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Lois Sidway
New York Times, Thursday, November 9, 1989
10-Down : "___ silly question ... "
Author:
Lois Sidway
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J X Z }, Scrabble score: 325 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 65, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 31.9
Lois Sidway has 67 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 18 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 C | 2 A | 3 P | 4 P | 5 N | 6 I | 7 P | 8 S | 9 L | 10 A | 11 H | 12 R |
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13 O | K | I | E | 14 P | A | N | D | A | 15 A | S | E | A |
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16 M | I | S | T | 17 R | E | S | S | Q | U | 18 I | C | K | L | Y |
19 A | M | A | R | E | T | T | O | 20 D | R | E | A | M | S |
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21 O | V | I | 22 C | I | A | |||||||||
23 C | 24 H | 25 A | L | E | T | 26 M | A | S | T | 27 E | 28 R | 29 E | 30 D |
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31 H | A | L | 32 L | E | 33 M | U | R | 34 E | M | I | L | E |
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35 A | N | O | 36 N | 37 S | A | N | T | 38 A | 39 S | P | E | W |
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40 S | O | R | T | 41 S | 42 S | C | A | N | 43 T | 44 E | V | E |
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45 M | I | S | H | M | 46 A | S | H | 47 A | U | 48 D | R | E | Y |
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49 A | B | E | 50 D | N | A | |||||||||
51 A | 52 D | 53 V | 54 I | C | E | 55 S | 56 T | E | I | N | 57 E | 58 M | 59 S |
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60 Q | U | I | C | K | D | 61 R | A | W | M | C | G | R | A | W |
62 U | N | D | O | 63 O | B | I | E | S | 64 E | D | N | A |
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65 A | K | I | N | 66 F | I | L | E | 67 R | A | S | P |
© 1989, The New York TimesNo. 14,611
Across
1
Yokums' creator : CAPP
5
Pinches : NIPS
9
A beloved Bert : LAHR
13
Dust-bowl fugitive : OKIE
14
Lesser ___, raccoon's cousin : PANDA
15
Like a traveling trawler : ASEA
16
Shakespearean tavern hostess : MISTRESSQUICKLY
19
Popular liqueur : AMARETTO
20
Aspirations : DREAMS
21
Egg: Comb. form : OVI
22
Org. once headed by Bush : CIA
23
Alpine abode : CHALET
26
Became an expert in : MASTERED
31
Linden or Holbrook : HAL
32
Nocturnal tree-dweller : LEMUR
34
Novelist Zola : EMILE
35
In a bit : ANON
37
Fabulous stocking-stuffer : SANTA
39
Gush forth : SPEW
40
Types : SORTS
42
Not enough : SCANT
44
Night before a holiday : EVE
45
Jumble : MISHMASH
47
A Meadows : AUDREY
49
Presidential nickname : ABE
50
Hereditary factor : DNA
51
Counsel : ADVICE
55
Leo, Ruth and daughter Gloria : STEINEMS
60
Hanna-Barbera hero : QUICKDRAWMCGRAW
62
Open : UNDO
63
Kin of Tonys : OBIES
64
Author Ferber : EDNA
65
Similar : AKIN
66
Soup thickener : FILE
67
Grate : RASP
Down
1
Michael Douglas film: 1978 : COMA
2
Actor Tamiroff : AKIM
3
Galileo's birthplace : PISA
4
Fuel for a lorry : PETROL
5
He created the Tammany tiger : NAST
6
___ many words : INSO
7
Now, if not sooner! : PDQ
8
Fahd's following : SAUDIS
9
Hankie trim : LACE
10
"___ silly question ... " : ASKA
11
Pilot's place : HELM
12
Johnny and Johnnie : RAYS
14
Dress sizes : PETITES
17
Make merry : REVEL
18
Hopping mad : IRATE
22
Magna ___ : CARTA
23
Rift : CHASM
24
Asian capital : HANOI
25
Then, to Cousteau : ALORS
26
Chew crunchily : MUNCH
27
Printers' measures : EMS
28
Not so callow : RIPER
29
Sorcier's apprentice? : ELEVE
30
Surprise also-ran in 1948 : DEWEY
33
Billiard stroke : MASSE
36
Utmost : NTH
38
Floral crowns, in poetry : ANADEMS
41
Loud kiss : SMACK
43
Hip-length overblouse : TUNIC
46
"Marriage is not ___ roses": Stevenson : ABEDOF
48
Jeopardy : DANGER
51
Pastel shade : AQUA
52
Dip : DUNK
53
"I saw," to Caesar : VIDI
54
Representation : ICON
55
Proceed easily : SAIL
56
Small bird's sound : TWEE
57
Wagnerian earth goddess : ERDA
58
Operates : MANS
59
Exchange : SWAP
61
Stat for Strawberry : RBI
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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