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Kenneth Haxton
New York Times, Saturday, December 22, 1984
Author:
Kenneth Haxton
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 44, Avg Word Len: 4.76, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 247 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 47, Cheaters: 10, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 36.9
Kenneth Haxton has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
Notepad: DIAGONAL: 1 American character actor
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11 O | I | L | E | 12 R | 13 H | O | H | 14 O | 15 S | I | R | E |
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16 P | R | O | N | O | 17 M | I | N | A | L | 18 I | R | A | N |
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19 N | U | I | T | 20 O | D | 21 E | L | E | T | S |
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22 S | 23 T | E | E | L | 24 A | S | I | N | I | N | E | |||
25 N | O | E | L | 26 L | 27 A | S | 28 E | T | C | |||||
29 I | R | A | 30 D | E | B | T | 31 S | 32 R | O | 33 R | 34 I | 35 C |
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36 C | A | R | 37 L | O | S | C | A | S | 38 T | A | N | E | D | A |
39 E | S | S | E | D | 40 S | T | R | A | P | 41 E | E | E |
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42 A | D | 43 S | 44 I | S | R | 45 E | V | A | N |
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46 A | 47 S | C | E | T | 48 I | C | 49 P | 50 Y | R | E | S | |||
51 F | U | E | H | R | E | R | 52 P | O | E | M | ||||
53 E | D | G | E | 54 L | I | 55 C | E | N | T | I | 56 O | 57 U | 58 S |
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59 D | I | A | S | 60 A | S | O | P | 61 I | N | U | R | E |
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62 S | O | L | 63 H | O | E | 64 E | R | N | E |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,828
Across
1
Ericson : LEIF
5
Highest mil. title : CIC
8
Pose : SIT
11
OPEC vessel : OILER
13
Santa's jovial expression : HOHO
15
Father : SIRE
16
Resembling a part of speech : PRONOMINAL
18
Medes' land, today : IRAN
19
Night, to Signoret : NUIT
20
Short poems : ODELETS
22
Case harden : STEEL
24
Obstinate : ASININE
25
Carol : NOEL
26
___ Cruces : LAS
28
Catchall abbr. : ETC
29
Biblical captain : IRA
30
Obligations : DEBTS
32
Dewy : RORIC
36
"Don Juan Quartet" author : CARLOSCASTANEDA
39
Ancient two-wheeled chariot : ESSED
40
Cause to suffer from scarcity : STRAP
41
Shoe width : EEE
42
Come-ons : ADS
44
Leb. neighbor : ISR
45
Meredith's "___ Harrington" : EVAN
46
Austere : ASCETIC
49
Funeral fires : PYRES
51
Hitler : FUEHRER
52
"Thanatopsis," e.g. : POEM
53
Margin : EDGE
54
Like Casanova : LICENTIOUS
59
"Buenos ___!" : DIAS
60
___ to Cerberus : ASOP
61
Habituate : INURE
62
Helios : SOL
63
Mortaring tool : HOE
64
Sea bird : ERNE
Down
1
Truncate : LOP
2
Healer at Valhalla : EIR
3
U.N. arm : ILO
4
A seasoning : FENNEL
5
Office memo, in England : CHIT
6
Atomic structure : ION
7
The original void : CHAOS
8
Lorelei : SIREN
9
Het up : IRATE
10
Army breaks : TENS
12
Reprobate's kin : ROUE
14
Rerun : OLDIE
15
Element used in transistors : SILICON
17
Thousands : MILLES
21
Catch : ENTRAP
22
Rails : SORAS
23
Signs of sorrow : TEARS
24
Unstable : ASTATIC
25
Pleasant : NICE
27
Basics : ABCS
30
Progress feebly : DODDER
31
Byelorussia and Georgia: Abbr. : SSRS
33
Medieval officer : REEVE
34
"Light bulbs" : IDEAS
35
City in Calvados : CAEN
37
Lixiviates : LEACHES
38
Game fish : TARPON
43
Commemorative slab : STELA
45
Regal fur : ERMINE
46
Sound reproduction : AUDIO
47
"Love Story" author : SEGAL
48
Kind of wolfhound : IRISH
50
Himalayan ogre : YETI
51
G-men : FEDS
52
Le Moko : PEPE
55
Cote sound : COO
56
"___ Miss Brooks" : OUR
57
Ode subject : URN
58
Bishopric : SEE
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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