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Reginald L. Johnson
Reginald L. Johnson

New York Times, Thursday, December 23, 1976

Author:
Reginald L. Johnson
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 41, Avg Word Len: 4.72, Missing: { J K Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 242 (avg 1.32)
Open Squares: 62, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11, Grid flow: 26.6
Reginald L. Johnson has 36 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

The theme of this puzzle involves representing the word "first" with the letter "i" followed by "st"

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I
2
S
3
T
4
U
5
P
6
A
7
L
8
I
9
M
10
O
11
N
12
A
13
M
E
A
N
S
14
L
E
N
15
S
16
I
R
O
N
17
M
A
R
G
O
18
L
A
D
I
19
E
S
I
S
T
20
I
S
T
L
A
21
D
Y
22
D
A
D
O
E
S
23
U
S
E
24
P
25
E
R
S
O
N
S
26
L
27
A
28
T
E
29
I
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S
T
R
A
T
E
31
A
L
A
D
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S
T
O
A
33
E
R
34
O
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D
36
E
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S
A
R
38
B
T
U
39
S
40
E
R
41
V
I
N
42
H
I
N
43
D
U
44
B
45
O
E
R
46
F
E
N
D
47
I
S
48
T
B
O
R
N
49
O
R
E
S
50
D
51
I
S
M
A
Y
S
52
E
53
A
R
54
H
O
S
T
E
L
55
I
S
T
M
56
A
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T
58
E
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I
S
T
I
N
L
60
I
61
N
E
62
R
O
M
A
N
63
D
E
L
L
64
Y
O
U
R
65
I
S
T
L
T
66
E
S
E
L
67
U
N
I
68
P
A
S
C
O
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,994
Across
1
Lead-off man at the plate : ISTUP
6
Ring champ : ALI
9
___ Lisa : MONA
13
Wealth : MEANS
14
Camera part : LENS
16
Kind of horse : IRON
17
Actress with only one name : MARGO
18
Polite request : LADIESIST
20
President's wife : ISTLADY
22
Pedestal parts : DADOES
23
Manipulate : USE
24
Individuals : PERSONS
26
Newspaper edition : LATE
29
Tops : ISTRATE
31
"When I was ___" : ALAD
32
Portico : STOA
33
Slowly destroy : ERODE
37
Men's org. : SAR
38
Heat unit: Abbr. : BTU
39
Indian weight : SER
41
___ ordinaire : VIN
42
Native of India : HINDU
44
Dutch settler in Africa : BOER
46
Parry : FEND
47
Oldest child : ISTBORN
49
Bauxite et al. : ORES
50
Horrifies : DISMAYS
52
Thing to lend : EAR
54
Youth stopover : HOSTEL
55
Ship's No. 2 : ISTMATE
59
Head of a queue : ISTINLINE
62
Kind of type : ROMAN
63
Farmer's place : DELL
64
"___ honor" : YOUR
65
Officer : ISTLT
66
Donkey, in Berlin : ESEL
67
One: Prefix : UNI
68
City near Walla Walla : PASCO
Down
1
Swiss measure : IMMI
2
Black and White : SEAS
3
Small pie : TART
4
Not stuck : UNGLUED
5
Loin muscle : PSOAS
6
Unite : ALLY
7
" ... winding o'er the ___" : LEA
8
State: Abbr. : IND
9
One who errs : MISDOER
10
Sky hunter : ORION
11
Things to count : NOSES
12
Kitchen intruders : ANTS
15
Libyan gulf : SIDRA
19
Egg or island : EASTER
21
Believer : DEIST
24
"See other side": Abbr. : PTO
25
Classroom need : ERASER
26
Eye or whip : LASH
27
Jai ___ : ALAI
28
Mountain pool : TARN
30
Thickset : STUBBY
34
Again : OVER
35
Eat : DINE
36
Odds' partner : ENDS
38
Holiday riders : BUSMEN
40
Sea eagles : ERNES
43
Prepare moonshine : DISTILL
45
Hawaiian birds : OOS
46
Taiwan : FORMOSA
48
Score : TALLY
50
Measured amounts : DOSES
51
Basket fiber : ISTLE
53
Anchor position : ATRIP
54
Seek's partner : HIDE
55
Yesterday, in Italy : IERI
56
Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
57
Bath powder : TALC
58
Within: Prefix : ENTO
60
Debt initials : IOU
61
Sister : NUN

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.

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