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Ronald C. Hirschfeld
New York Times, Friday, March 5, 1993
37-Across : Minerals used in paints
Author:
Ronald C. Hirschfeld
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 37, Avg Word Len: 4.95, Missing: { Q W X Z }, Scrabble score: 283 (avg 1.51)
Open Squares: 74, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 11, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 1, Grid flow: 23.2
Ronald C. Hirschfeld has 25 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
1 D | 2 E | 3 S | 4 K | 5 O | 6 R | 7 F | 8 F | 9 D | 10 O | 11 R | 12 A | 13 L |
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14 A | T | T | A | 15 S | A | R | A | 16 A | N | I | L | E |
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17 I | T | A | L | 18 A | D | A | M | 19 M | A | C | E | S |
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20 S | U | G | A | 21 R | K | A | N | E | 22 P | I | K | E | S |
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23 H | E | A | R | T | 24 H | E | R | B | ||||||
25 C | 26 I | 27 D | A | L | 28 S | I | 29 T | A | R | 30 L | 31 P | 32 S |
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33 A | C | A | R | I | 34 D | 35 C | A | V | 36 A | L | I |
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37 B | A | R | I | T | E | 38 S | 39 G | R | 40 E | 41 C | I | A | N |
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42 I | N | T | 43 B | A | 44 D | 45 E | D | E | N | I | C |
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46 N | T | H | 47 R | A | T | E | 48 D | 49 I | R | E | N | E |
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50 V | 51 O | I | R | 52 P | A | 53 R | E | E | ||||||
54 R | 55 O | A | L | D | 56 J | A | M | E | S | B | 57 O | 58 N | 59 D |
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60 E | N | D | E | D | 61 E | R | I | N | 62 R | H | E | A |
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63 S | T | E | A | L | 64 S | T | E | T | 65 A | I | R | Y |
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66 H | O | R | N | E | 67 U | S | N | A | 68 L | O | O | S |
© 1993, The New York TimesNo. 15,823
Across
1
Secretary : DESK
5
Composer of "Carmina Burana" : ORFF
9
Site of golf's "blue monster" : DORAL
14
"___ Troll," Heine poem : ATTA
15
Actress Mia ___ : SARA
16
Like some oldsters : ANILE
17
Type style: Abbr. : ITAL
18
Rocker Ant : ADAM
19
Clubs or spices : MACES
20
Monroe role in "Some Like It Hot" : SUGARKANE
22
___ Peak : PIKES
23
Courage : HEART
24
Boneset, e.g. : HERB
25
Murderous: Comb. form : CIDAL
28
Hindu instrument : SITAR
30
CD's predecessors : LPS
33
Tick : ACARID
35
Operatic partner of "Pag" : CAV
36
___ Baba : ALI
37
Minerals used in paints : BARITES
39
Kind of profile : GRECIAN
42
Bank abbr. : INT
43
Michael Jackson album : BAD
45
Blissful : EDENIC
46
Ultimate degree : NTH
47
Assessed : RATED
49
Byzantine empress : IRENE
50
___ dire (legal oath) : VOIR
52
Gay ___ : PAREE
54
Author Dahl : ROALD
56
Connery or Moore role : JAMESBOND
60
Over : ENDED
61
Innisfail : ERIN
62
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
63
Filch : STEAL
64
Proofreader's mark : STET
65
Unsubstantial : AIRY
66
Mezzo from Pa. : HORNE
67
Plebe's place : USNA
68
Author of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" : LOOS
Down
1
Footpace : DAIS
2
"___, Brute!" : ETTU
3
Smoker : STAG
4
Botswana desert : KALAHARI
5
Japanese seaport : OSAKA
6
Speed-detecting devices : RADARS
7
Overwrought : FRANTIC
8
Reputation : FAME
9
Mute for a horn : DAMPER
10
"I lived ___": Frost : ONAIR
11
Bogart role in "Casablanca" : RICKBLAINE
12
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
13
Not so much : LESS
21
Kindled anew : RELIT
24
Port, to Pierre : HAVRE
25
Kind of fever : CABIN
26
"___ Go On," 1955 song : ICANT
27
"Star Wars" heavy : DARTHVADER
29
Aglet : TAG
31
Champaign : PLAIN
32
Subsequently : SINCE
34
Exclude : DEBAR
38
H.S. exam : SAT
40
Brickell and McClurg : EDIES
41
Of the intellect : CEREBRAL
44
Takes off : DEPARTS
47
Conundrum : RIDDLE
48
Paraclete at Molokai : DAMIEN
51
City on the Allegheny : OLEAN
53
Designer de la ___ : RENTA
54
Hebrew letter : RESH
55
Existence: Comb. form : ONTO
56
"___, Joy of Man's Desiring": Bach : JESU
57
Taft's state : OHIO
58
Pianist Peter : NERO
59
Emerson poem : DAYS
Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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