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Christopher Sherwood
New York Times, Tuesday, December 23, 1986
30-Across : Moslem potentate
Author:
Christopher Sherwood
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.78, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 261 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 2, XRef: 0, Grid flow: 40.4
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Christopher Sherwood has 22 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 L | 2 O | 3 D | 4 I | 5 T | 6 O | 7 F | 8 U | 9 A | 10 J | 11 A | 12 R |
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13 O | P | E | N | 14 I | R | O | N | 15 S | O | L | O |
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16 B | U | C | C | 17 A | 18 N | E | E | R | S | 19 P | L | E | A |
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20 E | S | K | I | M | O | S | 21 D | E | 22 V | I | L | E | D |
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23 S | O | B | 24 A | I | R | Y | ||||||||
25 D | 26 E | 27 P | O | S | I | 28 T | 29 S | T | A | I | R | |||
30 E | M | I | R | 31 S | A | 32 L | T | S | 33 N | O | 34 M | 35 E |
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36 F | U | R | 37 R | Y | E | 38 G | O | D |
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39 T | S | A | 40 R | 41 S | T | E | E | 42 P | 43 L | E | A | D |
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44 T | A | 45 P | E | S | 46 L | I | 47 B | E | R | T | Y |
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48 E | T | A | L | 49 N | A | G | ||||||||
50 D | 51 E | S | I | R | E | 52 S | 53 S | T | R | I | 54 P | 55 E | 56 S |
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57 E | C | H | O | 58 C | A | 59 N | N | O | N | B | A | L | L |
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60 E | R | I | N | 61 T | U | B | A | 62 L | I | M | O |
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63 P | U | P | S | 64 S | L | A | G | 65 E | R | S | E |
© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,559
Across
1
Town in N.J. : LODI
5
Bean curd : TOFU
9
Not completely shut : AJAR
13
What Lendl won in 1986 : OPEN
14
___ Curtain : IRON
15
Feat for a novice pilot : SOLO
16
Tampa Bay team : BUCCANEERS
19
"Not guilty" is one : PLEA
20
Engravers of the Arctic : ESKIMOS
21
Like some eggs : DEVILED
23
Wail's relative : SOB
24
Flippant : AIRY
25
Financial transaction : DEPOSIT
29
Elevating device : STAIR
30
Moslem potentate : EMIR
31
Experienced mariners : SALTS
33
Alaskan cape : NOME
36
Baum marten, e.g. : FUR
37
Pumpernickel : RYE
38
Pan or Dionysus : GOD
39
Nicholas, e.g. : TSAR
41
High-priced : STEEP
43
Open a card game : LEAD
44
Records, in a way : TAPES
46
Bell of note : LIBERTY
48
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
49
Worn-out steed : NAG
50
Craves : DESIRES
53
Old Glory's reds and whites : STRIPES
57
Canyon phenomenon : ECHO
58
Armament for a man-of-war : CANNONBALL
60
Emerald Isle : ERIN
61
Plenty of horn : TUBA
62
Transportation for an exec : LIMO
63
Young seals : PUPS
64
Smelting waste : SLAG
65
Gaelic tongue : ERSE
Down
1
Pendulous flesh : LOBE
2
Numbered composition : OPUS
3
Knock down a boxer : DECK
4
Cutting tooth : INCISOR
5
Cravats : TIES
6
Galena or stibnite : ORE
7
Water crossing : FORD
8
Ousts from office : UNSEATS
9
Headache pill : ASPIRIN
10
Corsair's ensign : JOLLYROGER
11
Away from the gusts : ALEE
12
Macadam construction : ROAD
17
Hebrew prophet : AMOS
18
"Ora pro ___" : NOBIS
22
Amtrak's Canadian cousin : VIA
25
Skillful : DEFT
26
Kin of ostriches : EMUS
27
Merchantman's nemesis : PIRATESHIP
28
Shelled pastries : TARTS
29
Shipment from Bethlehem : STEEL
32
Soap component : LYE
34
Castle defense : MOAT
35
Whirlpool : EDDY
40
Food at the front : RATIONS
41
Exercises an option : SELECTS
42
Piebald horse : PINTO
43
Easy to read : LEGIBLE
45
Linksman's standard : PAR
47
Rural structure : BARN
50
Like Browning's "Sordello" : DEEP
51
A shade of beige : ECRU
52
Apostle from Tarsus : SAUL
53
Hosiery annoyance : SNAG
54
Part of a full house : PAIR
55
Shade trees : ELMS
56
Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
59
In which Dr. J operates : NBA
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