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J. Samuel Smart
J. Samuel Smart

New York Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1982

2-Down : Actor Jannings

Author:
J. Samuel Smart
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 40, Avg Word Len: 4.87, Missing: { F Z }, Scrabble score: 279 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 32.0
J. Samuel Smart has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1982, The New York TimesNo. 12,090
Across
1
___ vu : DEJA
5
Flowering shrub : LILAC
10
Hebrew prophet : AMOS
14
Pedro's tender passion : AMOR
15
Historic site since 1836 : ALAMO
16
District of London : SOHO
17
Force : DINT
18
Star in Orion : RIGEL
19
Word with spin or wind : TAIL
20
French-controlled land: 1847–1962 : ALGERIA
22
Object of fear : BUGABOO
24
Alcoholic beverage : MEAD
25
River between Manchuria and U.S.S.R. : AMUR
26
First-aid device : SPLINT
29
Flat-bottomed river boat : BATEAU
33
Knight's expedition : QUEST
34
Statue of Liberty and Grant's Tomb : MONUMENTS
37
Yorkshire river : URE
38
V.P. under Coolidge : DAWES
39
Devoured : ATE
40
Pleasant : AGREEABLE
43
" ... and ___ to steer her by": Masefield : ASTAR
45
Emulate Dior : DESIGN
46
Musicians carrying bags : PIPERS
47
Directions on a phial : DOSE
49
Ordered : BADE
50
Bears witness : DEPOSES
53
Champion weaver : ARACHNE
57
Babilonia feat : AXEL
58
Edict of a czar : UKASE
60
Fowl or hue : TEAL
61
"Futilitarian" expression : NOGO
62
European finch : SERIN
63
Shankar : RAVI
64
Prolific auth. : ANON
65
Build : ERECT
66
Culbertson et al. : ELYS
Down
1
Arp's art : DADA
2
Actor Jannings : EMIL
3
She wrote "Fear of Flying" : JONG
4
Goddess of the hunt : ARTEMIS
5
Cowboy's equipment : LARIAT
6
Epic poem : ILIAD
7
Fall behind : LAG
8
Protozoan : AMEBA
9
Famed Genoese : COLUMBUS
10
A goddess of fertility : ASTARTE
11
King Mesha's realm : MOAB
12
River to Cairo : OHIO
13
Alone : SOLO
21
Split : RENT
23
Largest of the Marianas : GUAM
26
Part of a platoon : SQUAD
27
Cleanse : PURGE
28
Ogles evilly : LEERS
30
Related on the mother's side : ENATE
31
Perfume : ATTAR
32
Employers : USERS
34
Fairy queen : MAB
35
Symbol of wisdom : OWL
36
Born : NEE
38
Gelsey Kirkland, for one : DANSEUSE
41
Phantom : EIDOLON
42
Conceits : EGOS
43
Rival of Amneris : AIDA
44
Act I figure in "Hamlet" : SPECTRE
46
Source : PARENT
48
Glacial ridge : ESKER
49
Fundamental : BASIC
50
Actress Wynter : DANA
51
Senator from Nebraska : EXON
52
"___ My Heart" : PEGO
54
Free from grief : HEAL
55
Branch chosen by J.E.C. : NAVY
56
Cantabs' rivals : ELIS
59
Metric surface measure : ARE

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