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Bryant White
New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1993
Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 32, Avg Word Len: 5.22, Missing: { J K Q W Y Z }, Scrabble score: 258 (avg 1.34)
Open Squares: 85,
Cheaters: 0,
FITB: 4,
XRef: 0,
Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 7,
Grid flow: 20.2
Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry.
Bryant White has 11 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 29 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 F | 2 I | 3 B | 4 S | | 5 D | 6 A | 7 C | 8 E | | 9 S | 10 O | 11 T | 12 T | 13 O |
14 A | R | I | A | | 15 E | R | A | L | | 16 A | V | I | O | N |
17 C | A | R | B | 18 O | N | A | R | I | | 19 L | E | N | T | O |
20 E | N | D | O | C | A | R | P | | 21 S | O | R | D | O | R |
22 S | I | S | T | E | R | S | | 23 M | O | O | S | E | | |
| | | 24 S | A | I | | 25 C | O | P | P | E | R | 26 A | 27 H |
28 S | 29 H | 30 A | | 31 N | E | 32 M | A | T | | 33 S | A | B | L | E |
34 E | A | R | 35 P | | 36 S | U | M | E | 37 R | | 38 S | O | A | R |
39 T | I | G | E | 40 R | | 41 R | E | L | E | 42 T | | 43 X | I | S |
44 I | R | O | N | I | 45 C | A | L | | 46 D | E | 47 N | | | |
| | 48 N | I | V | A | L | | 49 T | R | E | A | 50 D | 51 L | 52 E |
53 S | 54 T | A | T | E | D | | 55 R | E | I | N | D | E | E | R |
56 T | R | U | E | R | | 57 L | E | A | D | S | I | N | T | O |
58 A | E | T | N | A | | 59 E | A | S | E | | 60 N | E | T | S |
61 B | E | S | T | S | | 62 O | M | E | R | | 63 E | S | S | E |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,803
Across
1
Tots' twisted tales :
FIBS5
9
14
"Dove sono" is one :
ARIA15
16
17
19
Slow, to a maestro :
LENTO20
21
22
Medusa, Stheno and Euryae :
SISTERS23
Me. motorist's menace :
MOOSE24
25
28
31
Thread: Comb. form :
NEMAT33
Canada's Cape ___ Island :
SABLE34
36
Region of ancient Mesopotamia :
SUMER38
Have flights like kites :
SOAR39
Bud Blake comic strip :
TIGER41
43
44
46
48
Growing under snow :
NIVAL49
53
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
Hebrew dry measure :
OMER63
Homophone for essay :
ESSE
Down
1
2
Tabriz inhabitant :
IRANI3
Halcyon and phoenix :
BIRDS4
5
6
7
8
9
Hot drinks made from sassafras :
SALOOPS10
11
12
13
___ about (approximately) :
ONOR18
21
Something for Cerberus :
SOP23
25
26
27
28
NASA project for communicating with aliens :
SETI29
30
32
35
37
Rock group who recorded "White Hot" :
REDRIDER40
42
45
47
49
50
Low sand hills, in Britain :
DENES51
52
53
54
55
57
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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