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DeWitt Anderson
New York Times, Tuesday, January 6, 1976
Author:
DeWitt Anderson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 288 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 75, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 21.5
DeWitt Anderson has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 A | 2 C | 3 T | 4 S | 5 G | 6 R | 7 A | 8 B | 9 S | 10 H | 11 A | 12 M |
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13 B | E | A | T | 14 G | R | E | T | A | 15 T | O | N | E |
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16 A | B | R | A | 17 L | A | Y | O | N | 18 A | N | N | A |
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19 S | U | N | S | 20 H | I | N | E | P | A | 21 T | R | I | O | T |
22 H | A | N | D | S | 23 N | I | T | |||||||
24 G | 25 A | 26 L | 27 L | T | D | 28 B | A | L | L | 29 E | 30 T | 31 S |
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32 E | D | E | 33 L | 34 S | U | 35 R | A | 36 D | I | X | I | T |
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37 S | H | E | A | 38 F | 39 C | O | N | 40 E | N | A | T | E |
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41 T | O | R | T | E | 42 H | O | D | 43 S | 44 G | L | U | E |
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45 E | C | S | T | A | 46 S | Y | 47 S | H | 48 A | 49 T | S | P |
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50 E | S | T | 51 A | T | A | R | 52 S | |||||||
53 H | 54 E | 55 A | R | T | O | 56 F | D | A | R | K | N | 57 E | 58 S | 59 S |
60 A | V | I | D | 61 C | L | A | N | K | 62 A | R | M | A |
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63 L | E | D | A | 64 K | I | N | D | S | 65 K | N | I | T |
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66 T | R | A | Y | 67 S | P | A | S | 68 E | S | T | E |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,642
Across
1
Bible book : ACTS
5
Seize : GRAB
9
Counterfeit : SHAM
13
Heart action : BEAT
14
Garbo : GRETA
15
Franchot : TONE
16
Canyon mouth : ABRA
17
"___, Macduff" : LAYON
18
Karenina : ANNA
19
Object of Thomas Paine's scorn : SUNSHINEPATRIOT
22
Crewmen : HANDS
23
Insect egg : NIT
24
Sal, e.g. : GAL
27
British-firm abbr. : LTD
28
"The Sleeping Beauty" et al. : BALLETS
32
Biographer of Henry James : EDEL
34
Koran chapter : SURA
36
Ipse ___ : DIXIT
37
Fall field sight : SHEAF
39
Swindle : CON
40
Growing out : ENATE
41
Rich cake : TORTE
42
Mason's burdens : HODS
44
Stamp backing : GLUE
45
Rapture : ECSTASY
47
Asian sheep : SHA
49
Recipe abbr. : TSP
50
Id ___ (that is) : EST
51
Perfumes: Var. : ATARS
53
Joseph Conrad story : HEARTOFDARKNESS
60
Enthusiastic : AVID
61
Jail-door sound : CLANK
62
"___ virumque cano" : ARMA
63
Mother of Helen : LEDA
64
Sorts : KINDS
65
Mend : KNIT
66
Salver : TRAY
67
Health resorts : SPAS
68
Punta del ___ : ESTE
Down
1
Down with, in Paris : ABAS
2
Philippine island : CEBU
3
Mountain lake : TARN
4
Secrete : STASH
5
Luxembourg, e.g. : GRANDDUCHY
6
Kings, in Spain : REYES
7
On : ATOP
8
Basis of a certain split : BANANA
9
Causing surprise : STARTLING
10
"___ soit qui ... " : HONI
11
___ Domini : ANNO
12
Essential part : MEAT
14
Flashes : GLINTS
20
Actor Holbrook : HAL
21
Diacritical mark : TILDE
24
Beau ___ : GESTE
25
Kind of committee : ADHOC
26
Ogles : LEERS
28
Park fixtures : BANDSTANDS
29
Glorify : EXALT
30
Roman emperor : TITUS
31
Soak : STEEP
33
Like some saints : LATTERDAY
35
Marsupial, for short : ROO
38
Belshazzar's party : FEAST
43
Shovelheads : SHARKS
46
Big Board listings : STOCKS
48
Neighbor of Okla. : ARK
51
Turkish city : ADANA
52
Oil source of a sort : SNAKE
53
Crippled : HALT
54
For ___ and a day : EVER
55
Operatic heroine : AIDA
56
Impertinent : FLIP
57
Birds of prey : ERNS
58
Struck : SMIT
59
Cloy : SATE
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.