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Beverly J. Seward
New York Times, Thursday, December 25, 1975
Author:
Beverly J. Seward
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.97, Missing: { F K Q W X }, Scrabble score: 278 (avg 1.47)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 30.7
Beverly J. Seward has 17 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 S | 2 E | 3 R | 4 T | 5 S | 6 P | 7 A | 8 S | 9 G | 10 E | 11 L | 12 A |
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13 A | Z | O | V | 14 T | R | E | T | 15 O | R | I | O | N |
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16 G | R | A | D | 17 E | E | C | U | 18 M | M | I | N | G | S |
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19 A | A | M | I | 20 L | N | E | 21 D | E | E | P | S | E | A |
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22 N | O | O | N | 23 S | 24 L | G | E | |||||||
25 T | 26 H | 27 O | N | G | S | 28 P | 29 T | B | A | R | 30 N | 31 U | 32 M |
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33 R | O | L | E | O | 34 T | R | E | A | S | 35 O | N | I |
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36 U | S | E | R | 37 B | O | I | L | S | 38 J | E | T | S |
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39 L | E | N | 40 S | U | I | T | E | 41 S | P | L | I | T |
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42 Y | A | T | 43 I | T | T | L | E | 44 R | A | M | S | E | Y |
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45 N | A | A | 46 S | 47 E | E | T | O | |||||||
48 R | 49 A | 50 I | D | I | N | 51 G | 52 G | S | T | R | 53 I | 54 N | 55 G |
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56 S | J | P | E | R | E | L | 57 M | A | N | 58 G | L | U | E |
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59 V | A | S | E | S | 60 A | I | D | A | 61 A | L | D | S |
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62 P | R | O | D | 63 D | R | I | P | 64 N | Y | E | T |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,630
Across
1
Spanish painter : SERT
5
Health resorts : SPAS
9
Sicilian port : GELA
13
Black Sea arm : AZOV
14
Waste allowance : TRET
15
Pleiades hunter : ORION
16
Reunion-goer : GRAD
17
Lower-case poet : EECUMMINGS
19
Creator of Pooh : AAMILNE
21
Milieu for Moby Dick : DEEPSEA
22
Times of day : NOONS
24
Clothing size: Abbr. : LGE
25
Sandal strips : THONGS
28
Expert on the sucker trade : PTBARNUM
33
Logrolling contest : ROLEO
34
Corp. official : TREAS
35
Naval bureau: Abbr. : ONI
36
Employer : USER
37
___ down (abridges) : BOILS
38
Planes : JETS
39
Writer Deighton : LEN
40
Nutcracker, for one : SUITE
41
Melon action : SPLIT
42
Giant grid great : YATITTLE
44
One of the Clarks : RAMSEY
45
Fed. bureau : NAA
46
Take care of : SEETO
48
Icebox activity : RAIDING
52
Stripper's wear : GSTRING
56
Author of "Westward Ha!" : SJPERELMAN
58
Chair-repairer's need : GLUE
59
Florists' supplies : VASES
60
Verdi heroine : AIDA
61
City officials: Abbr. : ALDS
62
Incite : PROD
63
Faucet annoyance : DRIP
64
U.N. vote : NYET
Down
1
Ambitious prose work : SAGA
2
Biblical prophet : EZRA
3
Ramble : ROAM
4
Tube-watcher's fare : TVDINNER
5
Office-pool members : STENOS
6
Spruce up : PREEN
7
Power org. : AEC
8
Kind of poker : STUD
9
Malcontent : GRIPER
10
German one : EINS
11
Theater box : LOGE
12
Handlelike part : ANSA
15
Greek letters : OMEGAS
18
Dame Nellie et al. : MELBAS
20
Speech: Prefix : LOGO
23
Goblins : SPRITES
25
Sign-off word, with "Yours" : TRULY
26
O.T. book : HOSEA
27
Fragrant : OLENT
29
Communications prefix : TELE
30
Coward and Harrison : NOELS
31
Loosen : UNTIE
32
London climate, often : MISTY
34
Labor : TOIL
37
Gas for lighters : BUTANE
38
Famed banker : JPMORGAN
40
Elevator alternative : STAIRS
41
Satisfied, in Germany : SATT
43
Verily! : INDEED
44
Fasten again : RESNAP
47
Islands off Sicily : EGADI
48
Invitation initials : RSVP
49
Open : AJAR
50
___ facto : IPSO
51
Pleased : GLAD
53
In a poor way : ILLY
54
"___ Descending a Staircase" : NUDE
55
Exploit : GEST
57
Chief, in India : MIR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 7 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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