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Evelyn Benshoof
New York Times, Thursday, February 12, 1976
Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 33, Avg Word Len: 5.19, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.54)
Open Squares: 92, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 12.6
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 F | 2 A | 3 C | 4 E | 5 D | 6 U | 7 P | 8 P | 9 R | 10 I | 11 M | 12 A | 13 T | 14 E |
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15 E | M | U | L | A | T | E | 16 L | I | N | E | D | U | P |
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17 L | A | T | I | M | E | R | 18 A | D | U | L | A | T | E |
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19 O | N | U | S | 20 F | 21 A | C | E | R | 22 R | U | E |
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23 N | A | P | 24 S | 25 H | O | W | E | R | E | 26 D | ||||
27 S | P | I | R | E | D | 28 E | 29 T | 30 O | 31 N |
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32 B | 33 E | 34 C | H | A | R | M | S | 35 R | 36 A | V | I | N | E |
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37 A | B | R | A | D | E | S | 38 D | E | F | I | N | E | S |
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39 C | R | A | V | E | D | 40 R | E | V | I | L | E | R | S |
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41 K | O | B | E | 42 M | I | L | E | R | S | |||||
43 R | 44 I | 45 D | I | C | U | L | E | 46 L | 47 U | 48 V |
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49 S | 50 S | 51 T | 52 N | O | S | E | D | 53 S | Y | N | E |
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54 U | P | H | 55 O | L | D | S | 56 E | 57 N | 58 H | A | N | C | E |
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59 M | O | U | L | A | G | E | 60 R | O | U | N | D | U | P |
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61 S | T | R | E | W | E | D | 62 S | T | R | E | E | T | S |
© 1976, The New York TimesNo. 9,679
Across
1
___ to (confronted) : FACEDUP
8
Ape or monkey : PRIMATE
15
Try to outdo : EMULATE
16
In a row : LINEDUP
17
English reformer : LATIMER
18
Fawn over : ADULATE
19
Burden : ONUS
20
Stunning defeat : FACER
22
French street : RUE
23
Be off guard : NAP
24
Bathed : SHOWERED
27
Like most churches : SPIRED
28
Collar : ETON
32
Holds under a spell : BECHARMS
35
Mountain separator : RAVINE
37
Chafes : ABRADES
38
Explains : DEFINES
39
Longed for : CRAVED
40
People who scold : REVILERS
41
Japanese port : KOBE
42
Bannister and Ryun : MILERS
43
Deride : RIDICULE
46
Play starring the Wallachs : LUV
49
Plane : SST
52
Nuzzled : NOSED
53
Auld lang ___ : SYNE
54
Sustains : UPHOLDS
56
Intensify : ENHANCE
59
Impression taken at a crime scene : MOULAGE
60
Assemble : ROUNDUP
61
Scattered : STREWED
62
Main or Della : STREETS
Down
1
Prison inmate : FELON
2
Iowa community : AMANA
3
Misbehave : CUTUP
4
Eastern collegians : ELIS
5
Block up : DAM
6
Western Indian : UTE
7
Carries out : PERFORMS
8
Came in second : PLACED
9
Jockey : RIDER
10
Toughen : INURE
11
Torme : MEL
12
Jewish month : ADAR
13
Dancer's skirt : TUTU
14
Sword : EPEE
21
Frightens : AWES
24
Garden tool : SPADE
25
Kind of hand : HIRED
26
Fiends : DEVILS
27
Youngster : SHAVER
29
Sharp point : TINE
30
Unusual person : ONER
31
Loch ___ : NESS
32
Football player : BACK
33
Spanish river : EBRO
34
Grouch : CRAB
35
Make merry : REVEL
36
Like a house ___ : AFIRE
38
Tricky people : DELUDERS
40
Wedding missile : RICE
42
Shot wide of the target : MISSED
44
Relative : INLAW
45
Duck : DODGE
46
Comedian Paul : LYNDE
47
Not abridged : UNCUT
48
Barkley et al. : VEEPS
49
Amounts : SUMS
50
Word for a non-face card : SPOT
51
Day: Abbr. : THUR
53
Logical : SANE
55
Spanish cheer : OLE
57
___ care a rap : NOT
58
Ben ___ : HUR
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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