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Evelyn Benshoof
New York Times, Thursday, February 6, 1975
11-Down : Busy
Author:
Evelyn Benshoof
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { Q V X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 296 (avg 1.58)
Open Squares: 70, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 0, Spans: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 26.3
Evelyn Benshoof has 71 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 B | 2 A | 3 T | 4 H | 5 S | 6 H | 7 E | 8 A | 9 R | 10 F | 11 U | 12 J | 13 I |
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14 O | L | I | O | 15 L | A | R | G | E | 16 U | P | A | S |
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17 H | O | M | E | 18 B | O | D | I | E | S | 19 N | A | P | A |
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20 R | E | E | 21 O | P | E | N | 22 T | 23 A | N | N | E | R |
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24 A | L | E | S | 25 S | H | R | E | D | ||||||
26 S | 27 C | O | L | D | 28 S | H | O | U | L | D | 29 E | 30 R |
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31 S | P | A | N | 32 L | A | M | B | 33 O | E | O |
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34 L | I | K | E | 35 A | 36 H | 37 O | U | S | E | A | 38 F | I | R | E |
39 U | T | E | 40 C | O | D | E | 41 A | N | I | S |
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42 R | E | W | 43 A | R | M | E | D | 44 B | 45 A | D | G | E | ||
46 A | G | E | E | S | 47 F | A | R | E | ||||||
48 A | 49 G | L | E | A | M | 50 L | A | I | C | 51 H | 52 U | 53 B |
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54 M | A | K | O | 55 A | 56 F | U | L | L | H | 57 O | U | S | E |
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58 A | B | E | L | 59 D | E | N | S | E | 60 B | R | E | D |
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61 H | E | R | D | 62 E | N | T | E | R | 63 E | T | R | E |
© 1975, The New York TimesNo. 9,308
Across
1
Maine port : BATH
5
Clip : SHEAR
10
Sight near Tokyo : FUJI
14
Potpourri : OLIO
15
Bass-mouth size : LARGE
16
Javanese tree : UPAS
17
Pipe-and-slipper people : HOMEBODIES
19
Calif. city : NAPA
20
Dakota Indian : REE
21
Candid : OPEN
22
Leather craftsman : TANNER
24
Beverages : ALES
25
Scrap : SHRED
26
Reprove : SCOLD
28
Jostle : SHOULDER
31
Traverse : SPAN
32
Yeanling : LAMB
33
Anti-poverty org. : OEO
34
With enthusiasm : LIKEAHOUSEAFIRE
39
All-purpose truck, for short : UTE
40
Set of rules : CODE
41
Blackbirds : ANIS
42
Heated again : REWARMED
44
Hallmark : BADGE
46
Writer James and family : AGEES
47
Get along : FARE
48
Radiant : AGLEAM
50
Secular : LAIC
51
Center of activity : HUB
54
Powerful shark : MAKO
55
Draw ___ (sell out) : AFULLHOUSE
58
Steelworkers' head : ABEL
59
Compact : DENSE
60
Engendered : BRED
61
Drove : HERD
62
Go onstage : ENTER
63
Being: Fr. : ETRE
Down
1
Danish physicist : BOHR
2
Succulent plant : ALOE
3
Occasion : TIME
4
Work in the garden : HOE
5
Inclined : SLOPED
6
Charon's bailiwick : HADES
7
Hibernia : ERIN
8
Teen or golden : AGE
9
Sanitarium : RESTHOME
10
Ship's stack : FUNNEL
11
Busy : UPANDDOING
12
Practical joke : JAPE
13
German river : ISAR
18
Cotton pod : BOLL
23
Island off Venezuela : ARUBA
24
Excellent : AONE
25
Asian sheep : SHAS
26
Grudge : SPITE
27
Certain dancer : CAKEWALKER
28
Swung around : SLUED
29
Uncanny : EERIE
30
Small deer : ROES
31
Offend : SLUR
35
Tiger moth : ACREA
36
Relative of custom-built : HOMEMADE
37
Works of Shelley : ODES
38
Cover a dice bet : FADE
43
Traditional : AGEOLD
44
One busy in a leaky boat : BAILER
45
Washington Sq. sight : ARCH
47
Bogus : FALSE
48
Asian servant : AMAH
49
Baseball executive ___ Paul : GABE
50
Alfred of stage : LUNT
51
Piqued : HURT
52
Consumer : USER
53
Adam ___ : BEDE
56
Marsh : FEN
57
British decoration : OBE
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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