... ": F.D.R. :
TOFEAR30
31
32
Physicist's measure :
RAD35
39
40
Cover with laurels :
HONOR41
42
44
Quarters for Scheherazade :
HAREM46
Swiss poet-philosopher :
AMIEL48
50
52
53
56
59
60
61
"Greasy" of football fame :
NEALE62
63
Nolo contendere, e.g. :
PLEA64
Down
1
2
Within: Comb. form :
ENTO3
Food-thickening agent :
AGAR4
5
6
7
8
9
Infants' toys, at times :
TOES10
Sleepy city in Texas? :
SONORA11
12
Make ___ of (jot down) :
ANOTE13
Eason and Franklin of the Pats :
TONYS18
An anagram for rose :
ORES19
On one's ___ (destitute) :
UPPERS23
24
Underwater detector :
SONAR26
Offerings of 30 Across :
SOLI27
29
30
31
33
34
36
37
38
43
44
45
Poisonous chemical element: Comb. form :
ARSENO46
47
Reagan Cabinet member :
MEESE49
Old Testament book :
HOSEA51
53
Flanged piece of metal :
HBAR54
55
Treats with tinctures :
DYES57
58
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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