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Jeannette K. Brill
New York Times, Tuesday, February 13, 1979
Author:
Jeannette K. Brill
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 5.05, Missing: { J K Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 254 (avg 1.36)
Open Squares: 69, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 8, Grid flow: 50.9
Jeannette K. Brill has 1 known pre-Shortz puzzle in our database.
1 S | 2 H | 3 A | 4 D | 5 D | 6 E | 7 F | 8 T | 9 A | 10 B | 11 E | 12 L |
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13 L | O | R | O | 14 O | M | U | R | 15 A | 16 N | O | M | E |
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17 I | M | A | G | 18 G | E | L | A | T | 19 I | N | O | U | S |
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20 D | O | G | G | 21 E | R | E | L | 22 O | D | E | N | S | E |
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23 O | M | A | R | 24 P | L | E | A | D | ||||||
25 A | 26 G | 27 O | N | I | C | 28 S | O | L | 29 L | O | 30 B | 31 S |
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32 T | E | N | E | M | E | 33 N | T | S | 34 G | O | P |
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35 H | E | E | D | 36 S | E | A | T | 37 S | 38 A | G | R | A |
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39 O | S | A | 40 M | I | S | C | 41 A | L | L | E | D |
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42 S | E | T | 43 A | 44 S | E | N | 45 R | I | V | E | R | S |
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46 A | R | 47 E | N | A | 48 D | A | N | E | ||||||
49 E | 50 N | T | I | C | E | 51 D | O | G | T | O | 52 O | 53 T | 54 H |
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55 M | O | I | S | T | E | 56 N | I | N | G | 57 L | U | R | E |
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58 I | S | M | E | 59 R | E | N | E | E | 60 A | S | E | A |
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61 T | E | E | N | 62 W | E | E | D | 63 R | E | S | T |
© 1979, The New York TimesNo. 10,689
Across
1
Food fish : SHAD
5
Having finesse : DEFT
9
Early shepherd : ABEL
13
Parrot fish : LORO
14
City NNE of Nagasaki : OMURA
16
Seaport of the 49th State : NOME
17
Opp. of real : IMAG
18
Like jelly : GELATINOUS
20
Trivial verse : DOGGEREL
22
Birthplace of H. C. Andersen : ODENSE
23
Sharif : OMAR
24
Entreat : PLEAD
25
Not forming an angle : AGONIC
28
Roman sun god : SOL
29
Tennis strokes : LOBS
32
Slum dwellings : TENEMENTS
34
Dem. opposition : GOP
35
Pay attention : HEED
36
Installs in office : SEATS
38
Taj Mahal's site : AGRA
39
Explorer Johnson : OSA
40
Given an incorrect name : MISCALLED
42
___ precedent : SETA
44
Japanese money : SEN
45
Mickey of the Yankees : RIVERS
46
Sphere of action : ARENA
48
Victor Borge, e.g. : DANE
49
Tempt : ENTICE
51
Canine of a sort : DOGTOOTH
55
Dampening : MOISTENING
57
See 49 Across : LURE
58
"Woe ___!" : ISME
59
Actress Taylor : RENEE
60
On the briny : ASEA
61
Word with ager : TEEN
62
Do a garden job : WEED
63
Part of R & R : REST
Down
1
Skittered : SLID
2
___ sapiens : HOMO
3
"To ___ and a bone ... " : ARAG
4
"I'll be ___!" : DOGGONED
5
Rabbit-chasing events : DOGRACES
6
Title in Ankara : EMEER
7
Sated : FULL
8
Refrain syllable : TRA
9
Toughen, as steel : ANNEAL
10
Do pointless work : BOONDOGGLE
11
Ratites of Australia : EMUS
12
___-majesté : LESE
15
Coral island : ATOLL
19
Chemical ending : IDE
21
"Terrible ones" of the O.T. : EMIM
24
Mails : POSTS
25
One of the Three Musketeers : ATHOS
26
Honkers : GEESE
27
Singly : ONEATATIME
28
Blot : STAIN
30
Shipworm : BORER
31
Miners' nails : SPADS
33
Scene of Hercules' first labor : NEMEA
37
Lean : SCRAGGED
38
Socketlike : ALVEOLAR
41
"It ___ Necessarily So" : AINT
43
Gone up : ARISEN
44
Scoff : SNEER
47
External: Comb. form : ECT
48
Beneficiary : DONEE
49
Eject : EMIT
50
Win by a ___ : NOSE
51
Have a meal out : DINE
52
York's river : OUSE
53
Very, in Vichy : TRES
54
Fervor : HEAT
56
___ Guinea : NEW
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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