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Paul G. Remley
New York Times, Friday, October 10, 1975
Author:
Paul G. Remley
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.40, Missing: { J Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 71, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 23.8
Paul G. Remley has 6 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 M | 5 L | 6 A | 7 D | 8 S | 9 M | 10 P | 11 D | ||||
12 D | I | R | E | 13 P | E | R | I | L | 14 A | Y | R | E | 15 S |
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16 G | E | T | S | I | N | T | O | A | 17 S | C | R | A | P | E |
18 F | E | N | D | E | R | B | E | N | D | E | R | S |
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19 O | 20 N | A | 21 R | I | S | 22 B | E | A | T | I | T |
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23 P | O | I | 24 S | O | N | 25 E | 26 L | I | 27 L | O | V | E |
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28 S | U | R | R | O | G | 29 A | T | E | 30 R | E | T |
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31 S | M | A | S | H | H | 32 I | 33 T | 34 S | ||||||
35 P | 36 I | 37 N | 38 C | O | R | N | H | U | 39 S | 40 K | 41 S |
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42 A | C | E | 43 S | 44 A | H | S | 45 T | E | M | P | L | E |
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46 L | E | T | T | 47 E | R | 48 A | E | D | 49 H | S | T |
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50 A | C | C | I | D | E | 51 N | 52 T | P | R | O | 53 N | E | ||
54 C | O | L | L | I | S | I | O | N | C | O | U | R | 55 S | 56 E |
57 E | L | U | T | E | 58 P | R | E | O | R | D | A | I | N |
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59 D | B | S | 60 S | E | A | M | 61 E | L | B | E |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,554
Across
1
Counterfeit : SHAM
5
Youths : LADS
9
Pedagogy degree : MPD
12
Words for Pauline's plight : DIREPERIL
14
Actor Lew : AYRES
16
Experiences trouble : GETSINTOASCRAPE
18
Parking-lot menace : FENDERBENDERS
19
"Not ___ bet!" : ONA
21
Parisian's laugh : RIS
22
Scram! : BEATIT
23
Kind of pen : POISON
25
Wallach : ELI
27
Tennis score : LOVE
28
One acting for another : SURROGATE
30
Soak : RET
31
S.R.O. shows : SMASHHITS
35
Brooch : PIN
38
Farmyard leavings : CORNHUSKS
42
Honor cards : ACES
44
Sounds made for a doctor : AHS
45
Artemis's Wonder : TEMPLE
46
Missive : LETTER
48
Associate teaching degree : AED
49
Successor to F.D.R. : HST
50
Like certain jinxed people : ACCIDENTPRONE
54
Heading for the Stockholm and Andrea Doria : COLLISIONCOURSE
57
Wash out : ELUTE
58
Decree in advance : PREORDAIN
59
Sound units: Abbr. : DBS
60
Tailor's concern : SEAM
61
River to North Sea : ELBE
Down
1
Railroad spur: Abbr. : SDG
2
Hasten : HIE
3
Cultural event : ARTFAIR
4
Greek music tone : MESE
5
___ hand (helping) : LENDINGA
6
TV's Johnson et al. : ARTES
7
Fashion name : DIOR
8
Thick slice : SLAB
9
Economist Gunnar : MYRDAL
10
Roman judge : PRAETOR
11
Withhold from : DEPRIVE
13
Bowlers' hangout : PINROOM
14
Facial outbreak : ACNE
15
Sonnet closing : SESTET
17
Fat: Prefix : SEBI
19
Harvest goddess : OPS
20
"___ turn" (traffic sign) : NOU
24
Graduating class: Abbr. : SRS
25
Group character : ETHOS
26
Annealing oven : LEHR
29
Writer Sholom : ASCH
32
Two-way sound hookup : INTERCOM
33
Show ___ (see out) : THEDOOR
34
Aggregate : SUM
35
Buckingham, for one : PALACE
36
Drink-peddler's cry : ICECOLD
37
Tennis group : NETCLUB
39
Like a globe : SPHERAL
40
Metric units: Abbr. : KLS
41
Harden : SET
43
Clowns' walking props : STILTS
44
God of war : ARES
47
Miss Adams : EDIE
48
Asphyxia : APNEA
51
Quick drinks : NIPS
52
Hurried : TORE
53
Undraped : NUDE
55
Kinsman : SIB
56
Compass point : ENE
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 9 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.