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Daniel Girardi
New York Times, Friday, December 14, 1984
1-Down : Gain, in 2 Down
Author:
Daniel Girardi
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.28, Missing: { F H J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 257 (avg 1.35)
Daniel Girardi has 41 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 R | 2 E | 3 P | 4 A | 5 I | 6 R | 7 S | 8 T | 9 R | 10 A | 11 S | 12 S | |||
13 T | E | N | A | B | L | E | 14 T | R | A | D | U | C | 15 E |
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16 R | A | G | D | O | L | L | 17 R | E | N | E | G | E | D |
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18 A | L | L | 19 S | E | A | 20 W | E | E | D | 21 A | P | I |
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22 D | I | A | 23 S | 24 T | I | A | 25 S | 26 O | R | T | S |
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27 E | S | N | E | 28 S | I | N | K | 29 V | E | R | O |
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30 S | E | D | A | 31 T | I | V | E | 32 S | 33 W | E | D | E | N |
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34 L | I | N | E | 35 A | P | E | R | |||||||
36 S | 37 U | 38 P | I | N | E | 39 S | T | R | E | A | 40 M | 41 E | 42 D |
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43 A | R | L | O | 44 P | I | T | Y | 45 T | O | N | I |
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46 P | A | I | N | 47 S | 48 O | T | O | 49 E | R | D | A |
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50 O | N | A | 51 P | 52 E | T | E | R | 53 E | 54 D | 55 D | U | N |
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56 R | I | B | 57 C | A | G | E | 58 N | I | A | 59 G | A | R | A |
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60 S | A | L | A | D | I | N | 61 E | R | M | I | N | E | S |
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62 N | E | W | E | S | T | 63 Y | E | A | S | T | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,820
Across
1
Betake oneself : REPAIR
7
Jeweler's paste : STRASS
13
Not like the Alamo : TENABLE
14
Vilify; betray : TRADUCE
16
Toy-shop purchase : RAGDOLL
17
Was remiss, in a way : RENEGED
18
In toto : ALL
19
Oriental staple : SEAWEED
21
Bee: Comb. form : API
22
Road-to-India explorer : DIAS
24
Sobrino's relative : TIA
25
Something not to be out of : SORTS
27
Thrall's relative : ESNE
28
Founder : SINK
29
Florida's ___ Beach : VERO
30
Calmant : SEDATIVE
32
Part of the Kalmar Union: 1397 : SWEDEN
34
Don Juan's pitch : LINE
35
Copycat : APER
36
Lying on one's back : SUPINE
39
Went with the flow : STREAMED
43
A Guthrie : ARLO
44
Pathos : PITY
45
Singer Tennille : TONI
46
Take ___ (bother) : PAINS
48
Plains Indian : OTO
49
Wagnerian goddess : ERDA
50
Munson of films : ONA
51
Fizzled, with "out" : PETERED
55
Press for payment : DUN
56
Source of Eve's creation : RIBCAGE
58
Falls for a married woman : NIAGARA
60
Storied Eygptian sultan : SALADIN
61
Royal furs : ERMINES
62
Most recent : NEWEST
63
Brewers' buys : YEASTS
Down
1
Gain, in 2 Down : REALISE
2
Rupert Brooke's home : ENGLAND
3
Tablet : PAD
4
Cameroons group : ABOS
5
Latin pronoun : ILLE
6
Cognatus : RELATIVE
7
Go fast : STREAK
8
Part of a motte : TREE
9
Parts of shoe soles : RANDS
10
Lemon's tail : ADE
11
Like some placebos : SUGARED
12
Symbol of sovereignty in 2 Down : SCEPTRE
13
Sports transactions : TRADES
15
"Wizard" born in Milan : EDISON
20
Kind of restaurant list : WINE
23
Zoo attraction : SEALION
26
Gluttonized : OVERATE
28
Trig term : SINE
31
Can, in 2 Down : TIN
32
Nimble : SPRY
33
Like Willie Keeler : WEE
35
Bar man : ATTORNEY
36
Flavors : SAPORS
37
He's out of this world : URANIAN
38
Fictile : PLIABLE
39
Developer's concern : SITE
40
Scathing : MORDANT
41
Puts up with : ENDURES
42
Rigg and Ross : DIANAS
44
Mighty : POTENT
47
Fictional sleuth : SPADE
52
Shield : EGIS
53
Gael's land : EIRE
54
Lady of Spain : DAMA
57
Corvine cry : CAW
59
Dogfaces : GIS
Answer summary:
4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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