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William Coburn
New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1984
Author:
William Coburn
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 46, Avg Word Len: 4.84, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 272 (avg 1.52)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 26.4
William Coburn has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 P | 2 A | 3 L | 4 M | 5 P | 6 O | 7 T | 8 A | 9 B | 10 E | 11 L |
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12 A | R | I | A | 13 H | A | I | R | 14 S | P | A | D | E |
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15 G | U | E | R | 16 R | I | L | L | A | 17 Y | P | R | E | S |
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18 E | M | U | L | A | T | E | 19 C | 20 A | R | E | E | N | S |
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21 S | P | I | L | L | 22 P | I | A | F | ||||||
23 N | E | E | 24 R | 25 S | E | A | L | A | 26 N | 27 E |
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28 A | 29 S | 30 P | S | 31 R | O | 32 O | K | S | 33 S | C | A | D |
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34 L | A | Y | 35 G | N | U | 36 E | R | G |
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37 E | G | G | 38 S | 39 T | E | E | N | 40 S | 41 E | D | D | Y |
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42 C | A | M | E | 43 L | O | T | 44 K | I | 45 L | N | ||||
46 A | V | A | S | 47 M | A | D | 48 A | 49 M | ||||||
50 E | 51 L | L | I | P | S | 52 E | 53 C | O | W | E | R | E | 54 D |
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55 R | A | I | L | S | 56 L | 57 Y | O | N | N | A | I | S | E |
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58 A | M | O | L | E | 59 L | A | D | Y | 60 R | E | N | E |
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61 S | A | N | E | 62 S | K | Y | 63 S | L | E | D |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,757
Across
1
Conceal in the hand : PALM
5
Illegal grass : POT
8
Early man : ABEL
12
Song for Domingo : ARIA
13
Growth celebrated in a musical : HAIR
14
Hammett's P.I. : SPADE
15
Simian soldier? : GUERRILLA
17
Ieper, to the French : YPRES
18
Copy a flightless bird? : EMULATE
19
Lurches : CAREENS
21
Overflow : SPILL
22
Chanteuse Edith ___ : PIAF
23
Do-well predecessor : NEER
25
Marine mammal route? : SEALANE
28
Snakes : ASPS
31
Cheats : ROOKS
33
Carangid fish : SCAD
34
Ballad : LAY
35
Wildebeest : GNU
36
Work unit : ERG
37
Bacon's associates : EGGS
39
13 to 19 : TEENS
41
Vortex : EDDY
42
Bedouin parking area? : CAMELOT
44
Oven : KILN
46
Gardner's namesakes : AVAS
47
TV puppet : MADAM
50
Oval : ELLIPSE
53
Cringed like Elsie? : COWERED
55
Tracks : RAILS
56
Like a cat's oniony dish? : LYONNAISE
58
Soap plant : AMOLE
59
The Iron ___ (Mrs. Thatcher) : LADY
60
Nobelist poet Sully-Prudhomme : RENE
61
Rational : SANE
62
Heaven : SKY
63
Coaster : SLED
Down
1
Verso or recto : PAGE
2
Flowering plants : ARUMS
3
Stay in bed, as an invalid : LIEUP
4
Game fish : MARLINS
5
Stake : PALE
6
Bribe : OIL
7
Agr. vehicle : TRAC
8
Court of ___ : APPEALS
9
Yogi unmasked? : BAREFACED
10
First place : EDEN
11
Of lower degree : LESS
13
Schicklgruber, allegedly : HITLER
14
Site of Latakia : SYRIA
16
Breathing sound : RALE
20
Gibbons : APES
24
Thesaurus maker : ROGET
25
Give out goose eggs : SKUNK
26
Aromatic plant : NARD
27
Irritable : EDGY
28
Guinness, for one : ALEC
29
Story : SAGA
30
Shaw's porcine play? : PYGMALION
32
Monad : ONE
38
Home of Mozart's barber : SEVILLE
39
Flip : TOSS
40
Sale of church property : SIMONY
41
Wins affection : ENDEARS
43
Slip : LAPSE
45
Fine fabric : LAWN
48
Prospero's sprite : ARIEL
49
Intermediate, in law : MESNE
50
Periods : ERAS
51
Mongolian monk : LAMA
52
Old measures of length : ELLS
53
Buffalo Bill : CODY
54
Exploit : DEED
57
Chatter like an ox? : YAK
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