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Jay Spry
New York Times, Tuesday, February 26, 1974
50-Across : Small-time
Author:
Jay Spry
Editor:
Will Weng
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.79, Missing: { J Q X Y Z }, Scrabble score: 277 (avg 1.48)
Open Squares: 57, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Jay Spry has 16 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 M | 2 A | 3 C | 4 E | 5 S | 6 S | 7 A | 8 F | 9 E | 10 D | 11 R | 12 S | |||
13 A | D | A | G | E | 14 T | R | I | M | 15 E | E | L | 16 S |
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17 I | M | P | O | R | 18 T | A | N | C | E | 19 A | M | A | H |
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20 D | I | R | 21 P | I | N | E | 22 R | 23 E | L | A | T | E |
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24 S | T | I | 25 P | E | N | D | 26 M | I | A | M | I | |||
27 E | N | T | 28 M | I | T | T | E | N | 29 S | |||||
30 S | 31 A | 32 D | A | T | 33 H | U | M | U | S | 34 I | A | 35 M |
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36 E | M | I | L | 37 B | I | T | E | S | 38 I | N | G | A |
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39 C | O | S | 40 M | A | K | E | S | 41 U | R | G | E | D |
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42 S | A | 43 T | I | R | E | S | 44 E | N | E | |||||
45 V | A | D | I | S | 46 R | I | D | D | 47 L | 48 E | 49 D |
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50 T | 51 W | O | B | I | T | 52 S | E | R | E | 53 E | R | A |
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54 H | O | W | L | 55 O | 56 U | T | P | E | R | 57 F | O | R | M |
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58 E | L | E | E | 59 N | A | U | T | 60 G | E | N | O | A |
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61 F | D | S | 62 E | R | N | S | 63 O | M | E | R | S |
© 1974, The New York TimesNo. 8,963
Across
1
Clubs : MACES
6
Yegg's target : SAFE
10
Med. men : DRS
13
Saw : ADAGE
14
Spruce : TRIM
15
Congers : EELS
17
Moment : IMPORTANCE
19
Asian nurse : AMAH
20
North or south: Abbr. : DIR
21
Hunger : PINE
22
Feel empathy : RELATE
24
Fixed pay : STIPEND
26
Southern city : MIAMI
27
Existing: Suffix : ENT
28
Hand warmers : MITTENS
30
Nasser's successor : SADAT
33
Part of fertile soil : HUMUS
34
Post-midnight time : IAM
36
Jannings : EMIL
37
Frost and mosquito : BITES
38
Actress Swenson : INGA
39
Lettuce : COS
40
Forces : MAKES
41
Exhorted : URGED
42
Juvenal's works : SATIRES
44
Compass point : ENE
45
"Quo ___?" : VADIS
46
Shot full of holes : RIDDLED
50
Small-time : TWOBIT
52
Withered : SERE
53
Epoch : ERA
54
Bay : HOWL
55
Do better : OUTPERFORM
58
Robert ___ : ELEE
59
About navig. : NAUT
60
Italian port : GENOA
61
Playing areas: Abbr. : FDS
62
Sea eagles : ERNS
63
Hebrew measures : OMERS
Down
1
Milk and bar : MAIDS
2
Concede : ADMIT
3
Famous isle : CAPRI
4
Pride : EGO
5
Sea ___ : SERPENT
6
Position : STAND
7
"Rule Britannia" composer : ARNE
8
Ending for paci or proli : FIC
9
Retirement title : EMERITUS
10
"___ out" : DEALME
11
Left : REMAINING
12
Louver : SLAT
16
Pronoun : SHE
18
Shade : TINT
23
Has a bite : EATS
25
Ring : PEAL
26
Performers : MIMES
28
Sordines : MUTES
29
Wise : SAGE
30
Part of a min. : SEC
31
Long-run radio role : AMOS
32
Repudiated : DISAVOWED
33
Scout events : HIKES
35
Kind of cap or house : MAD
37
Singer : BARITONE
38
Incensed : IRED
40
Skirt : MIDI
41
Experience : UNDERGO
43
Statistical displays : TABLES
44
Galway land : EIRE
46
Bulletins: Abbr. : REPTS
47
Sierra ___ : LEONE
48
Lapse : ERROR
49
Ladies: Sp. : DAMAS
50
On ___ wane : THE
51
Bolt : WOLF
52
Shock : STUN
56
Mideast initials : UAR
57
Gender: Abbr. : FEM
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.