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Kevin Boyle
New York Times, Saturday, October 8, 1988
2-Down : Greek philosopher
Author:
Kevin Boyle
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 275 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 3, Grid flow: 27.1
Kevin Boyle has 32 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 E | 3 S | 4 P | 5 I | 6 R | 7 E | 8 D | 9 I | 10 R | 11 I | 12 G | 13 O |
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14 U | P | T | O | D | A | T | 15 E | 16 E | N | A | M | E | L |
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17 M | I | R | R | O | R | E | D | 18 R | E | M | A | N | D |
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19 I | C | I | C | L | E | 20 I | 21 D | E | E | 22 R | E | M |
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23 N | U | D | I | 24 E | C | O | L | 25 D | E | V | A |
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26 A | R | E | N | 27 A | 28 A | T | L | I | 29 A | T | A | N |
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30 T | U | N | E | L | 31 E | S | S | 32 C | 33 A | B | ||||
34 E | S | T | 35 S | U | E | 36 F | T | C | 37 A | 38 F | 39 S |
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40 F | O | P | 41 M | I | S | T | 42 R | E | A | T |
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43 A | 44 F | 45 A | R | 46 H | 47 O | A | X | 48 S | U | R | E | R |
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49 R | O | R | Y | 50 R | U | N | E | 51 S | O | R | E |
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52 M | A | T | 53 L | A | I | T | 54 F | 55 A | T | S | O | S |
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56 A | M | U | 57 L | E | T | 58 A | 59 C | O | N | I | T | E | S |
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60 D | E | R | I | V | E | 61 S | U | I | T | C | A | S | E |
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62 A | D | O | N | I | S | 63 B | L | A | S | T | E | D |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,214
Across
1
Breathe : RESPIRE
8
Me.'s motto : DIRIGO
14
Neoteric : UPTODATE
16
Cloisonné coating : ENAMEL
17
Faithfully represented : MIRRORED
18
Send back : REMAND
19
Cold spike : ICICLE
20
With 36 Down, an obsession : IDEE
22
Dreamer's optical activity, for short : REM
23
Bare: Comb. form : NUDI
24
Environmental sci. : ECOL
25
Indian deity : DEVA
26
Sphere : ARENA
28
Gudrun's husband : ATLI
29
___ impasse : ATAN
30
Unmusical : TUNELESS
32
One-horse vehicle : CAB
34
"Consummatum ___" : EST
35
Entreat : SUE
36
Govt. agency : FTC
37
Kenyans, Nigerians et al.: Abbr. : AFS
40
Popinjay : FOP
41
Abuse : MISTREAT
43
In the distance : AFAR
46
Canard : HOAX
48
More steady : SURER
49
Actor Calhoun : RORY
50
Occult character : RUNE
51
Inflamed : SORE
52
Wrestler's protection : MAT
53
Café au ___ : LAIT
54
Borgnine and DeLuise roles : FATSOS
56
Charm : AMULET
58
Wolfsbane and monkshood : ACONITES
60
Stem : DERIVE
61
Gladstone : SUITCASE
62
Venus's dreamboat : ADONIS
63
Criticized vigorously : BLASTED
Down
1
Muse : RUMINATE
2
Greek philosopher : EPICURUS
3
Vociferous : STRIDENT
4
Like Durocs : PORCINE
5
Dagon, e.g. : IDOL
6
Thin in density : RARE
7
Antithesis of hiver : ETE
8
Vagrants : DERELICTS
9
Arrow poison : INEE
10
Butter at Fordham : RAM
11
Turkish hostel : IMARET
12
Convention site: 1864 : GENEVA
13
___ Eloquent (J. Q. Adams sobriquet) : OLDMAN
15
Bulls : EDICTS
21
Pain unit : DOL
24
Slacken : EASE
25
Flatfish : DAB
27
Furthermore : ALSO
31
Syrian irrigation source : EUPHRATES
33
Intolerable ___: 1774 : ACTS
36
See 20 Across : FIXE
37
Balloon or dirigible : AEROSTAT
38
Thorshavn natives : FAEROESE
39
Accented : STRESSED
40
Fingerlings : FRY
41
Big rays : MANTAS
42
Hayseeds : RUSTICS
43
Pride of Philip II : ARMADA
44
Frothed : FOAMED
45
Toscanini : ARTURO
47
Yes, in Yssingeaux : OUI
53
An avenger of Dinah : LEVI
54
Frustrate : FOIL
55
Pilaster : ANTA
57
Author Yutang : LIN
59
Callow one : CUB
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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