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Reginald L. Johnson
New York Times, Tuesday, November 5, 1974
Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.64, Missing: { Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 286 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 52, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 20.6
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 U | 3 S | 4 S | 5 B | 6 A | 7 I | 8 T | 9 P | 10 R | 11 O | 12 P |
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13 A | N | E | T | 14 A | C | R | E | 15 L | A | V | E |
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16 A | D | D | L | E | 17 C | H | I | N | 18 K | A | P | I | N |
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19 G | U | Y | F | A | 20 W | K | E | S | D | A | Y | |||
21 E | R | E | 22 M | A | E | 23 S | Y | S | 24 T | 25 E | 26 M |
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27 D | O | D | 28 O | 29 T | R | 30 O | 31 D | 32 I | V | E |
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33 R | 34 A | S | 35 D | E | 36 P | 37 L | 38 E | T | E | D |
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39 G | 40 U | N | P | O | 41 W | D | E | R | P | L | O | T | ||
42 M | A | T | E | R | N | A | L | 43 O | S | S | ||||
44 U | L | E | 45 C | Y | 46 S | T | 47 E | 48 A | 49 S | 50 T |
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51 M | E | S | 52 S | 53 E | 54 S | 55 C | E | 56 S | 57 R | I | O |
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58 K | I | N | 59 G | 60 J | A | M | E | 61 S | I | S | T |
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62 I | 63 N | 64 G | E | N | E | R | A | L | 65 P | A | S | T | E |
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66 S | E | R | E | 67 L | A | D | E | 68 A | N | T | E | |||
69 T | W | I | T | 70 L | Y | E | S | 71 L | E | A | R |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 9,215
Across
1
Rumple : MUSS
5
Cut ___ : BAIT
9
Actor's help : PROP
13
Dill : ANET
14
Crusaders' port : ACRE
15
Bathe : LAVE
16
Confuse : ADDLE
17
Chestnut tree: Var. : CHINKAPIN
19
Annual London observance : GUYFAWKESDAY
21
Before : ERE
22
Miss West : MAE
23
Solar or nervous : SYSTEM
27
Extinct bird : DODO
29
Stepped on : TROD
32
Common contraction : IVE
33
Headland : RAS
35
Exhausted : DEPLETED
39
Occasion for 19 Across : GUNPOWDERPLOT
42
___ instinct : MATERNAL
43
W. W. II group : OSS
44
Rubber tree : ULE
45
Sac : CYST
47
Near or Far : EAST
51
Officers' club meals : MESSES
55
These, in France : CES
57
Rita or Grande : RIO
58
Intended victim of 39 Across : KINGJAMESIST
62
As a rule : INGENERAL
65
Adhesive : PASTE
66
Withered : SERE
67
Take on cargo : LADE
68
Stake : ANTE
69
Taunt : TWIT
70
Strong solutions : LYES
71
King ___ : LEAR
Down
1
Dark cigar : MADURO
2
Not colored : UNDYED
3
Word with pity or pride : SELF
4
Watt's concern : STEAM
5
Sugar daddy : BACKER
6
Yearn : ACHE
7
Eye part : IRIS
8
Works behind a bar : TENDS
9
Broadway offerings : PLAYS
10
Light blow : RAP
11
Egg: Prefix : OVI
12
Shut in : PEN
16
___ in the wood : AGED
18
Miss Medford : KAY
20
"Elementary, my dear ___" : WATSON
24
Broz : TITO
25
Newt: Var. : EVET
26
Doctor's field: Abbr. : MED
28
Caen's river : ORNE
30
Strangely : ODDLY
31
Arberdeen's river : DEE
34
Month: Abbr. : APR
36
For the time being : PROTEM
37
Certain discs: Abbr. : LPS
38
Otherwise : ELSE
39
High wind : GALE
40
Western Indians : UTES
41
Military unit: Abbr. : WAC
42
Not talking : MUM
46
Fish parts : SCALES
48
Awn : ARISTA
49
Relative : SISTER
50
Carry : TOTE
52
Trapshooting : SKEET
53
Article, in Munich : EIN
54
Bit of fishline : SNELL
56
Flower leaf : SEPAL
59
Word with beard or matter : GRAY
60
Gemstone : JADE
61
Rational : SANE
62
Doer: Suffix : IST
63
Fresh : NEW
64
Gypsy horse : GRI
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 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.