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Wilson McBeath
New York Times, Monday, October 30, 1989
9-Down : City in Ill. or Ga.
Author:
Wilson McBeath
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { J K Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 249 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 28.7
Wilson McBeath has 28 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 E | 3 M | 4 O | 5 S | 6 H | 7 E | 8 R | 9 D | 10 O | 11 L | 12 T |
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13 A | B | O | V | E | 14 A | M | A | 15 A | E | R | I | E |
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16 P | A | N | E | L | 17 S | U | G | 18 A | R | C | A | N | E |
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19 S | N | A | R | L | 20 U | P | 21 E | R | R | A | N | D | ||
22 S | S | T | 23 S | E | A | T | ||||||||
24 A | 25 G | 26 E | E | 27 I | 28 D | 29 S | 30 S | N | U | 31 F | 32 F | 33 S |
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34 S | U | G | A | 35 R | C | O | A | 36 T | 37 G | R | O | U | T |
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38 T | I | L | 39 E | A | R | L | O | 40 B | E | 41 A | G | E |
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42 A | S | O | 43 I | L | 44 S | U | G | A | R | 45 P | L | U | M |
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46 R | E | N | T | A | 47 L | 48 T | A | R | 49 O | S | E | S |
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50 E | T | A | 51 S | 52 E | 53 A | T | ||||||||
54 B | 55 I | R | E | M | E | 56 E | S | S | E | 57 N | 58 E | 59 S |
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60 S | U | G | A | R | B | O | 61 W | L | 62 S | N | I | D | E |
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63 T | R | O | T | S | 64 U | R | E | 65 E | C | L | A | T |
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66 E | Y | R | E | 67 L | Y | E | 68 T | E | E | M | S |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,601
Across
1
Office messages : MEMOS
6
Feminine pronoun : HER
9
Blockhead : DOLT
13
Over : ABOVE
14
Doctors' org. : AMA
15
High nest : AERIE
16
Jury : PANEL
17
Cuban farm product : SUGARCANE
19
Tangle : SNARLUP
21
Purposeful trip : ERRAND
22
Speedy plane : SST
23
Chair : SEAT
24
Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1958 : AGEE
27
Wallet cards: Abbr. : IDS
30
Extinguishes a candle : SNUFFS
34
Make appear more pleasant : SUGARCOAT
37
Mortar between tiles : GROUT
38
Sesame : TIL
39
Place to hang a ring : EARLOBE
41
Mature, as wine : AGE
42
" ... smooth ___": Shak. : ASOIL
44
Tree in a Eugene Field poem : SUGARPLUM
46
Landlord's income : RENTAL
48
Sailor : TAR
49
Chemical suffixes : OSES
50
Greek letters : ETAS
52
Dine : EAT
54
Oared galley : BIREME
56
Ancient ascetics : ESSENES
60
Table accessory : SUGARBOWL
62
Derogatory, in a sly way : SNIDE
63
Gaits : TROTS
64
Suffix with fail or press : URE
65
Brilliance : ECLAT
66
Brontë's Jane ___ : EYRE
67
Caustic : LYE
68
Abounds : TEEMS
Down
1
Contents of an atlas : MAPS
2
Israel's Abba ___ : EBAN
3
Louvre's "___ Lisa" : MONA
4
Abroad : OVERSEA
5
Vends : SELLS
6
Door fastener : HASP
7
Rhea's cousin : EMU
8
Storms : RAGES
9
City in Ill. or Ga. : DECATUR
10
Algerian port : ORAN
11
The Swedish Nightingale : LIND
12
Golfer's gadget : TEE
15
Gordon Jenkins was one : ARRANGER
18
Greek god of war : ARES
20
City on the Mohawk : UTICA
24
"___ Is Born" : ASTAR
25
Assumed appearance : GUISE
26
A king of Moab : EGLON
28
June bugs : DORS
29
Port du ___ (cheese) : SALUT
31
Young horses : FOALS
32
Musical composition : FUGUE
33
Stalks : STEMS
35
Storytellers : RELATERS
36
Roman garment : TOGA
40
Reveals : BARES
43
Repeat : ITERATE
45
Power : POTENCE
47
Ewe's offspring : LAMB
51
Capital of South Korea : SEOUL
53
Item of ownership : ASSET
54
Inter : BURY
55
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
56
Robert ___ : ELEE
57
Cairo's river : NILE
58
Netherlands cheese : EDAM
59
Places : SETS
60
Jeanne d'Arc's title: Abbr. : STE
61
Distorted : WRY
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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