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Brett A. Blaylock
New York Times, Saturday, December 17, 1983
Author:
Brett A. Blaylock
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 34, Avg Word Len: 5.46, Missing: { F J K P }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.43)
Open Squares: 72, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 2, Grid flow: 57.3
Brett A. Blaylock has 8 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 W | 3 A | 4 G | 5 E | 6 D | 7 C | 8 A | 9 C | 10 T | 11 U | 12 S | |||
13 Q | U | I | X | O | T | E | 14 O | B | L | A | T | E | 15 S |
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16 U | N | S | E | A | T | S | 17 N | E | O | C | E | N | E |
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18 A | R | E | 19 T | U | E | 20 S | D | A | Y | 21 N | A | G |
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22 R | I | M | 23 E | 24 R | O | O | M | 25 E | S | T | A |
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26 T | S | A | R | 27 S | T | U | N | 28 S | L | I | E | R |
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29 Z | E | N | I | 30 T | H | 31 V | E | 32 S | T | A | L | S | ||
33 C | O | A | 34 L | E | S | C | E | S | ||||||
35 B | 36 E | S | T | M | E | N | 37 I | N | T | 38 A | 39 C | 40 T |
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41 D | E | M | O | S | 42 V | I | 43 E | S | 44 I | N | R | E |
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45 E | L | A | N | 46 D | E | R | N | 47 C | I | O | N |
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48 B | A | N | 49 T | O | L | S | T | 50 O | 51 Y | 52 M | O | E |
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53 A | B | A | 54 L | O | N | E | 55 E | L | E | 56 G | A | N | T |
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57 R | O | T | A | T | O | R | 58 R | E | L | A | T | E | S |
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59 R | E | S | E | T | S | 60 S | O | L | D | E | R |
© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,457
Across
1
Bent or shaped metal : SWAGED
7
Old-man ___, Mexican plant : CACTUS
13
Man of La Mancha : QUIXOTE
14
Laymen in monasteries : OBLATES
16
Usurps : UNSEATS
17
One-time epoch of the Tertiary : NEOCENE
18
Land measure : ARE
19
Its child is "full of grace" : TUESDAY
21
Fishwife's cousin : NAG
22
Winter coat : RIME
24
Atrium, e.g. : ROOM
25
This, to Torcuato : ESTA
26
Glinka's "A Life for the ___" : TSAR
27
Petrify : STUN
28
More guileful : SLIER
29
Babbitt's home town : ZENITH
31
Chaste women : VESTALS
33
Mixes : COALESCES
35
Ring bearers of a sort : BESTMEN
37
Sound : INTACT
41
The common people : DEMOS
42
Competes : VIES
44
Dictator's phrase : INRE
45
Spirit : ELAN
46
Actor Bruce : DERN
47
Offshoot : CION
48
Interdict : BAN
49
Count Leo : TOLSTOY
52
Country singer Bandy : MOE
53
Source of mother-of-pearl : ABALONE
55
Recherché : ELEGANT
57
Top, e.g. : ROTATOR
58
Associates : RELATES
59
Plants anew : RESETS
60
Fuse : SOLDER
Down
1
Cockcrow : SUNRISE
2
Magus : WISEMAN
3
Feller's tool : AXE
4
Lecherous old man : GOAT
5
And you: Lat. : ETTU
6
Apostatize : DESERT
7
Overlooks an offense : CONDONES
8
Nautical direction : ABEAM
9
Surfeit : CLOY
10
Part of U.S.A.F. : TAC
11
Spoon, e.g. : UTENSIL
12
Thesmothetes' milieus : SENATES
13
Sand's main ingredient : QUARTZ
15
Popeye's creator : SEGAR
20
Mementos : SOUVENIRS
23
Vinland discoverer : ERICSON
25
Band often employed in offices : ELASTIC
27
Imposture : SHAM
28
Sheppard and Turpin's gun : STEN
30
Small fry : TOTS
32
Biol., etc. : SCIS
34
Suffragettes, e.g. : LEVELERS
35
Scold : BELABOR
36
Issue : EMANATE
38
Vigorous : ANIMATE
39
Columbo was one : CROONER
40
Dogmas : TENETS
41
Proscribe : DEBAR
43
Inscribes : ENTERS
46
"Eat to live, but ___ live to eat" : DONOT
49
A load or haul : TOTE
50
Londoner's marge : OLEO
51
Bellow : YELL
54
___ Palmas : LAS
56
Seventh son of Jacob : GAD
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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