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Jim Page
New York Times, Wednesday, March 10, 1993
Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 42, Avg Word Len: 4.82, Missing: { F Q V W X Z }, Scrabble score: 274 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 61, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 14, XRef: 3, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 26.4
Grid has duplicate clues.
Jim Page has 84 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 70 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 T | 2 O | 3 A | 4 I | 5 R | 6 P | 7 C | 8 T | 9 S | 10 I | 11 T |
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12 U | N | T | R | O | 13 D | 14 A | R | A | 15 M | A | L | I |
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16 B | E | C | O | M | E | 17 S | Y | O | U | 18 O | I | L | S |
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19 B | O | O | N | 20 J | U | N | C | T | 21 I | O | N | |||
22 E | N | S | 23 B | A | N | E | S | 24 A | N | T | 25 O | 26 N |
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27 R | E | T | 28 I | E | 29 E | N | L | I | N | K |
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30 N | A | 31 G | 32 G | 33 L | 34 E | D | 35 I | S | I | S |
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36 S | 37 A | T | U | R | D | A | Y | N | 38 I | G | H | T | ||
39 B | E | T | H | 40 U | N | T | E | A | C | H | ||||
41 U | N | T | E | 42 A | M | 43 E | T | 44 O | 45 N | 46 S |
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47 S | T | A | M | P | 48 A | 49 B | 50 E | 51 T | S | 52 C | A | T |
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53 C | O | C | 54 K | T | A | I | L | 55 A | C | N | E |
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56 M | 57 A | K | O | 58 E | L | M | E | R | 59 S | T | U | N | E |
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60 A | B | E | D | 61 L | A | B | 62 S | T | O | L | I | D |
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63 T | E | D | 64 P | S | I | 65 A | R | T | E | S |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,828
Across
1
Ground-___ missile : TOAIR
6
Hundredth: Abbr. : PCT
9
Use a chair : SIT
12
Like the pre-1969 moon : UNTROD
14
The Altar : ARA
15
Its capital is Bamako : MALI
16
See 15 Down : BECOMESYOU
18
Magritte's medium : OILS
19
Blessing : BOON
20
"Tuxedo ___," 40's hit : JUNCTION
22
Penny's pair : ENS
23
Causes of ruin : BANES
24
Actress Susan ___ : ANTON
27
Knot anew : RETIE
29
Make a chain : ENLINK
30
Disputed pettily : NAGGLED
35
Egyptian goddess : ISIS
36
"Juke Box ___," 40's hit : SATURDAYNIGHT
39
Actress Mary ___ Hurt : BETH
40
Demonstrate the falsity of : UNTEACH
41
Take a yoke off, old style : UNTEAM
43
Certain collars : ETONS
47
Imprint : STAMP
48
Aids in crime : ABETS
52
Tabby or Felix : CAT
53
See 15 Down : COCKTAIL
55
Teen woe : ACNE
56
Bonito shark : MAKO
58
A 40's hit : ELMERSTUNE
60
In the sack : ABED
61
Chem. room : LAB
62
Impassive : STOLID
63
TV's Danson : TED
64
Greek letter : PSI
65
Comic Johnson et al. : ARTES
Down
1
Washer or bather : TUBBER
2
Certain tie score : ONEONE
3
Sale words : ATCOST
4
Press suits : IRON
5
Gypsy : ROM
6
He wrote "Home, Sweet Home" : PAYNE
7
Gators' kin : CROCS
8
Not slack : TAUT
9
Somewhat pious : SAINTISH
10
Ind. neighbor : ILL
11
"___ the season ... " : TIS
13
___ vu : DEJA
15
With 16 and 53 Across, 40's hit : MOONLIGHT
17
Old Sol : SUN
21
Author Fleming : IAN
23
"___ Geste" : BEAU
25
"Step ___!" : ONIT
26
Bottle pts. : NKS
28
A 40's hit : INTHEMOOD
29
Poet Millay : EDNA
31
Surly : GRUM
32
Eden, e.g.: Abbr. : GDN
33
Roman lang. : LAT
34
In a pig's ___ : EYE
36
Dispatched : SENT
37
Set upon : ATTACKED
38
___ up (freezes) : ICES
39
"___ Stop" : BUS
42
Stamp collectors' gp. : APC
44
Secret : OCCULT
45
Nursemaid : NANNIE
46
Spirited horses : STEEDS
48
World-weary one? : ATLAS
49
Disney deer : BAMBI
50
"Old MacDonald had a farm, ___ ... " : EIE
51
Bk. employees : TLRS
54
Seaweed : KELP
55
Suffix with comment : ATOR
56
Welcome ___ : MAT
57
Actor Vigoda : ABE
59
B.&O. stop : STA
Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 10 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.