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Mel Rosen
New York Times, Wednesday, December 5, 1973
52-Down : Horne
Author:
Mel Rosen
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J Q }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.73)
Open Squares: 54, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7, Grid flow: 44.0
Mel Rosen has 24 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 14 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 A | 2 L | 3 P | 4 L | 5 I | 6 M | 7 B | 8 H | 9 E | 10 L | |||||
11 M | I | S | 12 T | 13 E | V | O | E | 14 S | 15 A | Z | O | 16 F |
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17 P | F | E | I | 18 F | F | E | R | C | O | 19 L | L | E | G | E |
20 S | T | U | A | R | T | S | 21 K | N | O | C | K | E | D |
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22 D | R | A | Y | 23 M | O | S | S | Y | ||||||
24 S | 25 T | O | A | T | 26 W | O | N | 27 T | O | 28 P | 29 H | 30 S |
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31 T | E | C | S | 32 K | I | N | 33 T | I | N | H | A | T |
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34 E | L | A | 35 R | E | G | I | 36 M | E | N | 37 L | E | O |
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38 M | E | R | 39 S | E | Y | 40 T | A | X | 41 B | E | M | A |
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42 S | O | P | H | S | 43 R | O | W | 44 L | O | G | O | S |
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45 A | U | 46 G | E | R | 47 B | A | U | M | ||||||
48 W | 49 E | 50 L | L | M | E | T | 51 S | A | C | R | A | 52 L | 53 S |
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54 P | T | O | L | E | M | A | 55 I | C | S | Y | S | T | E | M |
56 A | R | N | O | 57 S | K | E | A | T | 58 E | I | N | E |
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59 E | S | T | 60 E | R | N | E | 61 C | A | W |
© 1973, The New York TimesNo. 8,880
Across
1
Matterhorn : ALP
4
Risky perch : LIMB
8
Loki's daughter : HEL
11
Haze : MIST
13
Cries of revelry : EVOES
15
Black Sea inlet: Var. : AZOF
17
Misenheimer, N. C., campus : PFEIFFERCOLLEGE
20
Jeb and Mary : STUARTS
21
Criticized : KNOCKED
22
Heavy cart : DRAY
23
Covered with lichens : MOSSY
24
Ermine : STOAT
26
Took the blue : WON
27
Hebrew drums : TOPHS
31
Gumshoes : TECS
32
Kith's partner : KIN
33
Construction worker's wear : TINHAT
34
High note : ELA
35
Diet : REGIMEN
37
Tolstoy : LEO
38
River of England : MERSEY
40
Sales or nuisance : TAX
41
Orthodox sanctuary : BEMA
42
Underclassmen : SOPHS
43
Scull : ROW
44
Cosmic reason : LOGOS
45
Carpenter's tool : AUGER
47
Dorothy's creator : BAUM
48
Hail fellow ___ : WELLMET
51
Some vertebrae : SACRALS
54
Old astronomical arrangement : PTOLEMAICSYSTEM
56
Florence's river : ARNO
57
English lexicographer : SKEAT
58
German article : EINE
59
N. Y. time : EST
60
Sea eagle : ERNE
61
Raven's sound : CAW
Down
1
Current measures, for short : AMPS
2
Ski ___ : LIFT
3
Apple or strawberry : PSEUDOCARP
4
Grove or Gomez : LEFTY
5
Currier's partner : IVES
6
Fine leather: Abbr. : MOR
7
Give the high sign : BECKON
8
Peaceful : HALCYON
9
O. T. book : EZEK
10
Theater section : LOGE
12
Crowns : TIARAS
14
"___ and Lovers" : SONS
16
Gangster's foe : FED
18
College group : FRAT
19
___ thought (rapt) : LOSTIN
23
Use closed-circuit TV : MONITOR
24
Prows : STEMS
25
Complete: Prefix : TELEO
26
British court wear : WIG
28
Impassive : PHLEGMATIC
29
Blood: Prefix : HAEMO
30
Porticoes : STOAS
32
West or Largo : KEY
33
Nickname for a cowboy : TEX
35
Pick up again : RESUME
36
Crop : MAW
39
Onion : SHALLOT
41
Paris exchange : BOURSE
43
Film over : RETAKE
44
Filigreed : LACY
46
Treasures : GEMS
47
Stitch loosely : BASTE
48
F.D.R. agency : WPA
49
Raison d'___ : ETRE
50
Chaney, Sr. and Jr. : LONS
51
Read hastily : SCAN
52
Horne : LENA
53
Merganser : SMEW
55
One who does: Suffix : IER
Answer summary:
5 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.