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William Baxley
New York Times, Thursday, October 10, 1991
Author:
William Baxley
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.34, Missing: { H J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 271 (avg 1.45)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 12, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 41.6
Grid has double diagonal symmetry.
William Baxley has 20 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 E | 3 T | 4 E | 5 D | 6 C | 7 A | 8 P | 9 U | 10 T | |||||
11 L | I | A | B | L | E | 12 O | R | A | T | E | 13 D | |||
14 P | A | S | S | A | I | C | 15 F | I | R | E | A | R | 16 M |
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17 U | N | S | E | R | 18 O | 19 F | F | E | R | 20 B | O | O |
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21 M | A | T | S | 22 F | R | I | E | S | 23 M | A | I | N |
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24 A | T | E | 25 G | L | A | R | E | 26 D | E | L | T | A |
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27 S | E | P | 28 A | R | A | T | E | 29 S | E | A | L | E | D |
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30 F | I | R | E | W | 31 A | T | E | R | ||||||
32 D | 33 E | 34 F | I | N | E | 35 O | P | E | R | A | 36 T | 37 O | 38 R |
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39 A | M | I | R | S | 40 A | R | T | I | E | 41 A | V | E |
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42 T | O | R | E | 43 A | R | K | I | N | 44 S | P | U | N |
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45 E | T | E | 46 W | R | I | S | T | 47 S | P | E | L | T |
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48 D | E | B | 49 B | I | E | S | 50 U | 51 M | P | I | R | E | S |
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52 D | U | A | R | T | E | 53 D | R | A | K | E | S | |||
54 G | R | E | E | N | 55 E | S | S | E | D |
© 1991, The New York TimesNo. 15,311
Across
1
Allotted : METED
6
University council : CAPUT
11
Legally responsible : LIABLE
12
Harangued : ORATED
14
N.J. river or city : PASSAIC
15
Blunderbuss, e.g. : FIREARM
17
Rival of Foyt or Mears : UNSER
18
Tender : OFFER
20
Shout of disapproval : BOO
21
Netman Wilander : MATS
22
French ___ : FRIES
23
Partner of might : MAIN
24
Olympic imp : ATE
25
Fierce stare : GLARE
26
Actress Burke from Orlando : DELTA
27
Part : SEPARATE
29
Ratified : SEALED
30
Redeye or white lightning : FIREWATER
32
Limit : DEFINE
35
Mountebank : OPERATOR
39
Asian rulers : AMIRS
40
Ade book : ARTIE
41
Rosary bead : AVE
42
Sped : TORE
43
"Catch-22" actor : ARKIN
44
Kind of glass or silk : SPUN
45
Summer, in Cannes : ETE
46
Carpal joint : WRIST
47
Type of wheat : SPELT
48
Entertainers Reynolds and Allen : DEBBIES
50
Diamond figures : UMPIRES
52
Eva Perón, née ___ : DUARTE
53
Male buffleheads : DRAKES
54
Gretna ___, Scotland : GREEN
55
Ancient Briton's vehicle : ESSED
Down
1
Fall preceder : MISSTEP
2
Alleviates : EASES
3
Ski lift : TBAR
4
Yale student : ELI
5
Adorn : DECORATE
6
Contents of a biggin : COFFEE
7
Starry-eyed Ram : ARIES
8
Young salmon : PARR
9
Navajo's foe : UTE
10
Certain perforated container : TEABALL
11
Woolly : LANATE
13
À ___ (on the right): Fr. : DROITE
14
Cougars : PUMAS
16
Protozoan : MONAD
19
Pyrotechnic display : FIREWORKS
22
Signal light : FLARE
23
Actress in "The Other Woman": 1983 : MEARA
25
Beams : GRINS
26
Farm-machine pioneer : DEERE
28
Blazing : AFIRE
29
Toby's cousin : STEIN
31
Inclination : APTITUDE
32
Passé : DATED
33
Hammed it up : EMOTED
34
Pyromaniac : FIREBUG
36
Diminished gradually : TAPERED
37
Small eggs : OVULES
38
Landlords' collections : RENTS
40
Up and about : ARISEN
43
Sharp-crested ridge : ARETE
44
Actor-director Lee : SPIKE
46
Finish line : WIRE
47
Vichy, Bath et al. : SPAS
49
Ingot : BAR
51
Woolf's "___ Dalloway" : MRS
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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