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William Landis
New York Times, Thursday, March 30, 1967
34-Down : ___'s life.
Author:
William Landis
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 4.85, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 67, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4, Grid flow: 29.7
William Landis has 2 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 C | 2 U | 3 R | 4 B | 5 P | 6 L | 7 A | 8 T | 9 A | 10 P | 11 I | 12 K | 13 E |
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14 O | T | E | A | 15 R | U | N | U | P | 16 A | N | I | N |
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17 R | U | S | S | 18 I | A | N | D | R | E | 19 S | S | I | N | G |
20 F | R | O | 21 S | I | T | I | N | 22 U | T | T | E | R |
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23 U | N | D | 24 R | E | S | S | 25 S | 26 I | N | E | ||||
27 O | R | E | 28 H | O | L | D | S | 29 O | 30 F | 31 F |
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32 G | 33 R | 34 A | D | 35 C | O | V | E | R | 36 N | A | E |
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37 R | I | D | E | 38 R | 39 A | V | E | 40 Y | 41 U | C | C | A |
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42 U | F | O | 43 A | 44 I | M | E | R | 45 S | E | E | R |
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46 B | E | G | 47 I | N | N | E | R | 48 R | 49 E | S | ||||
50 D | O | N | C | 51 P | E | T | R | 52 E | 53 L | 54 S |
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55 S | 56 H | 57 E | L | F | 58 L | 59 E | A | D | A | 60 R | O | T |
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61 T | A | K | E | F | 62 R | E | N | C | H | L | 63 E | A | V | E |
64 O | D | E | R | 65 H | A | D | T | O | 66 A | S | E | A |
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67 W | A | D | S | 68 O | N | S | E | T | 69 T | E | R | M |
© 1967, The New York TimesNo. 6,438
Across
1
Restraint. : CURB
5
Silver: Sp. : PLATA
10
Toll road. : PIKE
14
Great Barrier Island, N. Z. : OTEA
15
Sew rapidly. : RUNUP
16
Have ___ (have pull). : ANIN
17
Cookbook entry. : RUSSIANDRESSING
20
To's companion. : FRO
21
Participate. : SITIN
22
Absolute. : UTTER
23
Divest of ornament. : UNDRESS
25
___ qua non. : SINE
27
Cinnabar. : ORE
28
Keeps away. : HOLDSOFF
32
College man, for short. : GRAD
35
Concealment. : COVER
36
Scot's negative. : NAE
37
Passenger. : RIDER
39
Harriman. : AVE
40
Plant of the lily family. : YUCCA
42
Flying saucer? : UFO
43
To love: Fr. : AIMER
45
Forecaster. : SEER
46
Usually lucky one. : BEGINNER
48
Home: Abbr. : RES
50
Therefore: Fr. : DONC
51
Sea birds. : PETRELS
55
Storage place. : SHELF
58
"You may ___ horse to water ... " : LEADA
60
Balderdash. : ROT
61
Decamp. : TAKEFRENCHLEAVE
64
Stettin's river. : ODER
65
___ do with. : HADTO
66
On the briny. : ASEA
67
Stuffs. : WADS
68
Commencement. : ONSET
69
Duration. : TERM
Down
1
Ionian island. : CORFU
2
Traffic hazard. : UTURN
3
Repair the lawn. : RESOD
4
Degrees. : BAS
5
Commend. : PRAISE
6
Broadway VIP's. : LUNTS
7
"The King ___." : ANDI
8
Relinquishes. : TURNSOVER
9
"Is man an ___ or an angel?" : APE
10
Culinary mixtures. : PASTES
11
Letter: Abbr. : INIT
12
The lowing herd. : KINE
13
MIT graduate. : ENGR
18
Elbe tributary. : ISER
19
Miscellaneous. : SUNDRY
24
Cycled. : RODE
26
___ de France. : ILE
28
Remain suspended. : HOVER
29
Ever. : ONCE
30
Front on. : FACE
31
Trepidation. : FEAR
32
Larva. : GRUB
33
Widespread. : RIFE
34
___'s life. : ADOG
35
Confessed: Slang. : CAMECLEAN
38
Printed. : RANOFF
41
Initials in the headlines. : USSR
44
Tabard, for one. : INN
47
Shiftless ones. : IDLERS
48
Aglow. : REDHOT
49
And others, for short. : ETAL
51
Agreement: Fr. : PACTE
52
Remove completely. : ERASE
53
Term of endearment. : LOVER
54
Source of power. : STEAM
55
Put away. : STOW
56
___ heart (cared). : HADA
57
Supplemented (with "out"). : EKED
59
Destinations. : ENDS
62
Greek letter. : RHO
63
Break bread. : EAT
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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