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Ernst Theimer
Ernst Theimer

New York Times, Friday, March 4, 1983

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 38, Avg Word Len: 4.92, Missing: { J W Z }, Scrabble score: 289 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 68, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 5, XRef: 0, Spans: 4, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 27.9
Ernst Theimer has 50 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 1 Modern Era crossword in our database.
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© 1983, The New York TimesNo. 12,169
Across
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Flat hill : MESA
5
Kind of dancing : GOGO
9
Bin : CRIB
13
Cake finisher : ICER
14
Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
15
River to the Humber : OUSE
16
Ellery's golf sticks? : THECLUBSOFQUEEN
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An amount of bricks : TON
20
Cay : ISLET
21
Disturbed : UPSET
22
Widgeon : SMEE
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River duck : TEAL
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Wagner and Powers on some TV sets? : THEHARTSOFSEVEN
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Loser in a fable : HARE
33
Neighbor of Belg.. : NETH
34
A Gershwin : IRA
35
Amazon dolphin : INIA
36
Surmise : GUESS
38
Checkup : EXAM
39
Mythical bird : ROC
40
Yearn : PINE
41
___-majesté : LESE
42
Playing areas for Padres et al.? : DIAMONDSOFNINES
47
Other : ELSE
48
Logger's steel wedge : FROE
49
Errant : STRAY
52
Allude (to) : REFER
54
Also : TOO
57
Alan's garden tools? : THESPADESOFKING
60
What Macbeth was not to his king : LEAL
61
Scicolone, on screen : LOREN
62
Relative of a strada : ITER
63
One and ___ : ONLY
64
"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
65
What an R.N. administers : DOSE
Down
1
Glove for Rick Cerone : MITT
2
Reverberate : ECHO
3
Observed : SEEN
4
Curve : ARC
5
Wine cup : GOBLET
6
Seine tributary : OISE
7
Caverns : GROTTOES
8
Lout : OAF
9
Join : COUPLE
10
De Sèvres and de Rennes : RUES
11
Words of comprehension : ISEE
12
Stooped : BENT
14
Pensive person : MUSER
17
"L" in radio transmission : LIMA
18
Annul : QUASH
22
Place seating more than 55,000 : SHEA
24
Kin of hellbenders : EFTS
25
In show position : THIRD
26
An Asian capital : HANOI
27
Heath : ERICA
28
Homophone for sneeze : SNEES
29
Reynard's mate : VIXEN
30
Dele : ERASE
31
Contents of an onomasticon : NAMES
36
Snares : GINS
37
Victim of social injustice : UNDERDOG
38
Composer Siegmeister : ELIE
40
Hydra, for one : POLYP
43
Like a cheapskate's tip : MEASLY
44
Counterbalance : OFFSET
45
Refrigerant gas : FREON
46
Island near N.Z. : NORF
49
Town on the Vire : STLO
50
Now's partner : THEN
51
"Camino ___" : REAL
53
Architect Saarinen : EERO
54
Broz : TITO
55
Wallet items : ONES
56
Big, mean character : OGRE
58
A predecessor of Holmes : ALI
59
The Cisco ___ : KID

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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