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Norma Steinberg
New York Times, Monday, December 5, 1988
12-Down : Marino option
Author:
Norma Steinberg
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 48, Avg Word Len: 4.54, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 285 (avg 1.61)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 8, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.0
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Norma Steinberg has 35 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 17 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 M | 2 U | 3 G | 4 B | 5 A | 6 C | 7 H | 8 S | 9 P | 10 U | 11 R | ||||
12 P | A | R | R | 13 A | L | O | E | 14 A | E | S | O | 15 P |
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16 A | L | B | A | 17 F | O | R | E | 18 D | R | E | A | R |
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19 S | T | A | N | 20 F | U | D | D | 21 Y | D | U | D | D | Y |
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22 S | A | N | D | 23 A | L | 24 S | A | L | ||||||
25 S | P | E | 26 D | 27 P | E | 28 W | 29 T | 30 E | 31 R |
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32 S | 33 M | 34 O | T | E | 35 A | 36 L | 37 M | S | 38 I | R | M | A |
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39 D | I | V | A | 40 S | E | A | 41 L | U | M | P |
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42 A | M | E | N | 43 W | H | O | A | 44 B | L | E | A | T |
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45 K | I | N | D | 46 L | E | 47 M | 48 A | R | Y | |||||
49 A | L | 50 F | 51 T | A | N | 52 T | 53 R | 54 A |
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55 N | 56 I | 57 G | 58 H | T | L | I | 59 G | 60 H | T | 61 I | R | A | N |
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62 A | B | O | U | T | 63 G | L | E | E | 64 L | E | N | D |
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65 B | E | R | L | E | 66 H | U | N | S | 67 L | A | D | Y |
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68 G | E | A | R | 69 T | E | S | T | 70 Y | D | S |
© 1988, The New York TimesNo. 14,272
Across
1
Rogues' gallery photo : MUG
4
Handel contemporary : BACH
8
Goad : SPUR
12
Henry VIII's sixth wife : PARR
13
Skin-cream ingredient : ALOE
14
Fabulist of note : AESOP
16
Goya's duchess's duchy : ALBA
17
Golfer's warning : FORE
18
Bleak : DREAR
19
Getz or Laurel : STAN
20
Overfastidious one : FUDDYDUDDY
22
Summer shoe : SANDAL
24
Pitcher Maglie : SAL
25
Raced : SPED
27
Alloy containing tin : PEWTER
32
Didst strike : SMOTE
35
Charity : ALMS
38
Role for Shirley : IRMA
39
Callas was one : DIVA
40
Lake's big brother : SEA
41
Gravy problem : LUMP
42
Revival-meeting shout : AMEN
43
Opposite of giddyap : WHOA
44
Sound heard by a shepherd : BLEAT
45
Light : KINDLE
47
Martin or Astor : MARY
49
Fuzzy TV star : ALF
51
Hindu religious writing : TANTRA
55
Comfort for a nyctophobe : NIGHTLIGHT
61
Ayatollah's land : IRAN
62
Circa : ABOUT
63
Jollity : GLEE
64
Give temporarily : LEND
65
Uncle Miltie : BERLE
66
Attila's followers : HUNS
67
"The ___ Is a Tramp" : LADY
68
Equipment : GEAR
69
Quiz : TEST
70
What QB's want to gain : YDS
Down
1
Melita, today : MALTA
2
___ sprawl : URBAN
3
Seating area at Aqueduct : GRANDSTAND
4
Bewilder : BAFFLE
5
Matty or Felipe of baseball : ALOU
6
Dressing-gown adjunct : CORD
7
Gives careful attention to : HEEDS
8
Equestrian's perch : SADDLE
9
Ecuador neighbor : PERU
10
Secondhand : USED
11
What a hobo hits : ROAD
12
Marino option : PASS
15
Snoop : PRY
21
Puppy sounds : YAPS
23
Copy : APE
26
Elan : DASH
28
Haphazard : WILLYNILLY
29
Factual : TRUE
30
Madame Bovary : EMMA
31
Entranced : RAPT
32
State north of Neb. : SDAK
33
"La Bohème" heroine : MIMI
34
Pizzeria appliance : OVEN
36
Fifth sign of the zodiac : LEO
37
Palindromic contraction : MAAM
43
Healthy : WELL
44
Bikini part : BRA
46
___-day Saints : LATTER
48
Swear : ATTEST
50
Boxing match : FIGHT
52
Tire part : TREAD
53
South African coins : RANDS
54
Rooney or Griffith : ANDY
55
Snatch : NAB
56
"___ mortality ... ": Shak. : IBEG
57
Novelist Vidal : GORE
58
Wahine's dance : HULA
59
Epoxy : GLUE
60
Coop matriarchs : HENS
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.